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angled on submedian fold; nutt-v line from thiee-tonrths of costa to two-thirds of 

 inner margin, strongly conca\e ont wards from costa, angled at vein 5, olilifjne and 

 lunnlate-dentafe to below vein 3, then forming a strong, short inward sinus opposite 

 the angle of inner line, and again annled on vein 1 ; cell-si)ot oeelloid, variously 

 coloured; median line generally very obscure, near and i)arallel to outer line; 

 submarginal line shown by the dark shade jireceding it, often blurred and hidden ; 

 dark marginal spots between veins, connected by a black festoon; fringe concolorous. 

 In strongly striated examjiles the median sjiace is coloured much like the rest of 

 the wing; in others it is red-brown externally and whitish internally, or wliile 

 powdered with gi-een or red, and in one ? pure white with the ocelloid cell-spot 

 velvety black ; the outer line is in some cases preceded liy white scales on inner 

 margin, and the marginal black spots by spots of white ; in one ? the two lines are 

 united by a black bar along the submedian fold. 



Uindwinija : not variable, brownish with darker striations and tlu'ee dark lines; 

 a straight antemedian, touching the dark cell-spot, a curved lunulate-dentate post- 

 median, sometimes followed by a diffuse shade, and a dark submarginal cloudy line. 



Underside ochreous, dappled with fuscous, generally suffused with darker in 

 forewings ; cell-s])ots and a narrow submarginal fascia, dark. Head, thorax, and 

 abdomen concolorous with wings; antennal shaft black, spotted with white. 



Expanse of wings : S 46 — 48 mm. ; ? o2 mm. 



Eleven SS, three ??, from the Escarpment, British East Africa, January — 

 April 1901 (Doherty). 



A very variable species, larger than eynunctaria Guen., from wiiich if may be 

 distinguished by the brownish tint of hindwings, and the much wider central area. 

 In both species the antennae of the t? are subserrate, ciliate. 



The extreme form with white central fascia may be separated as ab. albimedia ; 

 and those devoid of striae, but with lines thickened and velvety black, as ab. Jigurata ; 

 of these there were three examples, 2 (^cJ, 1 ?, the latter having the lines joined 

 by the bar. 



8i;iiF.wiiLv SEiMK )THIfSINAE. 



87. Acadra aflBnis sp. nov. 



Forewiaijs : liyaline whitish, dusted with fuscous-grey scales; the costa ochreous 

 and grey with short fuscous strigae ; the lines starting as dark oblique streaks ; first 

 line from costa at one-fourth, bluntly angled in cell, then oblique and sinuous to 

 inner margin near base; median from middle of costa, bent at vein 6, then oblique 

 and sinuous to inner margin befijre middle ; outer line from two-thirds of costa, 

 oblique outwards to near before hindmargin, acutely angled above vein 6, then oblique 

 and straight to middle of inner margin ; this lower arm is geminate ; marginal area 

 dark purplish grey, paler above anal angle beyond a dark vertical shade ; costal area 

 beyond outer line bright fulvous, with fuscous marks on it; apex white, sjieckled 

 with fuscous ; cell-spot small, black, touching median line ; fringe purplish grey, 

 with a white basal line beyond a diffuse dark marginal line ; the pale space within 

 the angle of the outer line is discoloured and appears grey, owing to the dark fascia 

 of the underside showing through. 



Hindivimjs : with a short dark streak at Ijase, a thick purplish grey antemedian 

 band followed by the dark cell-spot; a postmedian double line, beyond which the 



