436 Sir G. F. Hampson oji neio 



wing white mixed with reddish ochreous ; slight pale rufous 

 subbasal aud antemedial marks on costa ; a sinuous black 

 streak below the cell defined above by white, to the whitish 

 antetnedial line which is slightly sinuous and defined on each 

 side by black scales from cell to inner margin ; orbi- 

 cular and reniform white slightly defined by reddish ochreous, 

 the former with reddish-ochreous point in centre, round, a 

 quadrate brown spot between them ; postmedial line white 

 defined by black scales, formed by dentate marks and ex- 

 curved to vein 3, then bent inwards to below end of cell, 

 angled outwards at vein 1 and inwards above inner margin, 

 an oblique white sti-iga beyond it from vein 3 to tornus ; a 

 A'cry ill-defined waved white subterminal line from costa to 

 vein 3 ; a terminal series of black points defined by white 

 lunules ; cilia chequered white and rufous. Hind wing 

 whitish suffused with ochreous brown ; the underside white 

 tinged with ochreous, the costal area irrorated with a few 

 black scales, a black discoidal spot and crenulate postmedial 

 line excurved from below costa to vein 4. 



Hab. S. Nigeria, Ilesha (Humphrey), 1 J type. Exp. 

 36 mm. 



3641 a. Acronycta transvalica, sp. n. 



^ . Head and thorax Avhite mixed with black-browu ; 

 patagia edged with black ; pectus white ; legs tinged with 

 rufous, the tarsi banded with blackish ; abdomen Avhite 

 dorsally tinged with brown, the basal crest tipped Avith 

 black. Fore wing gi'ey-white irrorated and in parts suffused 

 with reddish brown ; a strong black streak below the cell 

 from base to antemedial line, giving off a slight spur below 

 at middle ; subbasal line represented by double blackish striae 

 from costa ; anten;edial line double, excurved below costa, 

 oblique and waved below submedian fold ; orbicular defined 

 by black, round ; reniform tinged with rufous and slightly 

 defined by black at sides ; medial line black, oblique to 

 median nervure, then slightly angled inwards and outwards 

 at vein 1, some dark sufi'usion beyond it ; postmedial line 

 double, strongly bent outwards below costa, then minutely 

 dentate, excurved to vein 4, then strongly incurved to near 

 medial line, an oblique black streak from just before it in 

 submedian fold to near termen, some dark suffusion beyond 

 it on costal area aud white points on costa ; a blackish mark 

 just before termen in discal fold and oblique striga in sub- 

 . median fold ; a terminal series of small blackish spots ; cilia 

 chequered white and blackish. Pliud wing pure white ; the 



