528 Mr. G. T. Bethime-Baker on new 



from nenr the angle^ 4 from the angle, 6 from the upper 

 angle, 7 highly arched near the cell, a short obsolescent bar 

 from 8 to form the long areole, 8, 9, and 10 stalked, 8 and 

 9 close to the apex, 10 at a third from the cell, 11 from the 

 cell. Secondaries with 3 and 4 from the angle, 5 absent, 

 6 from the angle, 7 from the cell, 8 anastomosing shortly 

 with the cell. Secondaries with anal angle distorted and 

 emitting a strong tuft of curly hairs. 

 Type, Lo'photagonia bostvT/codes, B-B. 



Lophotagonia hostry codes ^ sp. n. 



c^ . Head and thorax whitish grey, abdomen darker grey. 

 Primaries with basal two-thirds whitish, terminal third lilac 

 and ochreous grey ; an interrupted fine dark basal line 

 sharply serrate on the costa ; median line fine, very irregular, 

 postmedian line more irregular, very oblique for the costal 

 third, the fold between these two lines filled in with grey ; 

 a fine, serrate, irregular, white subterminal line in the darker 

 area, apex with a small dash of white. Fringes intercepted 

 with grey. Secondaries white for the basal two-thirds, grey 

 for the apical third, anal tuft black. 



Expanse 22 mm. 



Hah. Gunnal, Portuguese W. Africa ; November. 



Type in my collection. 



Catocalin^. 

 Chalciope cumamita, sp. n. 



(J . Head and thorax pinkish grey ; collar barred with 

 darker ochreous grey, abdomen grey. Primaries grey, 

 tinged with lilac in parts ; costa darker grey, a broad 

 scimitar-shaped dark velvety-brown dash edged with cream- 

 colour in the fold, above the end of it another short pale 

 dash, finely edged first with dark brown then with cream- 

 colour ; into this, nearer the base, runs another similar but 

 paler dash ; postmedian area composed of a series of oblique 

 very fine wavy lines, edged externally by a broad stripe of 

 olive-brown, shortly but deeply excurved at its centre and 

 edged internally with cream-colour, beyond this the termen 

 is clouded and with several wavy lines, a subterminal very fine 

 dark line ; termen finely cream-colour. Secondaries cream- 

 colour, terminal third dark grey ; termen finely whitish, 

 crenulate. 



Expanse 39 mm. 



Hab. Elburgon Railway Station, B.E. Africa; July. 



Type in ray collection. 



