NOVITATES ZOOLOOICAE XXV. lillhl. 21S 



tibiae wdth fringes of shorter hair ; hindwing on underside with fringes of down- 

 turned hair in and beyond lower angle of cell met by a fringe of upturned hair 

 from submeclian fold. 



o . Head, thorax, and abdomen white tinged with brown and irrorated with 

 large black scales ; antennae black-brown ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of 

 abdomen white tinged with ochreous, the fore tibiae suffused with dark brown, 

 the tarsi dark brown ringed with white. Forewing white tinged with red-brown 

 and irrorated with black, the terminal area suffused with red-brown ; a sub- 

 basal black point on costa ; antemedial black points on and below costa and a 

 line from median nervure, angled outwards at submedian fold, then incurved ; 

 a small black spot in middle of cell and bar-shaped discoidal spot defined by 

 blackish, a black spot above it on costa ; postmedial line black with a small 

 black spot at costa, sUghtly bent outwards below costa, then waved to below 

 vein 5, then very obhque, angled outwards below vein 2 and inwards at vein 1 ; 

 subterminal line whitish defined on each side by diffused brown, with slight black 

 streaks before it at veins 7, 6, dentate, oblique below vein 4 ; a waved black 

 line before termen, forming points at the interspaces. Hindwing white tinged 

 with red-brown and irrorated with black, the terminal area more suffused with 

 red-brown ; a shght black discoidal striga and rather diffused line from lower 

 angle of cell to inner margin ; a slightly sinuous black postmedial hne ; sub- 

 terminal line wliitish defined on each side by diffused brown and with slight 

 black streaks before it on the veins, slightly waved ; a waved black line before 

 termen forming points at the interspaces, and sUght dark terminal Mne. Under- 

 side \\liite ; forew ing with small blackish discoidal spot, two dark spots on 

 medial part of costa and a broad subterminal shade to below vein 3 ; hindwing 

 with the apex tinged with brown, both wings with series of minute black lunules 

 before termen. 



Hah. Br. C. Africa, Mt. Mlanje (Neave), 1 c? type. Exp. 34 mill. 



Phytometrinae. 



8279a. Phytometra euchroa n. sp. 



Head and thorax grey-white mixed mth grey-brown and red-brown, the 

 frons with red-brown bar above, the tegulae red-brown at base, the patagia 

 with their upper edge red-brown towards base and with obhque red-brown 

 line towards extremity ; antennae brown, white above except towards extremity ; 

 palpi red-brown, the 2nd joint in front and the 3rd joint whitish ; abdomen 

 brownish grey, the crests red-brown and whitish, the lateral and anal tufts 

 with some red-brown ; pectus and legs grey-white mixed with reddish brown ; 

 ventral surface of abdomen reddish brown mixed with some grey. Forewing 

 silvery grey irrorated with blackish, the end of cell and area below it and beyond 

 its lower extremity golden cupreous ; subbasal line white broadly defined 

 on each side by golden cupreous, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial 

 line white defined on each side by golden cupreous, excurved below costa and 

 obliquely curved below the cell ; an oblique inverted silvery white V-shaped 

 mark on medial area from subcostal nervure to submedian fold, with an obhque 

 silvery white bar to it from costa ; reniform golden cupreous defined on inner 

 side and above by a silvery white hne, large and rounded ; postmedial hne silvery 

 white defined on each side by golden cupreous, shghtly angled inwards below 



