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Hindwimjs : with central line excnrvcd round cell, and marked witli black dots 

 on veins ; cell-spot and marjriiial area as in torewings. 



Underside wholly smoky brown, blackish towards hindmargiu. Palpi blackish 

 at the tips ; thorax and abdomen dark grey; vertex and antennae jiale grey. 



Expanse of wings : 45 mm. 



One ¥ from AVarri, River Niger, February 1806 (Dr. Roth). 



Agrees with Pseudalcis in neuration, but the antennae of the ? are pectinated. 



2311. Psilocerea apicata sp. nov. 



Forewings: fawn-colour, with a rufous tint : tlie veins dull rust-colour; the 

 whole surface finely dusted with iilackish atoms : linos pale ochreons, edged with 

 ferruginous ; basal line forming a strong angle outwards on the median, thence 

 sinuous inwards to the inner margin, its outside edge ferruginous ; exterior line 

 from apex of forewiug to middle of inuer margin of hindwing, internally edged with 

 ferruginous ; cell-spot small, black ; extreme apex before the exterior line darkened 

 with blackish scales ; marginal area beyond exterior line rather paler than rest of 

 wing, with an indistinct cloud ruuning vertically upwards from anal angle. 



Hindunngs : with basal half darker than outer half, which has a smoky shade 

 along its centre. Head, face, thorax, and abdomen pale fawn. 



Underside much paler, with coarse black atoms and an iridescent pearly tinge ; 

 exterior line and cell-dots alone faintly indicated ; apex of forewing darkened. 



Expanse of wings : 48 mm. 



One <S from Natal. 



231. Psilocerea nigromaculata »]>. nov. 



Forewings : ochreons, sutfused and dotted with fulvous, and in places with 

 coarse black mottlings ; costa grey at base : the lines oblique, fulvous ; the first at 

 one-third, angled beneath costa, and with coarse black dots in the upper part ; 

 exterior line oblique from apex to middle of inner margin, thicker below, preceded 

 by a finer oblique fulvous line ; some black snbapical costal blotches ; submargiual 

 line indistinct, but marked by two black blotches between veins 2 and 4 ; a black 

 cell-spot ; fringe concolorous. 



liindwbigs : the same, without the first line. 



Underside pale straw-colour, with coarse black speckles : costa of forewings 

 much marked with black ; the blotches of the submarginal line black, and a central 

 black fascia on hiudwings; cell-spots black: apical blotches of forewings marked 

 with brown. Palpi ferruginous ; head, thorax, and abdomen ochreons, spotted 

 with fulvous. 



Exjianse of wings : 39 mm. 



One S from Madagascar. 



232. Racotis boarmiaria vufaria subsp. nov. 



Like li. boarmiaria Guen., but with the npperside of both wings strongly 

 tinged with rufous. The pale underside much dusted with fuscous atoms. 



One ? from Moroka, British New Guinea, 3500 feet, October 1896 (Anthony). 



