256 NOTITATES ZOOUIOICAB XXVT. 19111. 



Type. 



p. 466. Palluperina n. n. dumerili 



Luperina Boisd., Ind. ^^elh. p. 77 (1829). non deecr. ; nee Ltiperina Boisd., Oen. and Ind. Meth. 

 p. 113 (1840) type j€ufop&ieo= Pachetra Guen. (1852) type Uucophaea v. Cat. Lep. Phai. 

 vol. V. p. 203. 



3946a. Atbetis melanomma n. sp. 



(?. Head and thorax rufous mixed with some whitish, the antennae white 

 tinged with rufous, the palpi blackish, the 2nd joint at extremity, and the 3rd 

 joint whitish ; abdomen whitish suffused with red-brown ; pectus, legs, and 

 ventral surface of abdomen red- brown mixed with white, the tibiae at extremities 

 and the tarsi ringed with white. Forewing rufous irrorated with a few white 

 scales ; a dark subbasal line from costa to submedian fold, excurved below 

 costa ; antemedial line dark, obUque towards costa, then indistinct and waved, 

 orbicular a small round black spot defined by white scales ; reniform faintly 

 defined by brown, and with some whitish points on its outer edge, a sinuous 

 brown line from it to inner margin ; postmedial line dark, excurved to vein 4. 

 then oblique, and with slight black points beyond it on the veins except towards 

 costa ; subtermLnal Une slight, dark defined on outer side by white scales, angled 

 outwards below vein 7 ; a terminal series of blackish striae. Hindwing whitish 

 suffused with red-brown ; an indistinct dark discoidal spot and curved post- 

 medial line ; cilia white tinged with red-brown ; the underside white, the costal 

 area slightly irrorated with red-brown, and the apical half of terminal area more 

 thickly irrorated, a dark-brown discoidal lunule and postmedial fine excurved 

 below costa and incurved below vein 3. 



Natal, Durban (Piatt), 1 <J type. Exp. 38 mill. 



4110a. Hypoperigea medionota n. sp. 



Badjina alrinola Hnipsn., Cat. Lep. Phal. B.il. viii. p. 528. ^' (nee o). 



Head and thorax red-brown mixed with grey and some blackish, the 

 antennae pale ochreous ; abdomen ochreous tinged with rufous, the basal crest 

 with some blackish ; pectus and legs ochreous tinged with rufous, the tibiae 

 and tarsi banded with black. Forewing red- brown mixed with grey ; a black 

 subbasal line from costa to submedian fold, slightly angled outwards below 

 costa ; antemedial line double black, waved, and rather oblique ; claviform 

 de'.ined by black ; orbicular and reniform defined by black and witli tlieir centres 

 defined by black, the former round, a black mark between their lower parts ; 

 a diffused waved red-brown medial Une ; postmedial Une double, black, bent 

 outwards below costa, then rather oblique, minutely dentate, and with minute 

 black points beyond it on the veins, some white points beyond it on costa ; 

 subterminal line whitish, defined on inner side by diffused red-brown, slightly 

 excurved below costa and at middle ; the terminal area more suffused with 

 red-brown ; a terminal series of black points and a striga in submedian interspace. 

 Hindwing whitish suffused with fuscous brown, the base and inner margin wliiter ; 

 a fine dark terminal line ; ciUa white tinged with red-brown ; the underside 

 whitish, the costal half and termen except towards tornus irrorated with red- 

 brown, a dark postmedial line from costa to vein 5. 



Hub. Br. E. Africa, Eb. Urru (Betton), 2 $ (type atrinota ?) ; Nairobi (Ander- 

 son), 2 cj, 4 $ type. Exp. 28-32 mill. 



