122 NOVITATES ZOOLOGICAE XXV. 1918. 



red- brown with a cupreous gloss, the ciha whitish, tinged with rufous at base 

 and with brown Une through them : the underside whitish tinged with red- brown, 

 the costal area irrorated with white, a dark discoidal lunule. 

 Hab. New Zealand : Hudson), 1 ? type. Exp. 40 mill. 



1793a. Aspidifrontia abyssinica n. sp. 



Antennae of male vAih very short branches ending in fasciculate ciha. 



?. Head and thorax rufous tinged with dark brown ; antennae rufous ; 

 abdomen pale rufous ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen rufous. 

 Forewing rufous with some darker brown on basal area and on costa ; traces of 

 a brown subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial hne faint, 

 brown, obUque ; reniform faintly defined by dark brown ; postmedial Une faint, 

 brown, bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4 ; traces of a waved 

 red-brown subterminal line ; a terminal series of slight dark lunules. Hind- 

 wing white, the veins and costal area tinged with rufous ; the underside with the 

 costal area suffused \vith rufous, traces of a rufous postmedial Hne. 



Hab. Abyssinia, Kutai Mecha (Degen), 1 o type. Exp. 44 mill. 



1838a. Ciiphis multipunctata n. sp. 



S. Head and thorax ochreous white with a few black scales, the tegulae 

 strongly irrorated with black ; antennae rufous except at base ; palpi with the 

 2nd joint at sides mostly black ; abdomen ochreous wliite suffused with brown, 

 the anal tuft tinged with rufous ; pectus and ventral surface of abdomen ochreous 

 tinged with rufous, the latter irrorated with black ; legs ochreous tinged with 

 brown. Forewing ochreous irrorated with black and faintly tinged with rufous, 

 the black scales forming an obscure streak in base of submedian fold and along 

 median nervure ; slight antemedial black marks above and below median 

 nervure ; a small black spot in lower part of cell towards extremity and a spot 

 in lower angle ; postmedial Une represented by a double series of black points, 

 arising below the costa and obUque beloA\- vein 4 ; a faint oblique red-brown 

 fascia from termen at vein 7 to lower angle of ceU ; the terminal area more 

 strongly tinged with rufous except at apex ; a series of black points just before 

 termen ; ciUa with some black scales at tips. Hindwing ochreous white, the 

 inner and terminal areas tinged with brown ; a terminal series of blackish points 

 to vein 2 ; ciUa wliite sUghtly tinged with rufous ; the underside with the costal 

 area irrorated with a few black scales. 



Hab. Assam, Shillong (Parish), 1 o type. Exp. 40 mill. 



lS65a. Cirphis ruiescens n. sp. 



$. Head and thorax rufous, the patagia with a few black scales on upper 

 edge ; antennae brown except at base ; sides of frons and palpi with some black 

 scales ; abdomen greyish ochreous tinged with brown ; pectus and femora 

 rufous ; tibiae, tarsi, and ventral surface of abdomen greyish ochreous irrorated 

 with blackish. Forewing greyish ochreous suffused with rufous and sUghtly 

 irrorated with blackish, the median nervure streaked with white except towards 

 base and veins 4, 3, and 1 sUghtly streaked with whitish to the postmedial Une ; 

 black points in and beyond lower angle of cell ; a postmedial series of black 



