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then somewhat ochreous; fringes proximally more ochreous than above, un- 
marked. 
Umbilo, 24 October 1915. Type in coll. Janse. 
22. Ptychopoda malescripta ab. henescripta ab. nov. 
d, 14 mm. Rather paler than typical malescripta Warr. {Nov. Zool. iv. 
[$] = nigrosticta Warr. ibid. 61 [d]), perhaps less roughly scaled; lines of 
upper surface more strongly developed, not thickened at costa of fore wing; 
median line of both wings finer, proximal subterminal broader, rather more 
distally placed, cell-dots obsolete. 
Portuguese East Africa: Rikalla, May 1919 (Junod). Type in coll. Janse. 
Perhaps a separate species, but malescripta (sometimes — as regards the 
underside always — unsuitably named) is certainly variable, and the new 
aberration is a little worn. The ver}^ short palpus and abbreviated hind leg 
agree, though the latter may be less hairy; SC^ of hind wing is stalked for 
about half its length. 
23. Ptychopoda subterfundata sp. nov. 
d', ?, 18-20 mm. Face blackish. Palpus very short; blackish. Tongue short 
and slender. Antenna of d" fairly stout, ciliation fully i ; of $ more slender, 
minutely serrate. Vertex whitish grey-brown; occiput light-brown. Thorax 
and abdomen concolorous with wings, the thorax a little brighter brown in 
front. Fore and middle coxae and femora more or less irrorated with fuscous. 
Hind tibia (and tarsus?) of d" with projecting scales and some-longer hair-scales 
on upper side, the tarsus not distinct, probably quite small (tibia and tarsus 
scarcely longer than femur). 
Fore wing elongate, costa gently arched posteriorly, apex round-pointed, 
termen smooth, strongly oblique, more so posteriorly than anteriorly; cell 
long (about three-fifths), areole very ample, venation otherwise normal; pale 
greyish ochreous, rather smooth, the dark irroration being fine and not very 
strong; lines blackish, generally rather feeble; antemedian oblique outward 
from costa at about one-third, divisible with the lens into a costal and a 
subcostal spot, then oblique inward, but only distinctly traceable in one $, 
in which it forms a minute dot on M and a larger one on SM^\ median shade 
very weak or nearly obsolete, straightish, oblique, just beyond middle of wing; 
cell-dot minute but black; postmedian marked by a costal dash (parallel with 
termen) at just beyond two-thirds, obsolescent to R^, here acutely angulated 
outward, thence fine and somewhat sinuous, but approximately parallel with 
termen, accentuated by dots on the veins; subterminal line sinuous, chiefly 
conspicuous through a band of grey shading which accompanies it proximally; 
no terminal line; fringe proximally with black dots opposite the veins. Hind 
wing rather elongate anteriorly, roundly bent about SC^-R^ and again about 
R^~M^, straightish between, again straightish (minutely sinuate inward) be- 
tween and tornus; cell about one-half; concolorous with fore wing or 
proximally slightly whiter; a small black cell-dot; lines rather thick at ab- 
dominal margin, the postmedian also traceable across the wing in minute 
vein-dots; proximal subterminal shade rather strong in places, more macular 
than on fore wing; fringe as on fore wing. 
Underside more strongly and darkly marked than above, the irroration 
being much heavier, almost entirely suffusing the proximal half of the fore 
wing; cell-dots larger; median line of hind wing sometimes complete. 
Rhodesia: Umvuma, 25 December 1917, type 20 and 25 December 1917, 
two $$ (A. J. T. Janse). Type in coll. Janse. 
