Tropical Africa in the National Collection. 571 



Tephroclystia nigribasis. 



Tcphroclystia nigribasis, Warr., Nov. Zool., ix, p, 511 (1902). 

 „ „ var. carnca, Warr., I. c. 



1 $, Athi-ya-Mavve, Brit. E. Africa. 1 $, Kikuyu, Brit. 

 E. Africa. 1 $, Ndimu, mile 469, Uganda Railway. 1 $, 

 mile 478, Uganda Railway. 1 ^, East Quaso, Masai. 



Warren's types from the Escarpment are in coll. 

 Rothschild. 



Tephroclystia regulosa. 

 Tcphroclystia regulosa, Warr., Nov. Zool., ix, p. 512 (1902). 



2 $, Eb Urru, Brit. E. Africa. 



The type, a female from the Escarpment, is in coll. 

 Rothschild. 



Tephroclystia anguinata. 



Tephroclystia anyninata, Warr., Nov. Zool., ix, p. 310 (1902). 



1 ^, mile 478, Uganda Railway. 



The type, a female from the Escarpment, is in coll. 

 Rothschild. 



Tephroclystia fumitacta. 

 Tephroclystia fumitacta, Warn, Nov. Zool., x, p. 274 (1903). 



3 $, mile 478, Uganda Railway. 



Tephroclystia orbaria, nov. 



9. Grey, covered with minute brown irrorations; palpi, irons, 

 head, antennse, and body brown ; fore-wings with a basal brown 

 narrow band, then a broad brown ante-medial band, the two bands 

 separated by a narrow grey space ; a short discal band from the costa, 

 a sub-marginal band, thick on the costa, narrowing landwards ; all 

 the bands limited by blackish lines, edged outwardly with whitish, 

 the sub-marginal whitish line more prominent than the others ; 

 hind-wings grey, without markings ; marginal line of both wings 

 black ; cilia ochreous marked with brown ; under-side, uniform dull 

 pale grey ; two indistinct ochreous square patches on costa of fore- 

 wings, beyond the middle, indications of medial and discal curved 

 thin grey bands on both wings. 

 Expanse of wings xV inch. 



2 ?, Eb Urru (type) (Bctton). 1 $, mile 478, Uganda 

 Railway {Betton). 



