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25. Traminda ? pallida sp. nov. 



Foretvings : dnll pale ochreons green, slightly pinkish-tinged towards hind- 

 margin, and thickly dusted with darker ; a diffuse dull pinkish cihliqne line from 

 costa close before apex to heyoud middle of inner margin, with slight traces of a 

 submarginal narrower line, diverging from the same point on costa ; fringe dull 

 mfons ; cell-spot elongated, white, with rnfons edges. 



IIin(lwi)7gs : with faint central and suhmarginal lines, both diffuse and not 

 reaching costa : a faint pale cell-spot. 



Underside similar, the submarginal line only marked. Face and collar dnll 

 green ; fillet whitish : thorax and abdomen paler, like wings. 



Expanse of wings : 22 mm. 



One ? from Kiboko River, British East Africa, November 1896 (Dr. Ansorge). 



Hindmargin of both wings without angle, hardly visibly elbowed. 



Referred to Traminda provisionally, in the absence of the S. 



Subfamily ASTHENINAE. 



2G. Asthenotricha ansorgei sp. nov. 



Forewings : whitish, dnsted with pale ochreons and fuscons, and crossed by faint 

 waved ochreons lines ; onter edge of central fascia from three-fonrths of costa to 

 two-thirds of inner margin, dark grey, forming two blunt projections outwards on 

 veins C and 4, preceded by two similar lines, the space between them also dnsted 

 with grey ; two greyish ochreons irregularly waved snijmarginal lines ; fringe 

 eoncolorous, with a darker line at base. 



Hiiuhvings : with two curved and parallel dark grey central lines and two 

 ochreons submarginal lines. Tuft of hair shorter than in A. Jfaiicoma, duller 

 yellow, the tips fuscous. 



Underside similar, the markings greyish ochreons. Thorax and abdomen 

 eoncolorous ; head damaged. 



Expanse of wings : 26 mm. 



One cJ from Nandi, Uganda Protectorate, December 1896 (Dr. Ansorge). 



The specimen is not in good condition. 



27. Asthenotricha fiavicoma sp. nov. 



Forewings : greyish ochreons, with a slight flesh-coloured tinge ; crossed by 

 many slightly darker but indistinct wavy and denticnhite lines ; one close to base, 

 and two cnrved and parallel to one another from one-fourth of costa to one-third 

 of inner margin; three waved lines from beyond middle of costa, curved inwards to 

 middle of inner margin, nearly joining the two inner lines : two or three waved 

 submarginal lines, marked by dark dashes on the veins ; fringe eoncolorous, with a 

 row of dark lunnles between the veins. 



Iliixliviiigs : with two curved median and three submarginal grey Unes, all 

 marked darker on the veins ; tuft of hairs long, bright yellow. 



Underside similar, the markings indistinct ; cell-spots black. 



Face and palpi brown : thorax and abdomen cinereous. 



Expanse of wings : 27 mm. 



One 6 from Ran, Nandi country, March 1898 (Dr. Ansorge). 



