410 Sir G. F. Hampson on new 



the tibise and tarsi blackisli in front. Fore wing pure white ; 

 a black spot at base and discoidal point ; vein 1 from before 

 rnidflle and the veins arising from cell except on costal area 

 slightly streaked with blackish. Hind wing pure white with 

 black discoidal point. 



Hab. W. Africa {M. Pounds), 1 ^ type. Exp. 40 mm. 



1977 b. Stenarct'ia griseipennis, sp. n. 



(J . Head and thorax grey tinged with brown ; palpi black 

 at sides ; frons with black bar ; antennae black, the shaft 

 white above, the tuft on basal joint crimson, a black spot 

 between their bases and crimson points behind them ; tegnlre 

 with blackish spots at base of dorsum, the prothorax with 

 blackish streaks ; pectus whitish Avith pale crimson streaks 

 below the shoulders ; coxje pale crimson, the fore coxae wdth 

 black spots, the legs striped black and whitish ; al)domen 

 fulvous yellow, the extremity crimson, subdorsal black spots 

 except at base and extremity and a dorsal black spot on 

 penultimate segment, sublateral series of black spots and 

 a ventral series except at exti'emity. Fore wing grey with 

 pale streaks on the veins; a subbasal black point below 

 costa ; an antemedial series of diffused fuscous streaks in 

 the interspaces; obliquely placed medial black spots on 

 costa and in cell, a discoidal spot and spot above it on costa; 

 a curved fuscous postmeclial shade interrupted by grey streaks 

 on the veins. Hind Aving ochreous yellow, the terminal 

 area grey-brown, broadly at costa and narrowing to vein 1 

 where it terminates, the veins on it with slight pale streams ; 

 the underside with the costal area suffused with fuscous 

 brown. 



Hab. S. Nigeria, Ilesha [Humphrey), 1 S type. Exp. 

 40 mm. 



1990 a. Seirarctia alicia, sp. n. 



^ . Head yellow with some fuscous on frons ; palpi and 

 antennae black ; thorax whitish mixed with brown, the 

 patagia fringed with yellow and crimson hair and with two 

 small black spots near base ; pectus and femora above 

 crimson, the tibiae and tarsi banded blackish and white ; 

 abdomen yellowish irrorated with brown, the hair at base 

 crimson, lateral series of black spots and sublateral series of 

 bars. Fore wing white strongly and thickly striated with 

 Vlack, the inner margin and cilia yellow ; a postmedial black 

 spot in discal fold. Hind wing orange-yellow, the base and 

 inner area tinged with crimson ; a black discoidal spot ; 



