Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 
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oblique white marks, oil central portion of termen with a patch of 
wdiite suffusion towards base containing' three black dots. Hindwings 
grey, darker posteriorly; cilia light greyish tinged with ochreous. 
Lekkerwater (Rietfontein No. TO), Zoutpansberg District, in 
September; one specimen. 
Polyhymno palinorsa, n. sp. (Plate V, fig. 4). 
Male, 13 mm. Head white. Palpi white, second joint with a 
fuscous lateral line except at apex, terminal joint with anterior edge 
dark fuscous. Antennae dark fuscous, towards base white above. 
Thorax white with four dark fuscous stripes. Abdomen grey, sides 
and apex whitish. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa slightly 
arched, apex falcate, acute, termen very oblique ; dark fuscous ; a 
moderate white median longitudinal streak from base to termen, 
becoming linear posteriorly ; a fine white line immediately beneath 
costa from near base to middle, thence running obliquely into 
median streak near termen ; a white sub-dorsal line from near base 
almost to tornus ; a white line along submedian fold posteriorly 
almost rising out of median streak ; a wdiite somewhat upwards- 
oblique streak lying between posterior half of this and median streak ; 
an oblique white line from costa about § to apex of median streak, 
extremity greyish ; a pale ochreous-yellowish streak running from 
above posterior portion of this to apex ; cilia grey, on costa white 
with several irregular dark fuscous bars, at apex with a dark fuscous 
bar, on upper part of termen with a patch of whitish suffusion 
containing a dark fuscous basal line and a black dot beyond this at 
each extremity. Hindwings grey ; cilia whitish-grey tinged with 
ochreous. 
Pretoria, in December; one specimen. 
Polyhymno paracma, n. sp. (Plate Y, fig. 5). 
Female, 13-14 mm. Head white. Palpi white, anterior edge 
of terminal joint dark fuscous. Antennae grey, towards base white. 
Thorax w r hite with three ochreous-fuscous stripes. Abdomen grey, 
segmental margins whitish. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, 
costa slightly arched, apex falcate, acute, termen very oblique; 
ochreous-fuscous; a broad shining white sharply-defined median 
streak from base to beyond apex acute, low T er marg'in prominent 
beyond middle of wing and sending a fine branch along fold almost 
to tornus ; a narrow shining, white sub-dorsal streak from base to 
tornus ; a whitish line along costa from about J to middle, thence 
obliquely to above apex of median streak ; an oblique wdiite striga 
from costa about f to near termen, apex leaden-grey; a suffused 
leaden-grey mark along upper part of termen ; cilia grey, on costa 
white, with several irregular oblique dark fuscous bars, round apex 
mixed with blackish, on middle of termen with a basal patch of 
white suffusion, above which is a short black basal line. Hindwings 
grey ; cilia light grey. 
Pretoria, in November and December; two specimens. 
Polyhymno eurydoxa, n. sp. (Plate Y, fig. 6). 
Male, 13 mm. Head ochreous-white, crowm more ochreous- 
tinged. Palpi white, anterior edge of terminal joint dark fuscous. 
Antennae grey. Thorax pale shining whitish-ochreous, patagia 
