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and distal area black, the interrupted curved white fascia which in N. com- 
maculata runs from apex to tornus being only developed in its anterior part 
and even here sprinkled with black. Hind wing white, not tinged with straw- 
colour; the cell-spot, which is generally wanting in of N. commaculata, well 
developed; postmedian line of spots more distally placed, about 3 mm. from 
termen; a terminal line of black spots, confluent almost throughout; fringe 
predominantly grey, only mixed with white at ends of some of the veins and 
the fold. 
Bechuanaland : Gaberones, 6 November 1917 (Jones). Type in coll. Janse. 
,A slightly larger S from Potgieters Rust, Transvaal, November 1919 
(G. M. Melle), in coll. South African Museum, shows on the fore wing a narrow 
remnant of a white streak from near tornus to anteriorly curving away 
from apex, rather than (as in N. commaculata) towards it. 
In Nov. Zool. XXII. 367 I used the name Nothahvaxas (= Hameopis Butl.) 
too comprehensively; it must be restricted to the few species with the horny 
plate above the face — curiously overlooked in Warren’s generic diagnosis. 
These are commaculata Warr., rudicornis Butl. and one or two as yet un- 
described. 
56. Zamarada consecuta sp. nov. (PI. I, fig. 22). 
(J, 27 mm.; $, 31mm. Nearly related to secutaria Guen. {— pulverosa 
Warr.). Hind tibia of S not appreciably dilated, hind tarsus almost as long 
as tibia, the spinules conspicuous. Thorax and abdomen dorsally darker than 
in secutaria, the abdomen with black anterior belt and ill-defined black 
posterior cloudings (from about the 4th somite to the 7th). 
Fore wing, at least in the (J, rather narrower, termen rather more oblique; 
irroration and markings blacker, giving to the whole insect a more sombre 
appearance ; cell-mark narrower, not pale centred ; postmedian line with much 
shallower sinus between and and not fully resuming its vertical direction 
posteriorly; dark radial shade strongly developed in distal area and even 
suggested between postmedian and cell. Hind wing and underside with 
corresponding distinctions, the distal area beneath of an almost uniform 
black-grey. 
Transvaal: Barberton, 19-26 March 1920 (A. Roberts, G. v. D.), type ^ 
in coll. Transvaal Museum; Pretoria, August 1913 (Lord Gladstone), $ in coll. 
L. B. Prout. 
This may have been overlooked as a form of the common and rather 
variable secutaria. I think the antennal pectinations of the $ are slightly 
shorter, but they are pressed against the shaft in a manner that makes 
exact judgment very difficult. It is probable that the unnamed species from 
Machakos, British East Africa, which Hampson {Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. xix. 
123, t. 4, f. 51) records as Z. phaeozona “subsp.” is a race of consecuta, much 
less dark and without the dark dorsal maculation of the abdomen. 
57. Zamarada ilma sp. nov. (PI. I, fig. 6). 
(J, 18 mm. Still closer to secutaria Guen., agreeing almost exactly in shape 
and markings, but with more nearly the coloration of consecuta. Distinguished 
by its very small size and somewhat olivaceous tone. Vertex and thorax 
above pale olive-grey, metathorax with some black, partly lustrous dots. 
Abdomen above light ochreous brown, with some white admixture on central 
ridge and with the crests blackish; anal tufts rather long. Hind tibia even 
more strongly dilated than in secutaria, whitish, with slightly browner hair- 
pencil; hind tarsus abbreviated (less than two-thirds tibia), the spinules con- 
cealed. 
