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Expanse of wings : 34 mm. 



1 ? from Moyamba, Sierra Leone, June 1002 (D. Cat or). 



II. Hyposidra leprosata sjiec. nov. 



Forewing : piilc olive-brown ; the ccsta j^rej-cr, clapjilcd with whitish scales ; 

 lines purplish brown ; first from one-fonrth of costa, bent on subcostal, then obliijue 

 to one-tilth of inner margin, very obscure ; second from beyond middle of costa to 

 middle of inner margin, very sinuous, describing a small outward curve below costa, 

 a large one between 4 and 0, another on snbmedian fold, and a small one on 

 inner margin, each curve preceded by a patch of hoary grey scales ; a strongly 

 zigzag subraarginal line from apex to anal angle, its angles also marked by snnill 

 patches of hoary scales ; an oblique broad brownish shade from middle of inner 

 margin close before outer line fading out before middle of wing ; fringe and apex of 

 wing purplish. 



IJiinl/rintj : with all the markings more distinct; the oblique shade antemedian 

 and entire. 



Underside dull lilac ; both wiugs with broad olive tawny submarginal tixscia 

 and central line, that in the forewing running from middle of costa to two-thirds of 

 inner margin. 



Vertex, shoulders, and basal segments of abdomen grey ; face brown ; thorax, 

 patagia, and abdomen olive-brown, the latter wqth a row of whitish dorsal spots ; 

 legs olive-brown, spotted with grey. 



Expanse of wings : 78 mm. 



1 ? from Entebbe, Uganda, July 1900 (Capt. Kattray). 



12. Mesocoela seriata spec. nov. 



Forewing : fawn-colour, s])eckled with leaden grey ; costa cream-colour, with 

 dark spots at the commencement of the lines ; first line scarcely visible, but marked 

 by dark vein-spots ; outer line straight from three-fifths of inner margin to apex, 

 dull pinkish white, edged inwardly by a dark line marked by black vein-.spots and 

 outwardly by a broad olive-grey band ; the inner edge is retracted at vein 7 to the 

 third costal blotch ; the olive-grey outer edge runs into apex, and is bordered 

 beneath above vein 7 by a whitish dash ; from the second costal spot a fine grey line 

 curves outward beyond a linear angulated cell-mark, and coalesces with outer line 

 before inner margin ; fringe olive-brown. 



Hindwing : with a thick curved median line and a submarginal series of black 

 spots on veins followed by an obscure pale line ; fringe brown. 



Underside coarsely speckled, the hindwing and marginal area of forewing more 

 fulvous ; all the lines of ujiperside repeated. 



Face browu, vertex darker ; thorax and abdomen like wings. 



Expanse of wings : 44 mm. 



1 ? from N. Bailundn, Angola, August 1901 (Pemberton). 



Metallospora gen. nov. 



ForcW/ng : triangular ; costa straight, convex before apex, which is slightly 

 prominent but depressed ; hindmargin faintly sinuate ; anal angle obtnse. 



