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middle of costa to beyond middle of dorsum, costal extremity and lower half 
irrorated with white, basal area of wing as far as this streak with scales mostly 
tipped with white, except on a discal spot preceding the streak, forming a fine 
irregular transverse striation ; an oblique patch of white longitudinal striation 
extending from below middle of this streak to above middle of following streak ; 
a streak from two whitish strigulae on costa beyond middle to dorsum before 
tornus, obtusely angulated above middle, blue-leaden on upper portion, thick- 
ened and coppery on lower; three white strigulae from costa towards apex, 
first and third terminated by short converging blue-leaden strigulae; a streak 
of fine whitish speckling round apex and along termen: cilia silvery- whitish- 
grey, with black basal line, on lower half of termen with coppery reflections. 
Hindwings dark fuscous, rather thinly scaled towards base ; cilia whitish, with 
dark grey basal shade. 
Rhodesia, Umtali, in January (Janse); one specimen. Allied to victrix. 
Laspeyresia chromataspis n.sp. 
$ 13 mm. Head pale violet-grey, round eyes with blue iridescence, face 
ochreous-whitish. Palpi whitish. Thorax light violet-bronzy-grey, shoulders 
iridescent-blue. Abdomen dark fuscous. Forewings elongate-triangular, costa 
gently arched, apex obtuse, termen abruptly sinuate-indented beneath apex, 
then bowed, rather oblique; dull orange-fulvous, extreme costal edge whitish; 
fine oblique costal strigulae of blackish irroration, becoming obsolete towards 
base and apex; a large patch of bright metallic violet- blue-green iridescence 
occupying nearly basal half of wing, edge acutely angular-prominent near 
costa, beneath this edged with ochreous-yellowish, followed by dark fuscous 
suffusion expanded into a blotch along dorsum; remainder of wing beyond 
this mostly occupied by a large roundish patch of dark violet-fuscous striation, 
striae longitudinal in upper part of disc and nearly parallel with termen in 
lower ; a short fine black dash beyond angle of basal area ; three very oblique 
blue-leaden-metallic strigae from posterior half of costa, third terminating in 
a small white costal dot just before apex surrounded with yellow; a spot of 
groundcolour on middle of termen containing two or three small black dots: 
cilia whitish-grey, with blackish basal line. Hindwings grey, becoming dark 
fuscous posteriorly; cilia whitish-grey, with dark fuscous basal line. 
Rhodesia, Umtali, in January (Janse); one specimen. L. excisa Wals. 
(attributed by its author to Dichrorampha) is allied to this. 
Laspeyresia cyanocephala n.sp. 
13 mm. Head and thorax dark fuscous irrorated with whitish, face and 
forehead blackish with indigo-blue-metallic reflections. Palpi whitish-grey. 
Abdomen grey. Forewings moderately broad, slightly dilated posteriorly, 
costa gently arched, apex obtuse-pointed, termen sinuate beneath apex, little 
oblique; fuscous closely irrorated with whitish; five oblique leaden streaks 
from costa beyond interspaces speckled with dark fuscous, fourth very 
short, fifth running nearly to termen beneath apex, two or three blackish 
strigulae preceding lower portion of this ; three whitish strigulae beyond these, 
last two converging to a leaden dot; an erect violet-leaden streak forming 
posterior margin of ocellus, preceded by three rather large black dots: cilia 
fuscous speckled with whitish. Hindwings fuscous, lighter anteriorly; cilia 
light fuscous speckled with whitish, with dark fuscous subbasal line. 
Rhodesia, Sawmills, in February (Janse); Natal, Pinetown, in January 
(Leigh) ; two specimens. Characterised by the peculiar colour of head and 
sinuate termen of forewings. 
