NOVITATES ZOOLOQICAE XXV. 1918. 145 



3991a. Attaetis soudanensis n. sp. 



$. Head ochreous, the antennae ringed \rith fuscous ; thorax ochreous 

 mixed with brown ; tarsi black ringed with ochreous. Abdomen ochreous 

 dorsally suffused with brown. Forewing ochreous irrorated wth brown, the 

 terminal area suffused with fuscous sUghtly irrorated with whitish ; a small black 

 subbasal spot on costa and shght fuscous hne to submedian fold ; antemedial 

 Une rather diffused, fuscous defined on inner side by ochreous and with small 

 black spot at costa, sinuous ; reniform black, ill-defined, placed on a fuscous 

 medial shade ; postmedial hne shght, fuscous with small black spot at costa ; 

 bent outwards below costa, then somewhat dentate, shghtly incurved at discal 

 fold and incurved below vein 4 ; two white points on postmedial part of costa ; 

 subterminal hne whitish, excurved below costa to near termen and shghtly 

 excurved at middle ; a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia ochreous at 

 base, with brown hne near base and white tips. Hind\ving white, the veins 

 and termen suffused with brown ; ciha ochreous at base, with brown hne near 

 base and white tips. Underside of forewing ochreous white, the terminal area 

 suffused with fuscous, some fuscous suffusion at end of cell and a shght black 

 streak on middle of costa ; hindwing with the costal area tinged with ochreous, 

 some black on termen to vein 6 and a fine black terminal hne to vein 2. 



Hab. Sudan, Kut Sudan (Waterfield), 1 $ type. Exp. 32 mill. 



4002o. Athetis iberica n. sp. 



?. Head white, the antennae and palpi, except at tips, blackish ; thorax 

 ochreous tinged with brown, the tegulae at base and shoulders white ; tibiae 

 with some black, the tarsi black ringed wth ochreous ; abdomen ochreous white 

 dorsaUy suffused \vith fuscous bro'w n. Forewing blue-grey mixed with pale 

 ochreous ; a slight blackish subbasf.I spot on costa and fuscous Une to sub- 

 median fold defined on outer side by ochreous ; antemedial hne fuscous defined 

 on inner side by ochreous and with small blackish spot at costa, obhque, waved ; 

 orbicular a shght fuscous spot; reniform fuscous, iU-defined; a .shght fuscous 

 medial shade, excurved to the reniform ; postmedial hne fuscous grey defined on 

 outer side by ochreous, obhque towards costa, then somewhat dentate, excurved 

 to vein 4, then incurved ; the postmedial and terminal areas more suffused 

 with fuscous grey ; subterminal hne whitish, minutely waved, angled outwards 

 at vein 7 and excurved at middle. Hindwing white tinged with brownish 

 ochreous especially towards termen. Underside white ; forewing tinged with 

 fuscous except the inner area, a shght ochreous streak below costa to beyond 

 middle. 



Hab. Spain, Albarracin (Sheldon), 1 $ type, Gibraltar (Jacobs), 2 $. Exp. 

 34-38 mill. 



4008ffl. Athetis corticea n. sp. 



$. Head and thorax red-brown, the frons whitish ; palpi black, whitish at 

 tips ; abdomen pale red-brown. Forewing red-brown irrorated with dark red- 

 brown, paler towards base ; shght blackish subbasal spots below the costa and 

 cell ; antemedial hne black, waved, angled inwards at vein 1 ; orbicular a black 

 point ; reniform very indistinctly defined by black scales ; a sinuous blackish 



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