Annals of the Transvaal Museum 
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Gorgopis armillata n.sp. 
cJ 45-46 mm. Head fuscous, crown more or less ochreous posteriorly. Palpi 
stout, dark fuscous. Antennae ferruginous-ochreous, pectinations 7. Thorax 
and abdomen light ochreous, basal half of abdomen clothed with dense rough 
hairs. Forewings ochreous; costa suffused with violet-fuscous; a dark violet- 
fuscous longitudinal streak above middle from near base to origin of vein 6, 
thence bent shortly upwards; an elongate violet-fuscous spot above middle 
of dorsum, and a subterminal series of smaller subconfluent similar spots 
extending thence f across wing : cilia light ochreous, base faintly spotted with 
fuscous. Hindwings and cilia light ochreous. 
Natal, Impetyeni forest, in March (Janse); two specimens. 
Gorgopis centaurica n.sp. 
^ 42-44 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax dark fuscous, palpi i. Antennae 
fuscous, pectinations 6. Abdomen wholly clothed with dense rough light 
brownish-ochreous hairs. Forewings fuscous, suffused with dark fuscous along 
costa and in cell; a curved discal series of irregular subconnected spots out- 
lined with whitish-fuscous from base beneath cell continued to apex, and a 
series of similar semicircular or suboval spots projecting from termen and 
nearly or quite connected with preceding: cilia whitish-fuscous obscurely 
barred with fuscous. Hindwings pale fuscous-ochreous, costa suffused with 
dark fuscous, veins towards apex dark fuscous ; cilia pale ochreous tinged with 
fuscous round apex. 
Natal, Norwals Pont, in April (Janse); two specimens. 
Gorgopis leucopetala n.sp. 
cJ. 24 mm. Head and thorax light fuscous, somewhat mixed above with 
darker. Palpi slender. Antennae dark fuscous, pectinations 5. Abdomen 
fuscous, clothed with dense light fuscous hairs above on basal half. Forewings 
fuscous, costa suffused with dark fuscous ; two indistinct white spots separated 
by a dark spot beneath cell towards base ; a white streak above posterior half of 
lower margin of cell, and a dot above and beyond extremity of this ; an oblique 
series of five white spots lying between veins 2-8, fourth from bottom larger 
and lying across vein 6, a small indistinct spot between lowest and dorsum ; 
small whitish terminal spots between veins (cilia injured). Hindwings fuscous; 
cilia fuscous, becoming white towards tips (injured). 
PoNDOLAND, in October (Swinny) ; one specimen. Type in Coll. Janse. 
Gorgopis pholidota 
S 42 mm. Head fuscous. Palpi Antennae ferruginous, pectinations 3. 
Thorax light fuscous, partially suffused with white. Abdomen light greyish- 
ochreous tinged with fuscous. Forewings fuscous, suffused with darker to- 
wards costa; markings white; a longitudinal streak throughout upper part of 
cell, and an elongate spot in lower part; a spot beneath cell at base, and a 
series of irregular longitudinal streaks between veins extending beneath and 
beyond cell to near apex, those between veins 7-9 each interrupted into two 
spots, a terminal series of spots not much separated from these, streak and 
spot between veins 3 and 4 confluent. Hindwings pale fuscous, darker along 
costa, obscurely suffused with whitish in cell and on indistinct streaks between 
veins. 
Cape Colony, Alicedale, in x\pril (Cruden); one specimen, in Albany 
Museum, Grahamstown. 
