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of rather oblique whitish strigulae ; dorsum strigulated with dark fuscous ; 
a supramedian band of grey suffusion and submedian band of ochreous- 
whitish suffusion, both very undefined ; basal patch indicated by dark 
fuscous strigulation ; a more conspicuous dark fuscous strigula on sub- 
median band at § ; central fascia represented by an oblique dark fuscous 
streak from middle of costa, reaching half across wing ; ocellus irregularly 
suffused with white, enclosed laterally by thick pale silvery streaks, 
anterior preceded by a black mark in middle, ocellus enclosing upper and 
lower irregular black marks or groups of scales, and surmounted by a patch 
of very fine irregular grey- whitish striation separated by dark fuscous scales ; 
two white strigulae on termen beneath apex ; cilia white irrorated with 
fuscous except towards tips, on upper part of termen rather dark fuscous 
irrorated with white. Hindwings with 3 and 4 stalked ; grey ; cilia 
whitish-grey with faint darker subbasal line, tips grey irrorated with white. 
Barberton, in January (Janse) ; one specimen. Allied to psammacta. 
Coccothera, n. g. 
Antennae in $ minutely ciliated. Palpi rather short, porrected or 
subascending, second joint expanded with rough scales beneath and at 
apex above, terminal joint very short. Thorax smooth. Forewings with 
7 separate, to termen. Hindwings with basal pecten ; 3 and 4 approxi- 
mated at base, 5 parallel, 6 and 7 connate. 
Type spissana, Zell. The examination of examples bred from larvae 
feeding on the scale-insect Ceroplasta (Hardenberg) shows that this species 
forms a new genus, allied to Laspeyresia. 
Laspeyresia campeslris , n. sp. 
§. 14 mm. Head and thorax fuscous sprinkled with whitish. Palpi 
pale greyish-ochreous, anteriorly whitish. Abdomen dark grey. Posterior 
tibiae pale ochreous, above with whitish scales. Forewings elongate, 
moderate, slightly dilated posteriorly, costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, 
termen rounded, little oblique ; fuscous, finely irrorated with grey-whitish 
with lilac-purplish suffusion forming faint hardly definable irregular trans- 
verse streaks, especially a median group dilated towards dorsum ; costa 
from J to apex suffused with olive-ochreous, with seven pairs of indistinct 
ochreous-whitish oblique strigulae, each pair emitting a short oblique 
violet-leaden line, third and fifth longer, very oblique, sinuate, fourth 
running into third, sixth and seventh running into fifth ; posterior edge 
of ocellus represented by a short indistinct purplish-leaden streak, edged 
anteriorly by three minute irregular black dots ; cilia pale greyish-ochreous, 
somewhat sprinkled with blackish and towards termen with whitish. Hind- 
wings with 3 and 4 short-stalked ; fuscous, darker towards termen ; cilia 
whitish-fuscous, with darker subbasal line. 
Pretoria, in November (Janse) ; one specimen, bred from a larva 
feeding in fruit of Combretum. An obscure insect, near modica, but appar- 
ently quite distinct, very uniform in colouring ; the may possess special 
structural characters ; I should not, however, have described it from a 
single specimen but for ascertainment of larval habit. 
