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represented by blackish vein-dots ; three antemedian dots rather large, forming 

 an outward curve ; postmedian series 1*5 mm. from termen anteriorly, gradually 

 curving away to almost 3 mm. distant at SM 2 ; a rather strong black discal dot, 

 closely followed by a slender, straightish brown median shade ; terminal line very 



weak and interrupted ; fringe weakly spotted opposite the veins. Hindwing 



concolorous or very slightly paler ; cell-dot and median shade weak ; antemedian 

 dots wanting, postmedian extremely weak, nearly 4 mm. from termen, accompanied 

 distally by a faintly pale line ; termen and fringe as on forewing. 



Forewing beneath rather more smoky, narrowly whitish at hindmargin ; faint 

 discal and postmedian dots. Hindwing beneath paler, rather strongly irrorated, 

 and with distinct discal and postmedian dots. On both wings the postmedian series 

 is about parallel with and nearly 3 mm. from termen. 



Natal : Durban district (W. D. Gooch), 2 SS in coll. Brit. Mas. 



This species and the following may be regarded provisionally as forming a new 

 section (pectinated) of Pareclipsis. 



29. Pareclipsis leptophyes spec. nov. 



cJ, 30 mm. Structure of the preceding, more slenderly built and still more' 

 glossy. Head and body mostly concolorous with wings ; palpus infuscated beneath ;, 

 foreleg infuscated on npperside. 



Forewing with costa almost concave in middle, termen rather more oblique 

 than in incerta ; ground-colour rather paler, antemedian dots less sharp, cell-dot 

 small and weak, no median shade, postmedian dots receding more rapidly from 



termen after R 1 ; no terminal line; fringe pale, unspotted. Hindwing almost 



white, slightly irrorated along abdominal margin and part of distal margin ; no 

 markings except a small and indistinct cell-dot. 



Forewing beneath slightly more smoky, becoming paler distally to the post-- 

 median dots ; discal and postmedian dots indicated, the latter placed as on upper- 

 side. Hindwing beneath irrorated throughout, though not densely; cell-dot. 

 distinct, though small ; a row of vein-dots about 2 mm. from termen. 



Cape Colony: Deelfontein, September 22, 1902 (Colonel Sloggett). Type in 

 coll. Brit. Mus. 



Melinoessa H.-Sch. 



Melinoessa H.-Sch., Samml. Äusserem-. Schmett. i. 33, 44 (1856). 

 Rhamklava Walk., List Lep. Ins. Brit. Mus. xxvi. 1568 (1862). 

 Traina Walk., Proc. Nat. Hist. Soc. Glasgow i. (2) 372 (1869). 

 Timana Walk., Proc. Nat. Hist. Sog. Glasgow i (2) 373 (1869). 

 Hyphenophora Warr., Nov. Zool. i. 402 (1894). 



I have no hesitation in regarding all the above as constituting a single, 

 perfectly natural genus. Except for trivial differences in shape and differences in 

 pattern, there is almost no variation worth mention, though Hyphenophora forms a 

 separate section on account of the non-dilated <$ hindtibia. 



30. Melinoessa fulvescens nom. nov. 



Phalaena (Geometra) fulvata Drury, III. Nat. Hist. iii. index and p. 28, t. 31, f. 4 (1782). 



Drury's name was preoccupied (Förster, Nov. Sp. Ins. p. 76, 1771). As I 

 believe there are no synonyms to fall back upon, I am compelled to rename the 

 species. 



