990 CATALOGUE OF 



Female. Slaty cinereous. Palpi stoat, porrect, extending 

 somewhat beyond the head ; third joint very minute. Fore wings 

 with the interior and exterior lines brown, slightly denticulated and 

 undulating; submar^inal line cinereous, zigzag, interlining a 

 brownish subraarginal space; renifonn mark brown, black-bordered, 

 very narrow; costa with three brown subapieal points. Hind 

 wings a little paler than the fore wings ; lines very indistinct. 

 Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 12 lines. 



South Africa. In Mr. D'Urban's collection. 



POAPHILA BIGTJTTATA. 



Fceni. Cinerea ; alee linen duabus fascis subtm dulatis subdenticu- 

 latis, linea submarginali pallide cinerea angulosa, fascia 

 submarginali fuscescente diffusa indistincia ; anticce reni- 

 formi atra, punctis costalibus tribus subapicalibus nigricanti- 

 bus. 



Female. Cinereous. Palpi stout, porrect, much shorter than 

 the breadth of the head ; third joint very minute. Wings with 

 brown slightly denticulated and undulating interior and exterior 

 lines, which are more indistinct on the hind wings than on the 

 fove wings ; submarginal line pale cinereous, zigzag, accompanied 

 by a diffuse indistinct brownish band. Fore wings acute ; re ni form 

 mark deep black, broader hindward ; costa with three blackish sub- 

 apical points. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 10 lines. 



South Africa. In Mr. D'Urban's collection. 



POAPHILA CONTRARIA. 



Foem. Nigricante-cinerea, caput postice, palpi, antenna thoracisque 

 margo anticus alba; ala? anticce strigis tribus obscurioribus 

 nigro marginatis lineisque tribus chalybceis, striga \a intus 

 convexa, 2a lata extus angulata, 3a abbreviata, orbiculari et 

 reniformi nigris, lapunctiformi, 2a annulari oblonga ; posticce 

 fasciis dua bus pallide cinereis subundulatis diffusis y \a postice 

 abbreviata. 



Female. Blackish cinereous, whitish cinereous beneath. 

 Head behind, palpi, antennae and fore border of the thorax white. 

 Abdomen and hind wings dingy cinereous. Fore wings with three 

 transverse darker black-bordered streaks, each of which is accom- 

 panied by a ehalybeous line ; first streak convex on the inner side ; 



