Annals of the Transvaal Museum 
III 
tinged with grey towards base of scales; two faint transverse lines of whitish 
irroration rising from small white dots on costa, first at f , rather irregular, 
second from f of costa very obliquely outwards for J of breadth, thence nearly 
rectangularly bent and rather irregular to | of dorsum: cilia grey slightly 
speckled with whitish, with strong blackish basal line. Hind wings grey; cilia 
as in forewings. 
Portuguese East Africa, Magude, in September and October (Swierstra) ; 
two specimens. 
Simaethis irridens n.sp. 
^ lo mm. Head and thorax ochreous slightly sprinkled with whitish, 
thorax posteriorly mixed with dark fuscous. Palpi whitish, with whorls of 
grey white-tipped scales. Antennal ciliations 3. Abdomen dark grey. Fore- 
wings somewhat elongate-triangular, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, 
termen slightly bowed, somewhat oblique; 7 and 8 stalked; dark fuscous, 
partially mixed with reddish-brown and slightly sprinkled with whitish, apical 
f of costa and upper f of termen suffused with reddish-brown; two indistinct 
transverse lines of whitish irroration from white dots on costa, first at -I-, 
straight, second sinuate-oblique from costa at f, abruptly angulated at 
thence thrice zigzag to dorsum at f : cilia grey, with blackish basal line. Hind- 
wings dark grey; cilia grey, with dark grey subbasal line. 
Portuguese East Africa, Magude, in October (Swierstra) ; one specimen. 
Allied to the preceding. 
Simaethis dry odor a n.sp. 
(7 10 mm. Head grey sprinkled with whitish. Palpi whitish, with five 
whorls of grey white-tipped scales. Antennal ciliations 3. Thorax yellow- 
brownish mixed with grey and slightly speckled with whitish. Abdomen dark 
grey. Forewings somewhat elongate-triangular, costa moderately arched, apex 
obtuse, termen slightly bowed, somewhat oblique; 7 and 8 separate; ochreous- 
brown, or reddish-brown, slightly speckled here and there with whitish; two 
indistinct lines of whitish irroration from white dots on costa, first at ^ , nearly 
straight, rather irregular, preceded by a suffused dark fuscous fascia extended 
by suffusion along margins to base, second from costa at f very obliquely 
outwards for of breadth, thence rectangularly angulated and irregularly 
dentate to dorsum at f , preceded by a broad irregular dark fuscous fascia 
extended on costa and dorsum to first line, and partially slenderly edged 
posteriorly with dark fuscous ; some scattered dark fuscous or blackish irrora- 
tion towards apex and tornus: cilia light ochreous-brownish or grey, with 
dark grey patches at apex, middle of termen, and tornus, tips whitish between 
these. Hind wings dark grey; cilia light brownish or grey, base and tips whitish, 
with dark fuscous subbasal line. 
Portuguese East Africa, Magude, in October and November (Swierstra) ; 
two specimens. Allied to the preceding species (notwithstanding difference of 
neuration, which is of little importance here) and to plectodes. 
Simaethis plectodes n.sp. 
$ II mm. Head and thorax dark fuscous with a few whitish specks. (Palpi 
missing.) Abdomen dark grey. Forewings triangular, costa moderately arched, 
apex obtuse, termen rounded, little oblique; 7 and 8 separate; fuscous suf- 
fusedly mixed with darker fuscous, and irregularly speckled with whitish; an 
irregular straight transverse whitish line at a transverse whitish mark in 
disc at I ; a whitish line from costa beyond middle, running obliquely outwards 
