( 198) 



?. like the male, bnt with a subterruiiial very stroingly serrated line edged 

 outwardly with whitish. 



Expause : S and ? , 44 mm. 



Ilab. The type from Babooni is iu my collection ; other .specimens in tlie Tring 

 Museum. The sjiecies occnrs in September, and 1 have a good series from all the 

 localities tliat Mr. I'ratt collected iu. I believe this insect is a variety of the 

 previous one, and that it will prove to be the antuiun brood of J>. Iieheae ; bnt it is 

 80 distinct in general coloration that it is obviously advisable to name it. 



Hi. Acronycta crenulata spec. nov. 



S. Head and thorax irrorated pale and dark grey, abdomen greyish. Primary 

 pale grey, with a dark, double, obliipie, obscure iu parts, antemedial line, and a 

 blackish finely crenulate postmedial line, edged internally with wliite, (lutwardly 

 curved above vein 3, below which it recedes in a deep curve to the inner margin, 

 lieyoud this is an indistinct stripe of pale shading ; orbicular a whitish distinct 

 round spot, reniform rather obscure, between these two a dark costal patch. 

 Secondary pale grey, darker at the termeu. 



E.xpanse : 42 mm. 



Hab. The type is in my collection from the Kebea Range, where it was taken 

 in July. 



17. Acronycta ekeikei spec. nov. 



S . Head and thorax whitish grey, finely irrorated with pale green ; abdomen 

 grey, rapidly deepening into reddish brown ; legs pinkish grey, with blackish tarsi. 

 Primary pale whitish grey, more or less finely irrorated all over with pale green ; 

 a small dark costal patch near the base followed by a dark dot, a dark costal jiatch 

 above the end of the cell extending into a green spot closing the cell, two small 

 costal spots, followed by a longer dash on the costa in front of the apex, a trace of 

 an antemedial irregular whitish line, and a faint trace of two pale postmedial lines, 

 the outer one dotted white ; a broad blackish dash below vein 2, distinctly black 

 along the vein edged with white above, which (white) curves down nearly into the 

 tornus, intersecting the black dash which extends to the termen ; the postmedial 

 area beyond the cell-spot is darker along the costa to the apex and down to the 

 tornus than the rest of the wing; termen finely black. Secondary reddish brown, 

 whitish and somewhat diaphanous towards the base. Undersurface : Primary 

 lustrous reddish brown, white below the cell and vein 2, with a trace of a dark 

 postmedial line. Secondary whitish with costa and apex broadly reddish brown, 

 and a distinct red-brown irregular postmedial stripe from the costa to the inner 

 margin. 



Expanse : 38 mm. 



Ilab. The type from Ekeikei is in my collection. The species flies in March 

 and April. 



18. Acronycta dinawa spec. nov. 



S ■ Head and thorax pale olive green, abdomen pale brownish tinged with red, 

 anal extremity greenish, legs dark red-brown, jialcly spotted. Primary pale olive 

 green, costa spotted with black, the spot above the end of the cell large and 

 extending down to vein .^i ; a short black basal dash along the lower margin of 

 the cell and a black dash along vein 3 to near the termeu ; a trace of an antemedial 



