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Family NYCTEMEEID^. 

 Ntctemera Fulleet, sp. n. 



Primaries dai'k brown, witli all the nerves pale yellow, excepting near the apex, 

 a wide transverse wliite band crossing the wing beyond the middle, from the costal 

 margin to near the anal angle ; under-side the same as above, with the basal third 

 pale yellow. Secondaries pale yellow, shading to dark orange-red at the base and 

 inner margin, the outer margin broadly banded with black at the apex. Head, 

 thorax, and abdomen yellowish-brown, the abdomen with a central row of black 

 spots. Antennee black ; legs bi'own. Expanse, 2i inches. 



Hah. : West Africa, Cameroon^. 



London : October, 1883. 



I 



ON THE SPECIES OF EUEOPEAN CEAMBI MORE OR LESS ALLIED 

 TO C. MAROARITELLUS. 



BY GEOBGE T. BAKEE. 



Continuing my former notes on this group of the Crnmbi (vol. 

 xix, pp. 239 — 244), I will now conclude by describing those European 

 species with the white longitudinal stripe undivided, first shortly tabu- 

 lating them as before. 



C. Longitudinal stripe widening perceptibly hindwards. 



onargaritellus and pyramidellus . 



Ground-colour more or less shaded with dusky markings... 



margaritellus. 



Ground-'^olour unicolorous, stripe reaching almost to the hind- 

 margin pyramidellus. 



D. Longitudinal stripe of almost uniform width. 



latistrius, vectifer, furcatellus, radieUus, fulgidellus. 



Hue of ground reddish-ochreous, stripe extending through the 

 fringe latistrius. 



Hue of ground dusky brown, stripe very thinly divided near hind 

 margin vectifer. 



Ground-colonr uniform olive, stripe shorter and narrower .. 

 ' furcatellus. 



Ground-colour uniform ochreous, sti'ipe nearly reaching hind 

 margin radieUus. 



Hue of ground pale reddish-ochre, stripe extending up to hind 

 margin fulgidellus. 



MARGARITELLUS, Hb. (21 — 22| mm.). 



Fore-wings pale fuscous-yellow, lighter beneath the stripe, which is shining 

 white, widening perceptibly outwards, with its posterior margin slanting very 

 obliquely from the apex towards the base of the wing ; in some specimens the anal 



