( 9' ) 



projecting- iu cell; central fascia uarrow, with sinuous edges: iuucr edge from just 

 before middle of costa to before middle of inner margin, outer edge at two-thirds; 

 the edges parallel, outcurved above and incurved below middle: dentate-lunnlate, 

 the outer more regular than the inner; the inner shaded outwardly and tlie outer 

 Inwardlj-, with red, the Innules of the outer finely margined with grey; submarginal 

 line grey, Innulate, preceded and followed by vinous red, and broadly interrnpted 

 between veins 4 and G by a lilac grey jiatch which extends to hindmargin, the apex 

 also remaining grey; marginal spots dark red brown; fringe reddish-grey. 



Huuhvings : similar, the central fascia more filled up with red and narrowed 

 towards inner margin, the cellspot linear, pale grey, with red edges. 



Underside dull grey, tinged with rod, the markings indistinct. Head, thorax, 

 and abdomen lilac-grey tinged with red ; tjieface, paliii, and shoulders red. 



Expanse of wings : 44 mm. 



One 9 from Old Calabar. Differing in colouration and markings from all 

 the Indian species of the genus, but agreeing in neuration except that the cell is 

 shorter. 



Slbfamii.y ASCOTINAE. 

 14. Alcis argillacea sp. nov. 



I'orewings : straw colour, tinged iu places with ochraceous, and si)ecklei4 

 irregularly with brown; the lines brownish; first from one-fourth of costa to cue- 

 third of inner margin, bent in cell; second, median, from costa beyond middle to 

 middle of inner margin, sinuous and regularly dentate; outer line from three-fourth.s 

 of costa to inner margin close lieyond median line, regularly dentate, followed by a 

 dentate-lunulate shade which between veins Sand 5 forms a large cloudy blotch; 

 snbmarginal indistinct, preceded by darker Innules of which one below costa and 

 two beyond cell are very conspicuous; cellsiiot and marginal spots large and browji- 

 black; fringe concolorous. 



llindwinys : similar, without first line. 



Underside like uijper. Head, thorax, and abdomen (damaged) like wings. 



Expanse of wings : 52 mm. 



One <S from the Kassai country, Congo Free State, LsIIn. 



The single example is unluckily worn. Guener's aw.dictariit from '• Aliyssinia " 

 expands only 40 mm., while Walker's vicaria from South Africa, which corresponds 

 in point of size, is greyish fawn-colour. In the fore wings veins 10 and 11 are short- 

 stalked; the palpi are well develoi)ed. the third joint being fine and distinct, half a.s 

 long as the second. 



SriiFAMii.v SEMIOTHISINAE. 

 15. Gronodela siennata sp. nov. 

 Foreicings : whitish, with coarse olive fuscous spots and striae: costiil area 

 fuscous, the costal edge itself rather deep ochreous, marked with black sputs; the 

 three lines starting from black spots; first at one-fifth, second before middle, third 

 at two-thirds; the first angled iu cell, then oblique inward; second angled on vein (i. 

 then oblique, touching lower end of the oblique cellspot, and preceded on inner 

 margin by a thick fuscous line; outer line fine, double, subsinuate, black with a 

 lustrous grey line in the middle, followed by an irregnlarly dentate pale sienna 

 brown fascia, speckled with black; marginal area purplisli grey, with slight whitish 

 spot towards apex; marginal line dark; fringe grey, with whitish base. 



