134 HON. WALTER ROTHSCHILD ON LEPIDOPTERA 



and a marginal pale buff hair-line. Hindwing slightly paler, with 2 indistinct zigzag 

 pale discal lines. 



Expanse 16 mm. Length of forewing 7 mm. 



4 oS 1 ? Utakwa River, 3000 ft., Jan. 1913. 



744. Nacoleia distinctalis sp. nov. 



(? ?. The sexes are alike except in size. Antennae, head and thorax deep black-brown ; 

 abdomen above deep black-brown, a white ring on second and a white spot on penulti- 

 mate segment. Forewing deep black-brown ; a large semihyaline buff patch, enclosing 

 2 short hair-lines and a spot joined to subcostal vein of the ground colour, occupies 

 almost the whole basal f of wing, a large postmedian patch, also enclosing a short 

 dark hair-line, semihyaline buff. Hindwing, basal f semihyaline buff crossed by a dark 

 black -brown band and at the anterior upper corner by a similar short hair-line ; outer 

 4 black-brown. 



Expanse, c? 14, ? 19 mm. Length of forewing, <J 6, ? 8-5 mm. 



2 <?^ 1 ? Utakwa River, 3000 ft., Jan. 1913. 



745. Nacoleia wollastoni sp. nov. 



?. Antennae and head buff ; thorax sooty black, anterior | of tegulae buff ; abdomen 

 orange-buff, basal and 3 apical segments sooty black, the two penultimate ones with a 

 buff spot. Forewing orange-buff, costal area with 3 black comma-marks and slight 

 sooty shading, basal I of wing sooty black, narrowing obliquely into a longitudinal broad 

 subcostal band ending gradually at | the length of wing and enclosing some buff streaks 

 and a ringed stigma ; apical J of wing from costa to vein 3 black separated by a black 

 and yellow hair-line from longitudinal band. Hindwing, basal half obliquely orange- 

 buff, outer half sooty black enclosing some irregular buff marks. 



Expanse 20 mm. Length of forewing 8-5 mm. 



1 $ Canoe Camp, Dec. 1912. 



746. Nacoleia sordidalis sp. nov. 



(?. Antennae, head, thorax and abdomen dirty white, more or less washed with brownish 

 grey. Forewing dirty white, almost entirely suffused with brown-grey ; irregular spots 

 on costa, more or less distinct antemedian and median bands and a submarginal band 

 of coalescent spots brown. Himliving dirty white suffused with brown-grey, with 

 indications of cloudy discal and postdiscal brownish bands. 



Expanse 18 mm. Length of forewing 8 mm. 



1 <? Utakwa River, 3000 ft., Jan. 1913. 



