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apex obtuse, termen very obliquely rounded; 2-4 approximated, 5 and 6 
short-stalked, 7 and 9 stalked, 8 absent; light ochreous, coarsely and irregu- j 
larly sprinkled with dark fuscous; costa suffused with dark fuscous anteriorly; 
an oval subhyaline spot in disc before middle; plical and second discal stigmata 
approximated, represented by round cloudy dark fuscous spots: cilia pale j 
ochreous, sprinkled with dark fuscous. Hindwings with 2-7 separate; light 
grey; cilia pale greyish -ochreous, with indistinct grey median shade. 
British S. E. Africa, Bela Vista, in November (Swierstra) ; one specimen. 
Phyciodyta n.g. 
Head rough-haired; ocelli posterior; tongue obsolete. Antennae §, in 
serrulate, pubescent, basal joint short, without pecten. Labial palpi moder- 
ately long, ascending, second joint beneath with very long dense rough 
projecting tuft and numerous long lateral projecting bristles, terminal joint 
shorter, slender, pointed. Maxillary palpi short, filiform, porrected. Posterior 
tibiae clothed with long hairs above. Forewings with numerous small tufts 
of rough scales; 1 b furcate, 2 from angle, 7 to costa, 7-9 approximated, 
11 from before middle, secondary cell well-marked. Hindwings 1, elongate- 
ovate, cilia § ; 2—7 separate, nearly parallel. 
Belongs to the Hapsifera group. 
Phyciodyta neritis n.sp. 
17-20 mm., o 28 mm. Head whitish-ochreous. Palpi whitish -ochreous, 
second joint suffused with brownish and irrorated with dark fuscous except 
apical edge, terminal joint with basal band and supramedian ring of blackish 
irroration. Thorax whitish-ochreous irrorated with dull greenish. Abdomen 
rather dark fuscous, anal tuft mixed with whitish-ochreous. Forewings elon- 
gate, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse-pointed, termen slightly sinuate, 
oblique; pale greyish-ochreous suffusedly irrorated with dull greenish; some 
small scattered blackish strigulae along costa; a more or less developed oblique- 
triangular blackish blotch on base of costa, from which sometimes an irregular 
blackish streak runs through middle of disc to apex; in $ three oblique dark 
brown fasciae from costa at middle, and f , reaching § across wing, in 
obscurely indicated with dull greenish suffusion or obsolete; two or three 
large cloudy black dots on costa at apex: cilia whitish-ochreous speckled with 
blackish, towards base tinged with greenish, on lower half of termen more 
tinged with ochreous. Flindwings dark grey; cilia light grey, with darker 
subbasal line. 
Cape Colony, Port St John, in October (Swinney); four specimens. 
Hapsifera atrisecta n.sp. 
$ 21-22 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax pale greyish-ochreous finely speckled 
with whitish and fuscous. Abdomen whitish-ochreous speckled with grey. 
Forewings elongate, costa moderately arched, apex rounded, termen very 
obliquely rounded; 7 and 8 stalked, 9 separate; pale greyish-ochreous, irregu- 
larly sprinkled with grey, brownish, and dark fuscous; indistinct scattered 
strigulae of black irroration along margins; a blackish transverse mark on 
base of costa terminated by a tuft beneath fold; irregular oblique incomplete 
black lines crossing wing before middle and across end of cell, preceded by 
some tufts of scales, beyond second some irregular black longitudinal streaks 
or mottling forming a blotch on lower half of wing extending to termen: cilia 
pale greyish-ochreous speckled with whitish and grey, and indistinctly barred 
with blackish irroration. Hindwings grey; cilia light greyish-ochreous. 
