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Hindtciiigs : witli the apical region to vuiu 4 narrowly brownish grey : a 

 brownish grey blotcl) on margin iVom anal angle to vein 3 ; fringe brownish grey ; 

 discal spot round, blackish. 



Underside duller ; the markings smoky grey. Thorax and abdomen whitish ; 

 collar yellow : head (damaged) greyish. 



E.xpanse of wings : 40 mm. 



One ? from Fajao, Unyoro, July 1897 (Dr. Ausorge). 



Nearest to //. octogesa Druce, from the Cameroons. 



This type specimen, though an undoubted ? , with the retinaculum at base of 

 cell on the median vein, has a strong and undivided <? frenulum. 



42. Hylemera funesta sp. nov. 



Porewinys : white; the costa blackish : the black marginal area bi'gins liefore 

 the middle of costa and ends at three-fifths of inner margin, with a slight projection 

 of whitish between the base of veins 3 and 4 : no white sjiot beyond the disco- 

 cellular. 



Hindwinys : with the apical black border narrower than in II. ansorcfci ; veins 

 1 and 2 with a black blotch at end, vein 3 with a small dot. 



Underside the same. Face blackish, with a dull orange lateral line ; collar 

 orange ; shoulders at base blackish ; thorax and abdomen white, the latter with 

 thick blackish segmental rings ; tips of patagia fulvous. 



Expanse of wings : 36 mm. 



One c? from Port Alice, Uganda, February 1S'J3 (Dr. Ansorge). 



Closely allied to II. ansorgei, from the same locality. 



Subfamily BliSTONINAE. 

 Aphilopota gen. nov. 



Forcicinys : ample ; costa straight ; hindmargiu curved and slightly crcuulate. 



Hindtcings : with well-romided and crenulate hindmargin. 



Palpi short, thick, strongly haired beneath ; tongue and fovea absent ; frenulum 

 present ; antennae of 6 i)lumose : of ? biserrate ; forehead prominent below ; 

 pectus hairy. 



Keia-atioii : forewiugs, cell half as long as wing ; discocellular slightly iu- 

 angulated ; first median at two-thirds, second close below third ; radials normal ; 

 7, 8, 9, stalked ; 10 and 11 coincident throughout. 



Type : Aphilopota interpellans Butl. (Caberodcs). 



To this genusmustbereferredanother African species, viz., Scodioiia iuspersaria 

 Guen. (Phal. ii. p. 142), of which Walker's Tephroua delomria (XX VI., 1.541) 

 is the ? . 



43. Rhodophthitus (?) roseus sp. nov. 



Forewings : uniform cerise. 



Iliiidiriiigs : slightly paler ; (he veins and fringe deeper. 



Underside the same. Face, vertex and thorax like wings ; slioulders and 

 abdomen above deep yellow ; abdomen beneath and legs cerise ; segmental rings of 

 abdomen above purjjlish, towards the base rosy-tinged. 



