I 



graihiiilly iiaiTiiwcd lo rnd, wliicli is obtuse; btcniilu iioL iiiucli sIioi'Iat tbaii 

 tiTgitc in lad ral view (ai)i)eiiriiig sliorter in iignre, which gives the segment in 

 a distal ventral usjiect), widest lit the rounded apex. HaTj)e (PI. L. f. 2) ending 

 in ii rather broad, apically incised and pointed process, which is niucli slenderer than 

 in inonint'on, marginata, .sa/v/aji^/s, etc., but broader than in min-inn. J'enis-shcath 

 (I'l. LV. f. 51) with a dentate ridge as in several other species. 



Ildh. South and East Africa. 



Two sul>species. 



ii. 7'. plaijiiitn jibiijiulii I ri. \'ll. r. -,'11, i). 

 *rai,iw,;i />l,n,;„la\XA\kv.vJ.r. 



c?$. Boily and t'urewing above russet, sJiaded with grey; distal margin of 



forewiug very faintly denticulate. Hiudwing olivaceous cinnamon-rufous, post- 



discal line distinct, intersjiace between it and marginal band brigliter rufous. 



IL/d. Natal. 



In the Tring Museum -J c? cJ, ^' ? V . I 



L y. i>la<ji(itu jHsrutK subs|i. nov. (PI. Vll. f -Jl, ? ). 



?. Darker brown than the preceding ; pro.ximal posterior angle of the large 

 costal patch of the forewiug rounded ; distal margin distinctly dentate ; u])])erside 

 of hindwing and under-surfacc olivaceous vandyke-brown, postdiseal line of hind- 

 wing, above, not distinct. 



Hah. Kikuyu Escarpment, Brit. East Africa, (IGOO— 'Jiiod ft., .January I'Jol 

 (W. Doherty), 1 ? in the Tring Museum. 



5u."). Temnora atrofasciata. 



l-Mlophwa atrofasciata HoUaud, Tniiix. Amrr. Enl. Snr. xvi. p. .■,'.). n. G. t. 2. f. i! ((J) (188'J) 



(Benita ;— coll. Hollaud) : Kirby, ('at. Lcp. lid. i. p. (143. d. 1 (1<S'Jl'). 

 *Ltjphui-ini Hmlirinum Rothschild, Iris vii. p. 297. d. 1. t. b. f. 4 (18',I4) (Sierra Leoue ; Uameroons : 



— coll. Staudinger). 



(5'?. Palpi obtusely triangular. E\ e-laslies rather heavy. Midcoxal merum 

 somewhat angnlate. Long terminal s])ur of hindtibia half the length of the 



first tarsal segment. First i)alpal segment white laterally. Forewiug, uborr 



without markings, except a large oblique discal band of an olivaceous mummy- 

 brown colour, this band sharjdy defined, straight jiroximally, broadly sinuate 

 distallv, widest in front, no lines within liand ; distal margin entire, rounded, 

 excised in front, apex obtuse. Underside of forewiug cinnamon-rufous, basi-discal 



area blackish brown, marginal baud vestigial at Jipex. Hindwing paler than 



forewiug. 



S. Scent-tuft of abdomen butf. Tenth tergite slender, convex above, not 

 compressed, apex rounded ; sternite broad, much shorter than tergite, truncate, 

 incised, rough apically (PI. XLIV. f. 41). Cilasper with five large friction-scales: 

 harpe short, truncate (PI. L. f 4). Penis-sheath (PI. LV. f. .")()) before apex with 

 a lobe, directed jiroximad, free only at its extreme end and here denticulate, this 

 lobe corresponding to the patch of teeth of other species. 



I I'd). West Africa : Sierra Leone to Ogowe H. 



In the Tring Museum 4 cJ J, 1 ? from Sierr.i Leone. 



