318 Mr. Chr. Aurivillius on New African 



angle ; terminal tooth of both wings much longer in male than in 

 female. 



Expanse J 27, ? 33 mm. 



Natal : Durban {Leigh). 



Philotherma sordida, n. sp. 

 (PI. XVI, fig. 2.) 



J;. Very pale fawn colour or isabelline ; fore-wing pale fawn 

 colour, darker at base and behind discal line, whitish between dis- 

 cocellular spot and discal line, a nearly erect slightly waved blackish 

 line before middle and behind middle, a distinct oblique nearly 

 straight black discal line, which at vein 9 is suddenly bent towards 

 costal margin, a submarginal series of small black dots between the 

 nervules, a white, black-ringed spot at end of cell; hind-wing pale 

 fawn at costal margin, whitish towards inner margin, a fine discal 

 black line from costa to vein 6 and a submarginal series of small 

 black dots ; under-side of both wings whitish isabelline with a 

 submarginal series of black dots on hind-wing, discal transverse line 

 wanting or obsolete, brownish. 



Expanse 62-70 mm. 



$ . Differs from the male in both wings being more or less densely 

 sprinkled with blackish scales, especially at outer margin and 

 behind discal line ; transverse lines more distinct ; discal white 

 black-ringed spot of fore-wing wanting ; tarsi black. 



Expanse 96 mm. 



Sierra Leone : (Brit. Mus. and Staudingci-'s Collection); 

 Niger : Onitsba (Brit. Mus.). 



Nearly allied to Ph. jacchus, Moschl., and rosa, Druce, 

 differing from the latter in the paler ground colour and 

 the straight discal line of fore-wing. 



Lechriolepls pulchra, n. sp. 

 (Plate XVI, fig. 12.) 



Ochraceous yellow ; head, thorax and fore-coxae densely clothed 

 with long reddish brown hairs ; antennae at tip with blackish 

 branches ; fore-wing yellow (nearly lemon yellow), base, a transverse 

 line before middle and another behind middle, and a submarginal 

 irregular row of eight large spots reddish-brown, the discal area 

 between the transverse lines except in cell and at costal margin 

 largely suffused with reddish-brown, a reddish-brown spot at end of 



