Trojyical Africa in the National Collection. 501 

 Stegania rubida, nov. 



9 . Orange-red ; the ground-colour of the wings is yellow, thickly 

 irrorated and striated with orange-red very uniformly ; a white spot 

 with a black point at the end of each cell ; indications of an inner 

 band of darker red on the fore-wings ; a medial fairly even band 

 across both wings, also a dentated outwardly curved discal band ; in 

 the fore-wings this band is joined to the hinder angle by a red mark ; 

 there is also a short subapical similar mark or band ; both wings 

 with marginal lunular marks ; under-side of a uniform pale red, 

 with the bands faintly indicated. 



Expanse of wings 1 inch. 



Hah. Madagascar (Gmvan). 



Genus Xenostega, Warr., Nov. Zool, vi, p. 301 (1899). 

 Xenostega tincta. 



Xenostega tincta, Warr., 1. c, p. 302. 



3 $, Sapele, River Niger. 



The type, a female from Warri, is in coll. Rothschild. 



Xenostega sinna, nov. 



9. Dull pale red, the ground-colour of the wings yellow thickly 

 irrorated with dull red; the centre of both wings least irrorated, 

 leaving the resemblance of a rather broad but indistinct transverse 

 band across the fore-wings and down the middle of the hind-wings, 

 the space beyond on both wings being darker than the rest of the 

 wings ; marginal points red-brown, cilia yellow ; the under-side is 

 pale purplish-brown with a broad yellow band across both wings. 



Expanse of wings fV inch. 



Hah. Old Calabar (Cronq-tton). 



Allied to JT. tincta, Warren, looks somewhat like it 

 above, but is very dissimilar on the under-side. 



Xenostega tyana, nov. 



5 . Yellow ; frons with some chestnut-coloured marks ; abdomen 

 with chestnut-brown bands ; both wings with a broad dull chestnut- 

 brown medial band, occupying quite a third of the wing space, 

 limited on each side by a brown line, the line on the outer side 

 accompanied by yellow spots ; an indistinct thick brownish line from 

 above the middle to the outer margin on both wings ; under-side 

 yellowish- white, nearly pure white ; some grey suffusion in the centre 



