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scales and whitish scales beyond it; three costal blackish patches beyond 
postmedial line and some black scales below these patches; sub-terminal line 
distinct, narrow, irregular and from ib to 8. incurved between 4 and 6, indented 
at 2, 3 and 1 b where it has some black scales at the tornus; some black strigae 
from termen to near sub-terminal line on veins 2 to 8 ; cilia consisting of black 
and brown scales, checkered with cartridge-buff scales at the veins. Hind wing 
with a postmedial double line of black scales from costa to vein 6, inner line 
well defined, outer one very diffused; cilia uniform of natal-brown and cartridge- 
buff scales. 
Under side : the whole fore wing, except inner marginal area, cartridge-buff, 
irrorated thickly with cinnamon-brown (xv) ; hind wing cartridge -buff, with 
some cinnamon-brown scales near apex ; cilia of fore wing with cinnamon -brown 
tips, cilia of hind wing of ground colour. In some $ specimens the dark 
irroration at postmedial area is very much as in $ and a well-defined outer 
whitish line is present beyond the black sub-terminal line. In others again the 
antemedial, medial and postmedial lines are very obsolete. 
$. Like but more dark irroration in fore wing beyond postmedial lines, 
and here and there more chromium-green (xxxii) scales; whitish scales also 
more pronounced and more raised; postmedial dark irroration edged on the 
outer side by a crenulate whitish line, inwardly dentate on the veins; black 
basal line below the lower median continued till beyond postmedial line. In 
hind wing the irroration is more dense and extended till the inner margin. 
On the under side the hind wing is as much irrorated as in the fore wing. One 
$ cotype (in Transvaal Museum) has the postmedial patches between veins 
2 and 4 dark. 
Exp. $ type, 38 mm.; $ type, 50 mm. 
Hab. type from Durban, 21. 9. To (Leigh); $ type, Durban, 18. 9. T4 
(bred by E. E. Platt) ; cotypes and other specimens from the same locality in 
April, July, Oct. and Nov. 
Probably very close to octoginta, but differs from it in the black streak of 
the median fold not going beyond postmedial line, in the presence of black 
streaks on the veins from sub-terminal line to outer margin, and a few other 
characters. 
Var. <J, Differs from the typical form in having a black, broad fascia 
at median fold as far as postmedial line; all other markings rather darker. 
Bred by E. E. Platt in Sept, and Nov. at Durban. Since drawing up the above 
description I received from Mr Platt some more material, all reared by him 
from the same batch of eggs. This material consists of 2 typical $s which in no 
point differ from the type except that they are somewhat smaller; the other 4 
specimens consist of 2 pairs of the variety, one pair of which is in Mr Platt’s 
collection, the others were kindly presented by him to me. These varieties are 
also like the types except one <•£, which has the antemedial and medial lines 
rather distinctly marked at the costal area, the medial line being indicated by 
two black spots, one on upper and one on lower median. 
Larva feeds on Mimusops obovata Sond., and M. discolor Sond., pupates in 
a brittle earthen cocoon (E. E. Platt). 
Desmeocraera Canescens spec. nov. 
(PI. XIII, fig. 14.) 
$. Head, thorax, abdomen and fore wing pale olive-grey (li) mixed with 
mouse -grey (li) ; palpi at sides fuscous ; hind wing on upper side, wings and body 
on under side and hairs of legs white; tarsi ringed with testaceous (xxviii). 
