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Plusiodonta chalcomera, n. sp. 
o'. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with some whitish ; 
antennae dark brown ; tarsi brown ringed with whitish ; 
abdomen whitish dorsally suffused with reddish brown, 
ventrally tinged with red-brown. Fore wing red-brown 
mixed with whitish ; a slight oblique dark subbasal line 
from costa to submedian fold, defined on inner side by whitish ; 
an antemedial band defined by golden scales and with some 
dark brown suffusion beyond it from costa to submedian 
fold, where there is a slight golden streak below it ; an 
indistinct oblique waved brown medial line with some golden 
scales before and beyond it on inner margin, some purplish 
grey before and beyond it on inner half ; reniform defined 
by brown, an oblique rather diffused dark line from it to 
inner margin ; postmedial line indistinctly double, dark 
brown filled in with purplish grey, excurved below costa 
and at middle, then very oblique and excurved below vein 2, 
with golden suffusion beyond it from vein 5 to inner margin ; 
a subterminal band suffused with gold and defined by waved 
blackish lines from costa to vein 3, incurved below vein 7, 
and a patch from vein 3 just beyond the postmedial line to 
terminal part of inner margin, its inner edge incurved to 
vein 1 and its outer edge bent outwards at vein 2 ; some 
purplish grey at middle of terminal area with a whitish bar 
beyond it on termen. Hind wing whitish suffused with 
grey-brown. Underside whitish tinged with grey-brown ; 
fore wing with some brownish ochreous on costa towards 
apex. 
Hab. Br. E. Africa, Lagari (Betton), 1 q type. Exp. 
38 millim. 
Plusiodonta maera, n. sp. 
o'. Head and thorax dark brown tinged with purplish grey ; 
pectus and hind legs whitish suffused with brown, the tarsi 
ringed with white ; abdomen grey-brown, the ventral surface 
white irrorated with brown. Fore wing dark brown suffused 
with purple-grey to the postmedial line, the antemedial area, 
except towards inner margin, and the subterminal band suffused 
with metallic gold ; a faint oblique blackish subbasal line from 
costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line black, defined on 
outer side by dark red-brown to above vein 1, bent outwards 
in the cell, then slightly waved, some gold scales before and 
beyond it at inner margin ; a faint oblique slightly sinuous 
brownish medial line ; reniform defined by brown, on inner 
side by a double line ; postmedial line double, brown, ex- 
curved below costa and at middle, then obliquely incurved ; 
a maculate gold suffused subterminal band defined by waved 
