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band. Length of the body 4 lines ; expansion of the fore 

 wings 8 lines. Harkeko. 



43. Scopula serpentina, Male. — Pale cinereous, rather 

 stout. Palpi porrect, slender, rather short, slightly fringed, 

 extending a little beyond the head ; third joint very minute. 

 Antennae and legs smooth. Abdomen extending rather 

 beyond the hind wings. Fore wings clouded with brown, 

 speckled with black, adorned with two white lines ; first 

 line antemedial, transverse, undulating; second deeply ser- 

 pentine, extending from nearly two-thirds of the length of 

 the interior border to five-sixths of the length of the costa. 

 Length of the body 3 lines ; expansion of the fore wings 

 8 lines. Hor Tamanib. 



44. Scopula effrenaia. Female. — Mouse-colour, pale cine- 

 reous. Palpi porrect, stout, hardly fringed, speckled with 

 black, extending rather beyond the head; third joint elon- 

 gate-conical, not more than one-fourth of the length of the 

 second. Antennae and legs smooth. Abdomen extending 

 rather beyond the hind wings. Fore wings whitish along the 

 costa ; exterior border slightly rounded and oblique. Hind 

 wings whitish ; fringe long. Length of the body 4 J lines; 

 expansion of the fore wings 10 lines. Harkeko. 



45. Scopula includens. Female. — White. Head above 

 and fore tegulae of the thorax tinged with luteous. Palpi 

 luteous, porrect, compressed, slightly curved, with a short 

 fringe on the under side, longer than the breadth of the head; 

 third joint lanceolate, about half the length of the second. 

 Antennae and legs smooth. Abdomen hardly extending 

 beyond the hind wings. Fore wings with ochraceous streaks, 

 and with a purplish costal streak in the interior half; exte- 

 rior half dark ochraceous, partly tinged with purple, and 

 including a white subcostal patch, which is tinged with 

 ochraceous. Hind wings gilded white, with a broad gilded 

 cinereous marginal band. Wings beneath like the upper side 

 of the hind wings. Length of the body 3 lines ; expansion 

 of the fore wings 9 lines. Hor Tamanib. 



46. Scopula iuscita. Female. — Mouse-colour, slender. 

 Whitish beneath. Palpi with a short fringe, hardly ascend- 

 ing, extending much beyond the hind wings ; third joint lan- 

 ceolate, full half the length of the second. Antennae and 

 legs smooth, slender. Fore wings slightly acute, rather 



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