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2 $, Kikuyu, Nairobi Plains (type) {Gratvshay). 2 $ , 

 Eb UiTu (Betton). 1 ^ , Nairobi, Machakos {Betton). 

 1 ^, Nairowa {Betton). 1 ?, Ndabibi {Betton) (type). 



The type $ is in rather poor condition and has lost its 

 abdomen ; it is a little darker than the males, but is other- 

 wise not different. 



EmMILTIS in script ATA. 



Acidalia inscriptata, Walker, xxvi, 1605 (1862). 

 Graspedia nigrinotata, Warr., Nov. Zool., iv, p. 52 (1897). 



3 ^ , Sierra Leone. 1 ^ , Old Calabar. 



The type from S, Africa is in this Museum, Warren's 

 types from Zomba are in coll. Rothschild. 



Emmiltis consentanea. 



Acidalia consentanea. Walker, xxii, 745 (1861). 

 Acidalia derasata, Walker, xxvi, 1604 (1862). 



6 ^, Machakos, Brit. E. Africa. 1 $, Nairowa, Brit. E, 

 Africa. 1 ^, Teita, Brit. E. Africa. l$,\% Kikuyu, Brit. E. 

 Africa. 1 $, Appan, Gold Coast. 1 $, Old Calabar. 2 ^, 1 $, 

 Sierra Leone. 



The types from the Cape are in this Museum, as are 

 also several examples from Natal and Cape Colony. 



Emmiltis ossicolor. 



Craspedia ossicolor, Warr., Nov. Zool., iv, p. 218 (1897). 

 Craspedia (?) submarginata, Warr., 1. c, v, p. 241 (1898). 



1 ^, Old Calabar. 5 ^, 1 ^, Sierra Leone. 1 ^, Sapele, 

 River Niger. 



The type, a male from Sierra Leone, and the type 

 of submarginata, a female from Warri, are in coll. 

 Rothschild. 



Emmiltis fibulata. 



Acidalia fihulata, Guen., Plial., i, p. 490, pi. 15, f 5 (1857). 

 Craspedia fibulata, Hmpsn,, Moths Ind., iii, p. 432 (1895). 



4 $, Eb Urru, Brit. E. Africa. 1 $, El Burgon, mile 478, 

 Uganda Railway. 



There are two examples from S. Africa in the B. M., it 

 is a common insect all over the Eastern world, and has 

 been described under many names. 



