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a faint shading ; some light coloured sub-terminal series of elongated spots on the 
veins from costa to tornus and two fuscous-black elongated spots along the 
costa between postmedial and sub-terminal lines ; some black irroration before 
and beyond sub-terminal lines on veins ib to 6; a terminal black line, inter- 
rupted on inner side of the veins; a vinaceous-fawn (xl) tinge except on veins, 
and along costa on the area before medial line and beyond postmedial line; 
cilia vinaceous-fawn with a lighter basal line; hind wing shiny pallid mouse- 
grey (li) suffused on the veins with light mouse-grey ; a suffused discoidal light 
drab (xlvi) mark; an indication of a postmedial light drab suffusion, while 
there are on the veins black scales; sub-terminal and terminal area suffused 
with light drab with a sub-terminal black scaling on the veins ; a hair-brown (xlvi) 
diffused terminal line interrupted on the veins; cilia of ground colour . 
Under side of both wings pallid mouse-grey; fore wing densely suffused and 
irrorated with hair-brown ; a dark suffusion on discocellulars and a postmedial 
diffused line from costa to vein 4; terminal lines of both wings fuscous-black; 
hind wing very little irrorated with hair-brown except on terminal area; a black 
suffusion on end of cell representing postmedial line; cilia as on upper side; 
on hind tibia some black scaling in the region of the median spurs. 
Exp. 41 mm. 
Hab. From S. Rhodesia (Sawmills), 1. 2. T8 (Janse). One specimen only. 
Genus SCRANCIA. 
(PI. V, fig. 15; PI. VIII, figs. 6-13.) 
Scrancia Holl. Psyche, vi. p. 537 (1893). 
Auriv. Arkiv for Zool. Bd. 2. No. 4, p. 7 (1904). 
Type modesta Holland. Description from stictica Hmpsn. 
Proboscis well developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, reaching well above 
vertex of head; first joint rather short, curved; second joint long, tapering 
towards end; third joint oblique, narrow and shorter than first joint, almost 
hidden in hairs; palpi covered in front mainly with hairs, at sides and above 
mainly with scales; frons produced towards proboscis, where it forms a raised 
toothed ledge with a tooth-like projection on each side (this is shown in the 
figure from the side and from above after the scales have been removed and 
the palpus has been pushed out of position) ; the whole is covered with scales 
so as to form a short tuft; eyes large, rounded, naked; antennae over half of 
costa, bipectinate for f rd of their length ; branches very short, two or three times 
shaft, ciliated terminally and on the anterior side; legs very long and slender, 
smoothly covered with scales and a few long hairs; fore tibia with a keel- 
shaped process, as long as half of tibia and provided on the edges with a row 
of comb-like spines; first joint of tarsus about as long as tibia; mid tibia with 
a pair of terminal long spurs, outer one about frd of inner spur; hind tibia with 
two pairs of long spurs, outer spur frd inner one and all spurs covered with scales 
and well pointed; all tarsal joints very long, especially the first joints, and on 
inner side covered with a number of spines. 
Fore wing long and narrow; costa well arched; apex nearly acute; termen 
very oblique and rounded ; inner margin nearly straight ; 1 b well forked at base; 
2 from beyond frd lower median; 3 from frd 2 to 4; 4 from lower angle; 5 from 
just above middle of discocellulars, which are erect; 6 from areole just beyond 
upper angle; areole broad, about two times as long and shaped like a parallelo- 
gram; 7 and stalk of 8, 9 from end of areole and very slightly stalked ; 9 from 
