314 Mr. Chr. Aurivillius on New African 



Gastroplak^eis rufescens, n. sp. 

 (Plate XVI, fig. 10.) 



$ . Head, thorax, legs and under-side of abdomen pale greyish- 

 brown with a pinkish tint ; abdomen above ocbraceous-yellow darker 

 at base and without black transverse bands ; fore-wing pale greyish - 

 brown with a pinkish tint, two waved brown transverse lines before 

 middle and two such lines about middle, an obsolete angulated 

 brown submarginal line and a black dot at apex of cell, hind 

 border with long grey or blackish hairs and scales ; hind-wing pale 

 yellowish broadly suffused with fawn colour at apex and outer 

 margin • wings below pale fawn colour, yellowish towards base 

 without markings. 



Expanse 97 mm. 



W. Africa : Asaba. 



PSEUDOMETA PATAGIATA, n. sp. 



(Plate XVI, fig. 1.) 



Dark umber-brown, with the patagia yellow ; fore-wing with a 

 white dot at end of cell and two yellow patches mottled with 

 reddish-brown, one at base of hind margin occupying the base of 

 the areas la, lb, 2 and 3, the other beyond the cell between veins 5 

 and 6 ; an irregular submarginal series of fuscous spots. 



Expanse 37 mm. 



Riv. Niger : Sapele (F. W. Sampson). 



This species differs from Ps. viola in the more elongate 

 hind- wings. Veins 9 and 10 of fore- wing are somewhat 

 longer than their common stalk. 



Anadiasa cervina, n. sp. 

 (Plate XVI, fig. 5.) 



Fawn colour ; abdomen paler, testaceous. £ . Fore-wing fawn 

 colour with three fine, simple, fuscous transverse lines, the first sub- 

 basal nearly erect and very indistinct, the second a little behind 

 middle, evenly excurved from costa to vein 5, thence incurved to 

 middle of hind margin, third line submarginal, uneven and more or 

 less dissolved into spots, a small whitish dot at end of cell ; hind- 

 wing pale testaceous. ^ differs by the fore-wing being darker and 



