( 5l9 ) 



forming a quadrate apical i)atch ; tlie whole traversed by a zigzag lustrous line ; the 

 inner edge of the marginal area deeply indented between veins 2 and 4 and lunulate 

 above, but not edged by any distinct dark line; marginal line blackish, interrupted; 

 fringe yellowish oebreous, with a broad brown dividing line. 



Hinilwini/8 : i)aler, more hyaline, in basal two-thirds; marginal border as in 

 forewings, but [laler towards apex ; traces of a median shade on inner margin ; cell- 

 spot small, black; fringe ochreous with whitish tijis. 



Underside pale ochreous; cell-spots large, black, on both wings; forewings with 

 lirown basal and apical patches. Head ochreous; thorax and abdomen tinged with 

 pale brown; a brown patch on apical segment. 



Expanse of wings : "G mm. 



I cJ from the Escarpment, British East Africa (Doherty). 



This species ditfers in coloration froni the rest of the sjenus 



71. Scardamia maculata ab. decolor nov. 



Scardamia maculata Warr. is a much more variable insect than I at first 

 suppo.sed. Of eiglit specimens received from j\lr. Doherty's collecting in British 

 East Africa (5 6S, 3 ? ¥) only 2 6i are unsufi'used. The rest all show in a 

 greater or less degree dark suffusion in the central fascia on the inner margin, on 

 the hindmargin beyond cell and at anal angle, and sometimes along the whole 

 hindmargin, as in the type form. Moreover, in 2 ? ? and 1 i the hindwings 

 excepting towards the anal angle, are whitish without orange tinge, while in this 

 (?, which I propose to call ab. decolor, the forewings also have lost nearly all the 

 orange colour and are dull leaden-grey with only a tinge of reddish. The ? ? have 

 the apex of forewings more acute, and a slight elbow at middle of hindmargin, which 

 is in no case visible in the 66- 



Subfamily ASCOTINAE. 

 72. Alcis smithi sp. nov. 



Forewimjs: pale grey, thickly dusted with olive-grey scales; the lines dark 

 olive-grey; all bent below costa and then inwardly oblique and parallel in the 

 main to the hindmargin ; first from one-fourth of costa to one-sixth of inner margin ; 

 .second from middle of costa to before middle of inner margin, dentate-lunulate, the 

 teeth pointing basevvards; outer line from one-third of costa to middle of inner 

 margin, dentate-lunulate, the teeth pointing outwards, touching the second line on 

 submedian fold ) these three lines are all marked by dark dashes on the veins; 

 submarginal line of the ground-colour, defined inwardly by gi'ey lunules, and out- 

 wardly by a grey lunular line; a row of distinct dark grey marginal spots; fringe 

 concolorous ; cell-spot linear, defined liy dark grey scales on each side. 



Hindwiwis: similar, without first line. 



Underside dull grey; costa of forewings pale witli dark spots; a fuscous blotch 

 at apex, extending shortly down hindmargin. Head, thorax, and abdomen concolorous. 



Expanse of wings : 44 mm. 



One cT from Yakusu, Upper Congo (K. .Smith). 



Named in honour of the collector. 



