( 008 ) 



green colour evidently fades fa.4, and in all the J c? the gnMind-eoloui- is olive-green. 

 The hindmargin of hindwings protrudes squarely from vein :i to 4, and forms an 

 irregular indentation heyond the ujijier half of cell. 



Guamptomia gen. nov. 

 A develo[iment of C/iloroclyslis. 



Forewings: in the <? with the costa before the middle indented, as if a portion 

 had been nibbled out, and fringed with depressed curled hair. 

 Iliii(lwiiii/s : with hindmargin bent at vein ;5. 

 Type: G. mufico.td sp. nov. 



49. Gnamptomia muscosa si>. nov. 



Fureimngs: pale ochreous, sometimes with a tinge of olive or flesh-colour; 

 basal patch small, generally pale, sometimes with the lines grey ; central fascia at 

 middle third of wing, its inner edge usually hollowed out in middle, its outer 

 angularly projecting at vein 4, dentate-lunulate, and with an acute inward indenta- 

 tion beyond cell, generally filled up with grey or Uackish and crossed by three grey 

 lines, the edges thickest ; towards inner margin sometimes interrupted by the pale 

 ground-colour; preceded and followed by a pale band with oohreous or grey thread 

 along its centre ; marginal area variable, grey-green or ochreous flesh-colour, always 

 darker and generally dark grey in costal half, forming blotches at costa and beyond 

 cell; submarginal line waved, obscure; marginal line black, interrupted at veins; 

 fringe ochreous, chequered with dark. 



Hindwings: i)aler, the markings similar, the most prominent being the outer 

 edge of fascia and the submarginal iuuer shade. 



Underside ochreous, tinged with olive-grey or greenish, the markings variable 

 in intensity. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous, .speckled with fuscous; face and 

 palpi e.\ternally fuscous-tinged; forelegs blackish, with pale rings. 



Expanse of wings : 22 mm. 



A long series, mostly ? ?, from the Escarpment, British East Africa, October 

 1900— April 1901 (Doherty). 



50. Gymnoscelis acutipennis s^i. nov. 



Foreivings: grey-green, fading into ochreous; basal patch very small; central 

 fascia very broad, the bands forming its edges rarely reaching to median vein, below 

 it exjiressed by darker green dentate lines; the first forming an oblique blackish 

 blotch from costa at one-third, the second a \inous black-streaked broader blotch 

 reaching to two-thirds of costa, its edge acutely lunulate-dentate, black-marked on 

 the veins, and indented on vein 2, followed by a slender pale green-edged line; 

 submarginal liiie pale, obscure, jireceded by three darker blotches, at costa, beyond 

 cell, and above inner margin ; the green marginal area with one dark blotch, beyond 

 cell; marginal line distinct, black, interrupted at veins; fringe green, mottled with 

 rufous-fuscous. 



Hindwings : with outer half of central fascia \inous red; all the lines distinct, 

 black, especially the ])o.st median and submarginal; cell-spot black, distinct ; veins in 

 the central fascia marked with black. 



Underside ochreou.s, crossed by broad cinereous oblique bands, and in the fore- 

 wings almost wholly sutfused with cinereous. Head, thorax, and alidunien pale green 



