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costa to submedian fold ; an indistinct oblique waved antemedial 

 line, angled outwards below costa and inwards on vein 1 and 

 defined by ochreous on inner side ; claviform moderate, defined by 

 black ; orbicular round with slight ochreous annulus defined by 

 black ; reniform very ill-defined by ochreous and black scales and 

 with a prominent ochreous lunule on its outer edge ; postmedial 

 line very ill-defined, ochreous with some black scales on it, bent 

 outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, some white 

 points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line represented by a series 

 of ochreous and black dentate marks ; a terminal series of slight 

 black lunules. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia grey at tips ; 

 the underside fuscous slightly irrorated with grey. 



Hah. J^ATAL, Durban {Leigh), 1 $ ; N. S.Wales, type f $ in Mus. 

 Oxon. ; ViCTOEiA, Melbourne, in Coll. Turner. Exp. 44-46 millim. 



The Natal specimen is probably introduced, a number of exotic 

 species find their way to S. Africa in fodder. 



3030. Euplexia metallica. (Plate CXIV. fig. 13.) 



Mamestra onetaUica, Wlk. xxxii. 666 (1865) ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. 

 p. 213. 



Head and thorax dark red-brown with some grey scales ; tarsi 

 with slight pale rings ; abdomen pale grey-brown with some 

 ochreous hair at sides and extremity, the dorsal crests and ventral 

 surface darker. Fore wing dark red-brown suffused with silvery 

 purple especially on the veins, the inner margin with fine red 

 streak ; subbasal line indistinctly double, waved, from costa to 

 vein 1 ; antemedial line double, waved, oblique ; claviform small, 

 defined by blackish ; orbicular with brown centre and slight purplish 

 annulus defined by blackish, oblique elliptical ; reniform with brown 

 centre and slight pale annulus defined by blackish, an ochreous- , 

 white patch on its outer edge ; postmedial line double, bent out- 

 wards below costa, then minutely dentate, oblique below vein 4, 

 the area beyond it often with some reddish in the interspaces and 

 some whitish points on costa ; subterminal line indistinct, greyish 

 defined by black-brown suffusion on inner side, somewhat angled 

 outwards at vein 7, then minutely waved ; a fine waved dark ter- 

 minal line ; cilia with slight grey line at base. Hind wing brown 

 with a yellowish tinge towards base ; a fine ochreous line at 

 base of cilia ; the underside yellowish suffused with brown except 

 towards inner margin, the costal area irrorated with white, traces 

 of a curved postmedial line. 



Hah. SiKHiM (Atkinson, Moller), 6 c^ , 4 $ , type. Exp. 40- 

 50 millim. 



3031. Euplexia harfordi. (Plate CXIV. fig. 14.) 



Ancara harfordi, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 224 (1894). 



Head and thorax black-brown, the scales slightly tipped with 

 grey ; tarsi ringed with pale brown ; abdomen dark brown mixed 



