Xew Species of Lcpidoptera Hcteroccra. 491 



39. P. LEUCICOLOR, Butl., subsp. 

 MUSCOSA, subsp. nov. 



Differs from typical leiicicolor, Btlr., in the ground colour of both 

 wings being pale moss green instead of saffron yellow, covered with 

 short transverse olive fuscous and blackish striae ; the median and 

 outer bands olive brown, 



Underside with the outer chainlike band red brown edged with 

 dark brown, instead of bright rosy edged with carmine. 



1 3 from M'fongosi, Zululand, April, 1911. (W. E. Jones.) 



SUB-FAMILY SCOTOPTEKYGINAE. 



GEN. CATASCIA, Hbn. 



40. CATASCIA APPROXOIANS, spec. nov. 

 (Plate XLI., fig. 1.) 



Forewing : Brownish grey, with numerous dark transverse striae, 

 thickest in the median area ; the costa finely dotted with black ; 

 inner and outer lines black ; the inner, starting from a small black 

 costal spot at 4/, is strongly and somewhat squarely excurved between 

 subcostal and median veins, on the latter of which it is inwardly 

 dentate, vertical to submedian fold, then oblique inwards ; outer 

 from -J of costa is irregularly curved inwards and dentate-lunulate, 

 approaching inner line on submedian fold; a black cellspot on a faint 

 dark median shade ; subterminal line not marked except by the 

 denser striae of the terminal border. 



Hindwing: With the lines less marked, the median shade stronger. 



Underside whitish, striated with dark grey; both wings with strong 

 black cell spots and crenulate black outer line, beyond which the dark 

 striae are fewer ; costa of forewing ochreous yellow with heavier 

 dark striae. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen concolorous with wings. 



Expanse of wings : 42 mm. 



1 $ from the Coast District, Natal, 1879. (W. D. Gooch.) 



Most probably a Gatascia ; but the antennae are entirely wanting. 



41. CATASCIA KENITENS, spec. nov. 

 (Plate XLI., fig. 3.) 



Forewing : Pale greyish brown, suffused with dark grey to outer 

 line ; inner and outer lines black, lunulate dentate ; the inner 



