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plical minute, fuscous, beneath first discal; an indistinct slightly oblique 
fuscous shade from second discal to dorsum; some cloudy dark fuscous 
marginal dots round apex and upper part of termen: cilia ochreous. Hiild- 
wings pale ochreous faintly tinged with grey towards dorsum; cilia whitish- 
ochreous, faintly tinged with grey except at base and tips. 
Portuguese East Africa, Magude, in October and November (Swierstra) ; 
three specimens. Allied to ochyrota. 
Brachmia ochrohyrsa n.sp. 
17 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax yellow-ochreous. Abdomen whitish- 
ochreous. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen 
nearly straight, little oblique; 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to apex; yellow-ochreous: 
cilia concolorous. Hindwings grey; cilia whitish-ochreous tinged with grey. 
Rhodesia, Hopefontein, in January (Janse); one specimen. 
Lacistodes n.g. 
Head smooth, sidetufts loosely raised; ocelli posterior; tongue developed. 
Antennae | , in S minutely ciliated, basal joint elongate, without pecten. Labial 
palpi long, recurved, second joint much thickened with appressed scales, 
laterally compressed, somewhat rough beneath, terminal joint as long as 
second, moderate, acute. Maxillary palpi short, filiform, porrected. Posterior 
tibiae clothed with long rough hairs above. Forewings with 2 from towards 
angle, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to apex, ii from middle. Hindwings slightly over i, 
trapezoidal, apex obtuse, termen faintly sinuate, cilia | ; 3 and 4 connate, 
5 rather approximated to 4, 6 and 7 closely approximated at base. 
Allied to Brachmia. 
Lacistodes tauropis n.sp. 
(3 18 mm. Head pale ochreous. Palpi whitish-ochreous, basal half of second 
joint dark fuscous. Thorax whitish-ochreous, anterior third and posterior ex- 
tremity suffused with dark fuscous. Abdomen dark grey. Forewings elongate, 
posteriorly slightly dilated, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen nearly 
straight, somewhat oblique; whitish-ochreous, suffusedly striated transversely 
with dark fuscous; a suffused dark fuscous spot on base of costa; plical and 
first discal stigmata represented by a transverse dark fuscous blotch, lower 
half enlarged and projecting anteriorly, second discal by a dark fuscous trans- 
verse mark; the confluence of dark striation tends to form an undefined 
transverse fascia just beyond second discal stigma, and a streak along termen, 
widest at apex: cilia fuscous-whitish, with subbasal series of spots of dark 
fuscous irroration, and postmedian dark fuscous line. Hindwings dark grey; 
cilia grey-whitish, with two gre}^ shades. 
Rhodesia, Sawmills, in February (Janse); one specimen. 
Autosticha nothropis n.sp, 
$ 21 mm. Head pale ochreous. Palpi whitish-ochreous, second joint dark 
fuscous except apex. Thorax light fuscous. Abdomen whitish-ochreous tinged 
with fuscous. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen 
slightly rounded, rather oblique; fuscous, bases of scales grey- whitish ; stigmata 
large, blackish, plical rather obliquely before first discal; an almost marginal 
series of small blackish dots round posterior part of costa and termen: cilia 
whitish-fuscous (imperfect). Hindwings grey; cilia grey-whitish, with grey 
subbasal shade. 
Rhodesia, Umtali, in January (Janse); one specimen. 
