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thence obliquely to above extremity of median streak ; an acutely angulated 
bluish-leaden-metallic transverse line beyond apex of median streak, 
becoming white on costa ; apical area beyond this somewhat tinged with 
fulvous, marked on costa with three short wedge-shaped white marks 
separated with blackish : cilia grey, above apex dark fuscous with two 
wedge-shaped white marks, at apex with a blackish hook, on termen with 
a white subbasal line edged externally with a black mark beneath apex 
and two cloudy blackish-grey dots below this. Hindwings grey ; cilia 
light grey, towards apex tinged with whitish. 
Three Bisters (Janse) ; in February and March, three specimens. 
Near palinorsa, but without the white lines of thorax or white subdorsal 
line and pale yellowish apical streak of forewings. A specimen from 
Haenertsburg (Swierstra), not in good condition, previously regarded as 
palinorsa, is apparently really this species. 
Polyhymno oxystola, n. sp. 
2. 11-12 mm. Head fuscous, face and sides of crown white. Palpi 
white, second joint dark fuscous except apex, upper half of terminal joint 
dark fuscous anteriorly. Thorax white, with broad fuscous stripe on 
each side of back. Abdomen grey, segmental margins whitish. Forewings 
elongate, narrow, costa almost straight, apex pointed, considerably pro- 
duced, subfalcate, termen concave beneath apex, then very obliquely 
rounded ; rather dark fuscous, dorsal area lighter ; a rather broad shining 
white median longitudinal streak from base to near termen, posteriorly 
acutely pointed, edged beneath by a streak of dark fuscous suffusion ; a 
white line along costa from near base to near middle, thence running 
obliquely into apex of median streak ; a suffused white streak beneath 
submedian dark fuscous streak from before middle of wing to its extremity, 
sending a suffused oblique branch to tornus ; a silvery-metallic acutely 
angulated transverse line beyond apex of median streak, becoming white 
towards costa, lower portion almost terminal ; a pale brownish- ochreous 
slender streak running above angle of this from near costa into apex ; 
two oblique white wedge-shaped marks running from costa into this, second 
followed by a blackish dot very finely edged posteriorly with whitish : 
cilia grey, above apex dark fuscous, with two white wedge-shaped marks, 
below apex with a black subbasal mark, beneath this with a whitish patch 
marked with a very fine ochreous-brown subbasal line. Hindwings grey ; 
cilia light grey, round apex tips whitish. 
Barberton (Janse) ; in December, two specimens. 
Polyhymno inermis, n. sp. 
$. 8 mm. Head and thorax ochreous, face shining whitish-ochreous. 
Palpi ochreous-yellowish, terminal joint whitish, anterior edge blackish. 
Abdomen grey. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa hardly arched, 
apex slenderly caudate, termen sinuate, very oblique ; ochreous-brownish ; 
a fine white oblique striga from costa at §, costal edge blackish on each side 
of this, its apex extended as a leaden-grey line to near termen beneath 
apex, thence sharply angulated and continued near termen to near tornus ; 
two wedge-shaped white marks from costa towards apex : cilia pale grey, 
above apex with a white patch marked with three short dark fuscous lines 
