290 EXOTIC MICKOLKriDOrTERA. 



grey. Fore'wings suboblong, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, 

 termen hardly rounded, somewhat oblique ; 8 and 9 short-stalked ; 

 pale luscous, strewn with cloudy fuscous strigulae ; a small cloudy 

 fuscous spot on end of cell : cilia pale fuscous. Hindwings grey, 



Nyassaland, Mt, Mlanje, in April (Neave) ■ one specimen. Typo 

 in British Museum. 



Melasma inveterata, n. sp. 



f{ , 20-22 mm. Head pale ochreous. Palpi dark fuscous, apex 

 pale ochreous. Antennal pectinations 5. Thorax pale ochreous 

 more or less suffused with fuscous and irrorated with blackish 

 except posterior extremity. Abdomen light greyish, Forewings 

 elongate, rather narrow, posteriorly somewhat dilated, costa gently 

 arched, apex obtuse, termen rounded, rather oblique ; whitish- 

 ochreous suffused with light brownish, especially on veins, and 

 strewn with fuscous strigulte sprinkled with blackish ; four small 

 dark fuscous spots on posterior half of costa; a suboblong dark 

 fuscous spot in disc beneath middle, and another beyond end of 

 cell : cilia whitish-ochreous, indistinctly barred with fuscous and 

 dark fuscous irroration. Hindwings pale fuscous ; cilia whitish- 

 ochreous. 



Nyassaland, Mt. Mlanje, from January to March (Ncavc) ; eight 

 specimens. Type in British Museum. 



Melasina nectaritis, n. sp, 



J, 16-18 mm. Head light yellow-ochreous, with a few dark 

 fuscous hairs. Palpi moderately long, rough-scaled to apex, light 

 yellow-ochreous sprinkled with dark fuscous. Antennal pecti- 

 nations 1, ciliated. Thorax light ochreous-yellownsh, sufluscdly 

 spotted with fuscous and dark fuscous irroration. Abdomen dark 

 grey, apex pale ochreous. Forewings elongate, costa moderately 

 arched, apex rounded, termen rounded, rather oblique ; pale 

 ochreous mixed with brownish-ochreous and suffusedly clouded 

 wnth light fuscous and irrorated with dark luscous ; a faint curved 

 darker fascia before middle parallel to termen obscurely indicated, 

 and three spots on costa posteriorly separated by pale interspaces : 

 cilia light fuscous with some pale ochreous bars, and two shades of 

 dark fuscous irroration. Hindwings dark fuscous ; cilia grey, with 

 dark fuscous subbasal shade. 



Nyassaland, Mt. Mlanje and Paio Talloy, in March and April 

 (Neave); three specimens. Type in British Museum. 



Melasina melicchra, n, sp, 



fj . 22 mm. Head ochreous-vcllow. Palju moderate, light 

 yellowish, upper half of second joint dark fuscous except at apex. 

 Antennal pectinations 5. Thorax ochreous-orange-yellowish. 

 Abdomen dark grey, anal luft ochreous-yellow. Forewings 



