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242. Ai'ctoscelia onusta sp. unv. 



cJ. Forewinqs : smoky black, with sliglit pale striatious; the lines deeper bl;icl<. 

 accompanied by pale dots on the veins ; first line at one-fonrth, angled outwards in 

 cell and on submcdian fold ; second line at three-fourths, curved parallel to hind- 

 margin and outwards above inner margin, dentate inwards between the veins, the 

 outward teeth on the veins followed by whitish spots, that on costa large ; sub- 

 marginal line wavy, obscure, finely pale : a large diftuse cell-blotcli on the disco- 

 cellular ; fringe concolorous, subcrenulate ; costa in places speckled with paler. 



Hindwings : smoky brown, darker towards hindmargin : fringe dark brown, 

 paler at base, with a dark marginal line. 



Underside of both wings smoky brown, the hiudwiug woolly. ? somewhat 

 paler and browner ; the underside with the ccll-si)ots and curved postmediam line 

 blackish. Face, palpi, and thorax blackish, very hairy ; abdomen cinereous browu. 

 Tufts of the legs in S rufous fuscous. 



E.xpanse of wings : 44 mm. 



One cJ, two ? ? , from N. Luzon, .5U0U— GOOO feet (Whitehead). 



243. Arctoscelia onusta ab. mutata nov. 

 A pair from the same locality ditier sutticieutly to deserve a separate description. 

 Gronnd-colour olive-ochreous, thickly dusted with fuscous, the veins ferrnginoas : 

 costa ferruginous ochreons, thickly dotted with black : the lines black, distinct aud 

 denticulate, with faint whitish dots on veins ; the discal mark a black ring with 

 pale centre; snbmarginal line preceded by a coarse black shade, interrupted between 

 veins 3 and 4; fringe ferruginous, mottled with dark fuscous. Hindwings smoky 

 brown, as in the typo. Underside of wings, head, and thorax smoky brown, not so 

 dark as in the type. The yellow veins of the forewings are dotted with black, the 

 intervals being filled up with smoky fuscous, powdered with fine whitish scales. 

 Although so different in appearance, there can be no doubt of their being a form of 

 onmta. 



244. Petelia sti'igata sp. nov. 



Foreivings : mouse-colour, with numerous dark fuscous striae ; the lines 

 brown ; first near base at one-fifth, slightly curved ; second similar, before middle, 

 followed by a distinct dark cell-spot ; third at three-fourths, oblique ; a short 

 ol)l!quc black streak from apex, continued vertically, then running inwards and 

 denticulated along the outer line, which it nearly touches ; the space between them 

 brownish ; a pale grey triangular blotch below apex ; fringe concolorous. 



Ilindwinqs : with antemedian and median ciuwed brown lines ; the cell-sjiot 

 white ; hindmargin darker. 



Underside glossy cinereous, witli dark speckles. Face and palpi brown: vertex 

 white ; thorax and abdomen concolorous with wings. 



Expanse of wings : 26 — 28 mm. 



Three d S from AVeenen, Natal. 



24.3. Petelia strigata ab. pallida nov. 

 Ground-colour paler, ocbreous grey ; the markings all more distinct : the sub- 

 marginal line black and denticulate throughout : the triangular jialc spot diiFuse 

 and inconspicuous ; underside much jialer. 



