432 Annals of the South African Museum. 



PLUSIAN^:. 



(2a) PLUSIA CONFUSA, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 149 (1888). 



Hab. Natal, Durban (Leigh) ; India, Sikhim, Nilgiris ; Ceylon. 

 Exp. 42 mill. 



NOCTUIN^. 



(1) CATEPHIA DIPLOGRAMMA, n. sp. 



$ . Head and thorax reddish brown mixed with black ; abdomen 

 greyish suffused with brown, the dorsal crests black. Forewing grey 

 with a purplish tinge, suffused and irrorated with fuscous ; subbasal 

 line black, oblique towards costa, strongly excurved at median 

 nervure and ending at vein 1 ; antemedial line double, slightly 

 waved, oblique from costa to subrnediau fold, then strongly incurved ; 

 reniform denned by black ; postmedial line double, angled slightly 

 outwards at veins 6 and 4, then incurved, waved and angled upwards 

 in submedian fold to near antemedial line ; subterminal line indis- 

 tinct, pale denned by fuscous, curved, slightly angled outwards at 

 vein 7 and excurved at middle ; the veins streaked with black towards 

 ternien ; a fine black terminal line. Hindwing white, the veins 

 brownish ; a black-brown patch at tornus crossed by a pale striga ; 

 the under side with discoidal point and postmedial series of strias on 

 the veins. 



2 . Hindwing with the whole terminal area pale brown. 

 Hab. Transvaal, Potchefstroom District (Ayres), Lydenberg Dis- 

 trict (Ayres). Exp. 38 mill. Type in B.M. 



(5) CATEPHIA BARRETTS, n. sp. 



$ . Head and thorax dark reddish brown, the scales slightly 

 tipped with grey ; abdomen grey -brown. Forewing dark reddish 

 brown slightly irrorated with grey, the terminal area paler ; the 

 subbasal line indistinct, slightly angled outwards below costa and 

 ending at submedian fold ; an oblique black mark on inner margin 

 before middle ; the antemedial line indistinct, slightly angled out- 

 wards below costa and on median nervure, then incurved and bent 

 outwards again at vein 1 ; claviforrn represented by an obscure dark 

 patch ; orbicular round, grey defined by brown ; reniform elliptical, 

 defined by brown and grey ; some grey points on costa towards 

 apex ; postmedial line brown defined by grey on inner side, bent 

 outwards below costa, excurved and sinuous to vein 4, then bent 

 inwards and oblique ; a small triangular blackish mark from costa- 



