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followed by an cchreous brown, rosy-tinged apical shade; a fine 
marginal line, fringe broad, with two or three broken ochreous 
lines and the tips ochreous ; between the first'and second lines 
is a small blackish spot in cell, and on the costa near base 
another black spot indicating a basal line. 
Hindwings : with the second and third lines reproduced, 
the former thick and diffuse. : 
Unterside without any ochreus tinge, the outer crenulate 
line alone marked by black spots on veins, Head, thorax and 
abdomen concolorous. 
Expanse of wings : 17 mm. 
Nearest to M.silöcula Swinh. from Karachi, and two unnamed 
examples in the British Museum Collection from Sierra Leone 
and N. W. Nigeria, but these last are much greyer and less 
distinctly marked. » 
14. Sphingomorpha chlorea monteironis (Burr.), Ann. Mag. 
Nat. Hist. (4) XVI, p. 406 (1875). — Un seul 
exemplaire pris à la lampe à l’hôtel d’Assouan, 
en Mars 1901. 
15. Plusia ni (H».), Eur. Schm. Noct., f. 284. — Luxor, 
mois de Mars. 
16. Rhynchina revolutatis (Zerr.), Lep. Caffr., p. 10, (Sep. 
1852). — Luxor, Fevrier. — Commun dans les 
jardins. 
17. Tephrina disputaria (Guen.), Lep. X, Phal. II, p. 489 
(1857), Egypt. — Luxor, en Février. — Commun 
dans les terres sablonneuses incultes. Vient à la 
lampe. 
18. Craspedia consentanea (Wrx.) Cat. Lep. B. M., XXIII, 
p. 745, — Luxor, Février. 
