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white. Middle tibiae slightly dilated. Fore wings somewhat paler 

 than those of S.ferrugalis ; lines distinct; marginal points black, 

 very distinct ; two black points towards the tip of the costa ; orbicu- 

 lar and reniform represented by two large ringlets. Hind wings 

 whitish, otherwise like those of S. ferrugalis. * 



a. Interior of South Africa. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 



b. South Africa. From Mr. Argent's collection. 



35. SCOPULA ILLUTALIS: 



Mas et fcem. S. numerali valde affinis, paullo major ; aim an- 

 ticce plus concolores, minus conspersce, apice magis rotundatce, 

 linea exteriore arcuata e punctis, maculis discalibus vix con- 

 spicuis, macula posteriore e atomis confluentibus ; posticce 

 pallida maculis discalibus lineisque nullis. 



Scopula illutalis, Guen. Delu et Pyr. 400, 520. 

 Scopula dilutalis? Guen. Explor. Scient. de l' Alger. Anim. Artie. 

 iii. 401, 156, pi. 4, f. 6. 



Algeria. 



36. Scopula P^ediusalis. 



Mas. Pallidissime cervina, gracilis; oculi albo cincti ; palpi 

 porrecti, graciles, breviusculi; antennce graciles, vix pube- 

 scent.es; abdomen albido-cinereum, alas posticas perpaullo 

 super ans, segmentis albo marginatis ; alee sat angustce, linea 

 marginali fimbriaque albis ; anticce acutce, apud discum pal- 

 lide lutece, lineis interiore et exteriore denticulatis, hac valde 

 flexa, orbiculari et reniformi subobsoletis ; posticce albida, 

 margine exteriore subcervino. 



Male. Very pale fawn-colour, slender, white beneath. Head 

 white about the eyes. Palpi porrect, not long nor broad; third 

 joint conical, concealed by the hairs. Antennae slender, hardly 

 pubescent. Abdomen whitish cinereous, extending very little be- 

 yond the hind wings ; hind borders of the segments white. Wings 

 rather narrow ; marginal line and fringe white, the latter interlined 

 with pale cinereous. Fore wings acute; mostly pale luteous in the 

 disk ; interior and exterior lines denticulated, of the ground-colour, 

 the latter much bent ; orbicular and reniform marks almost obsolete ; 

 exterior border very oblique. Hind wings whitish, with a* fawn- 



