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and with a few scattered white scales ; a slender hardly curved transverse white 
line beyond middle, more or less interrupted towards dorsum, and a slender 
transverse streak from costa at f reaching half across wing ; apex more strewn j 
with white scales: cilia purplish-grey, basal half sprinkled with black. Hind- j 
wings with 5 and 6 stalked; dark purplish-fuscous, cell thinly clothed with 
hairscales towards base; cilia grey, with dark* fuscous subbasal shade. 
Cape Colony, George, in April (Faure) ; one specimen. Type in Coll. Janse. 
Somewhat rubbed, but interesting and distinct, being only the second species 
of the genus from South Africa. 
Ceromitia systelitis n.sp. 
S 15-16 mm. Head light grey-yellowish, face yellower. Palpi very short. 
Thorax grey- whitish, anteriorly yellowish- tinged, shoulders dark fuscous. 
Abdomen grey, anal tuft whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, costa gently 
arched, apex obtuse, termen obliquely rounded; ochreous-whitish, suffusedly., 
strigulated with fuscous; markings suffused, rather dark fuscous; a thick‘s 
irregular streak along basal fourth of costa; a thick somewhat oblique fasciate;:^ 
streak from dorsum at ^ reaching f across wing; a similar irregular transverse " 
fascia beyond middle, more or less interrupted beneath costa and on fold ; some 
small spots on costa posteriorly : cilia whitish-grey-ochreous. Hind wings rather 
dark grey; cilia light greyish. 
Portuguese East Africa, Magude, in November (Swierstra) ; two speci- 
mens. Also one in my collection from French Congo, Fort Crampel. 
Ceromitia mioclina n.sp. 
^ 17 mm. Head white, face grey. Palpi short, slender, grey. Antennae 
white. Thorax white, with fuscous spot in middle of back, shoulders with a 
dark fuscous spot. Abdomen dark grey, anal tuft whitish-ochreous. Forewings 
elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen very obliquely rounded; 
white, with a few scattered dark fuscous dots or strigulae; markings darki|j| 
fuscous; an elongate blotch on base of costa, slenderly extended on costal edgef i;; 
to first fascia; two narrow rather irregular fasciae, more or less irregularly 
interrupted near costa, first about invrardly oblique from costa, second 
slightly beyond middle, slightly inwards-oblique from costa; a slender more 
or less incompletely formed or indicated direct fascia at f ; apical area beyond || 
this marked with some transverse strigulae, and a series on margins: cilia 
whitish partially tinged with grey, basal half more or less barred with fuscous. 
Hind wings with 5 and 6 closely approximated at base; grey, darker on veins | 
and towards termen; cilia grey- whitish. 
Transvaal, Moorddrift, in December (Swierstra) ; three specimens. Nearest 
to turpis, with which it agrees in the wholly white antennae, but certainly 
distinct (I have a long series of turpis), smaller, and best distinguished by the 
character of second fascia, which is better defined, slightly oblique, with costal 
end somewhat beyond middle, whereas in turpis it is moderately oblique, with 
costal end much beyond middle; the third (incomplete) fascia is straight, 
whilst in turpis it is strongly bisinuate. Other species which are more or less 
similar to these two (as spilodesma) all have antennae ringed with grey. 
Ceromitia synneura n.sp. 
(^18 mm. Head white, forehead and face light grey-yellowish. Palpi short, 
rough-scaled towards base beneath, grey-whitish, base dark grey. Antennae 
whitish, obscurely ringed with grey. Thorax whitish, shoulders suffused with 
grey mixed with blackish. Abdomen grey, anal tuft pale ochreous. Forewings 
