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indistinct ; liindwings reddish grey, with a dark brown discal spot. Head, thorax, 

 iind abdomen dark rufons. 



Expanse of wings : 29 mm. 



One ? from Penang, March 1897 (Cnrtis). 



12. Striglina rothi sp. nov. 



Forewings : silky, dull golden orange, the veins and transverse rippled lines 

 deejier orange, becoming metallic black on costa ; an intermj)tcd curved dark 

 fascia acmss the middle, preceded h\ round scmihyaline s])ots in coll and on snl> 

 mciiian fold ; a curved line from three-fonrtlis of costa to hindinargin at vein 3 

 blackish ; marginal line metallic black, interrupted by orange dots at the veins ; 

 fringe orange, very broad, chequered with metallic black at base and tips beyond 

 the veins. 



Ilindtvings : with the ground-colour paler, and the veins and reticnlations 

 brighter orange ; the hyaline spots larger and more conspicuous before the central 

 fascia, and a single spot in cell beyond it ; no dark exterior curved line, but the 

 marginal line thicker. 



Underside similar, but duller : the central fiiscia on forewings resolved into 

 two nearly black quadrate blotches. Head, thorax, and abdomen like wings. 



Expanse of wings : 22 — 23 mm. 



Two ? ? from Warri, Niger Coast Protectorate, May 1897 (Dr. Roth). 



This striking species is named in honour of the collector. 



13. Symphleps suffusa sp. nov. 



Forewings : glossy ochreous, crossed by very numerous coarse rosy fulvons 

 strigulations, so thickly confluent as to give the whole wing ji pinkish fulvous 

 aj>j)earance, leaving only a few jiale spots of ground-colour here and there along 

 inner margin and towards anal angle ; the costal region less suffused with rosy, 

 the costa itself marked with short fuscous striae, and with seven white spots; fringe 

 and marginal area bronzy rosy, with no trace of dark vein-dots ; cell-spot minute, 

 silvery. 



IJindwiiigs : with the strigulations less conliueut, leaving streaks of jjuler 

 ground-colour visible ; fringe as in forewings, but the margin very narrowly of the 

 same colour ; cell-spot larger, sUvery white. 



Underside the same, but the pale spots of ground-colonr more distinct, globular 

 Head, ^houlders, and patagla rosy fulvous ; abdomen pale ochret)Us ; antennae pale 

 dotted with fuscous. 



Expanse of wings : 24 mm. 



One ? from Warri, Niger Coast Protectorate, September 1897 (Dr. Roth). 



Distinguished by the fuscous-marked costa, with only seven white dots. 



Family URANllUAE. 



14. Micronia nanula sp. nov. 



Foreu-itigs : white, with huurtous transverse ochreous strigae ; a faint smoky 

 ochreons streak from inner margin at three-fifths, running parallel to hindmargin 

 and scarcely reaching half-way across wing, the area just beyond i( with fewer strigae; 

 fringe fuscous grey. 



liindwings: with the strigae finer and only jjresent towards margin, forming a 



