nui'iiis. r)-l3 



areas ; tlie iiitersjiacos of terminal area witli dark streaks ; a 

 black point below oriii^in of vein 2 ; a wlnte point at lower angle of 

 cell, with some blackish scales before and beyond it ; an indistinct, 

 obliquely curved, dentate, postmedial line produced to points on 

 the veins ; a terminal series of points ; a slight oblique dark shade 

 from terraen below apex. Hind wing semihyaline white, the veins 

 and termen tinged with ochreous ; the underside with the costal 

 area tinged with ochreous and irrorated. with brown. 



Hah. Columbia, Minca {H. II. Smith), S i" Coll. Druce ; 

 Brazil, Amazons, R. Jurua {Trail), 1 § type. Exp. 48 millim. 



1940. Cirphis atrimacula. (Plate XCIII. fig. 22.) 

 Leucania atrimacula, Hmpsn. Anu. S. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 275 (1902). 



2 . Head and thorax pale ochreous mixed with a few black 

 scales : abdomen whitish, dorsally tinged with fuscous. Fore wing 

 pale ochreous, sparsely irrorated with black ; a black point at b;ise ; 

 a white point at lower angle of cell, with a black point before it in 

 the angle and a small lilack patch beyond the angle with some 

 diffused rufous beyond and below it ; a postmedial series of black 

 points bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4 ; an 

 oblique fuscous shade from termen below apex ; a prominent 

 terminal series of black points. Hind wing ochreous wljite, the 

 terminal area suffused with fuscous ; a terminal series of black 

 points ; the underside with the costal and terminal ureas irrorated 

 with black. 



Hah. Natal, Durban (Gooch), 1 § type. E.vji. '30 millim. 



1941. Cirphis albistigma. (Plate XCIIT. fig. 23.) 



Leucavia (iVihtUjma. Mooi-e, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 3;37, pi. 37. f. 9 ; Hin[;sn. 

 Motlis Ind. ii. p. 275. 



Head and thorax grey to pale olive-brown mixed with dark 

 brown ; tegulae with two dark lines ; abdomen grey, dorsally 

 tinged with fuscous. Fore wing pale olive-brown to grey-brown, 

 more or less thickly irrorated with fuscous ; the veins of costal 

 area defined by tine brown streaks hardly visible except in the- 

 paler specimens, the interspaces also streaked with brown towards 

 apex; a slight black streak below base of cell; a slight fuscouS' 

 shade on each side of median nervure, extending beyond the celt to 

 the triangular brown shade from termen below apex ; the ante- 

 medial line represented by obliquely placed black points on costa 

 and below cell ; a small rather V-shaped white spot with brown 

 centre ; a postmedial series of black points bent outwards below 

 costa and oblique below vein 4, sometimes with traces of a crenulnte- 

 line before it ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing semi- 

 hyaline white, the veins, termen, and inner area tinged with brown ; 

 the underside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with 

 brown. 



