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Three t?c?, one ?, from Natal, collected by A. J. Spiller. 



This is probably merely a local form. The ? has the speckliags mach coarser; 

 one cJ is much suffused in the forewings with rnfous brown. 



Subfamily SEJIIOTHIStNiAB. 

 246. Acadra fulvisparsa sji. uov. 



Forewings : white, thickly sprinkled and snft'nsed with ])nrplish grey; the lines 

 dark purplish brown ; first line from just before the middle of costa to inner m.-irgin 

 near base, starting from a costal patch ; second line from the same patch, acutely 

 angled outwards towards apex, then straight and oblique to inner margin close to 

 first line ; third line from costa at two-thirds, also acutely angled outwards near 

 hindmargin, tlien straight and oblique, geminated, to inner margin at middle : two 

 straight submarginal lines from inner margin before anal angle, coalescing and 

 rnnmng into hindmargin beyond the angle of third line ; a whitish grey-speckled 

 ]iatch at apex, with dark spots on costa and hindmargin ; costal space beyond third 

 line fnlvous, this colour being irregularly diffused below towards the hindmargin 

 and along the median nervules : a small dark cell-dot be_vond the first line ; a thick 

 purplish brown marginal line ; fringe white, much suffused and mottled witli 

 purplish brown. 



Ilindwings : with a dark basal line, a thick antemedian line, double postmedian 

 and submarginal lines, all straight, purplish bmwn ; the broad central area white, 

 almost unspeckled, with a black cell-spot ; hindmargin from tooth to anal angle 

 narrowly white ; marginal line from apex to tooth thick, purple-brown, the fringe 

 dark ; from tooth to anal angle fine, with the fringe white. 



Underside with the markings all suffused dark purj)lish brown, the fulvous 

 costal patch large and well defined ; head, thorax, and abdomen jmrplish grey, 

 mixed witli whitish. 



Expanse of wings : 36 mm. 



One S from Warri, River Niger, February 1890 (Dr. Roth). 



The hindmargin of forewings is oblirpie outwards from apex to vein 7, then 

 oblique inwards, with a shallow double excision between veins 7 and 4. 



247. Azata mutabilis s]i. nov. 



Forewings : brown, with darker speckles and striae ; the lines ferruginous, 

 marked with dark brown or black ; first close to base, angled beneath costa ; second 

 wholly ferruginous and obscure, passing over the cell-spot : outer line at two-thirds, 

 minutely waved, and curved below costa, sometimes marked with brown-l)lack, 

 followed by a dull lustrous line and again by a dark shade which contains a black 

 spot between veins 3 and 4 ; marginal area darker ; an interrupted brown-black 

 marginal line ; fringe concolorous. 



Ilimlicings : without the black s])ot, and with a submarginal ferruginous curved 

 line. 



Underside bright fulvous, with black speckles to the outer line, then dark 

 brown, with the margin again becoming fulvous. Face, palpi, and vertex dark 

 brown ; thorax and abdomen grey. 



Expanse of wings : <?, 22 mm. ; ? , 24 — 2() mm. 



