( 130) 



Head, tbonix, abdomen, and underside all yullow. 

 Exjjanse of wings : 20 mm. 

 A few from Wecnen. 



Nearest to nigricornis Hmpsn. from Abyssinia, but that species has the 

 antennae black. 



SiBFAMav SOHOENOBIINAE. 

 308. Cirrhochrista argentiplaga sp. nov. 



Forewings : pale yellow, with orange-red sntt'usion along costa at base and 

 before apex, and less strongly in the marginal area; a large irregnlar-shajjed oblong 

 silvery blotch in the disc, bordered by the orange-red lines ; the first from costa 

 beyond one-third, straight and inwardly obli(ine to below the snbmediau vein, then 

 bent at a right angle to inner margin before middle ; second from two-tliirds, 

 oblique outwards to beyond cell, then parallel to hiudmargin, forming a sinuous 

 curve as far as the submedian fold, thence straight to inner margin near first line ; 

 tlie costal portion of this blotch is snffnsed with yellow ground-colonr, and on the 

 •discocellular is a yellowish blotch mixed with orange-red scales; fringe yellow, vnth 

 a broad bright orange-red line at base, and a duller red line in the centre. 



Ilindicini/s : yellow, suflused with dull smoky fuscous as far as a curved dull 

 brown submarginal line, beyond it unsnfiFused ; fringe pale yellow, with a red basal 

 spot just opposite the cell. 



Face, palpi, and antennae orange-red ; thorax and abdomen yellow, washed 

 with orange, especially the shoulders and front of thorax. Underside glossy 

 straw-colour ; the disc of both wings suffused with reddish fuscous. 



Expanse of wings : 34 mm. 



One S from Weeneu, Natal. 



