Lepidoptera from 2 ropical Africa, 531 



proximal tuft of very dark brown. Primaries browuisli grey, 

 with a very large dark brown patch palely edged, occupying 

 all the central part of the wing to tiie inner margin and 

 sharply prowed about vein 2 ; termen finely dark^ with a 

 fine cream inner edging. Secondaries brownish. 



Expanse 37 mm. 



Ilab. Lokoja District (100 miles north). 



Type in my collection. 



Baniana eiicrines, sp. n. 



(^ . Head, collar, and prothorax bright chestnut-colour, 

 thorax and abdomen ochreous grey. Primaries ochreous, 

 with a somewhat wedge-shaped median area of dark brown, 

 oblique on its inner margin and shortly toothed at the upper 

 margin of the cell, the outer margin being somewhat waved 

 and also angled as tiie inner margin, thus making a short 

 top bar of a T to the mark; the orbicular shows as a very 

 dark small spot palely edged, and the reniform is olive- 

 brown beyond the wedge mark, a small half-ovate olive 

 SLibapical costal patch ; termen and fringe })ale olive-brown, 

 indefinite as to its inner boundary. JSecondaries pale clear 

 straw-yellow. 



Expanse 31 mm. 



Hab. Northern Nigeria. 



Type in my collection. 



Baniana pammictay sp. n. 



^. Head, collar, and prothorax olive-brown, abdomen 

 dark grey. Primaries pale lilac-grey, with the terminal area 

 paler and less lilac ; median area olive-brown, edged on each 

 side by a pale line, the costal area down to vein 3 being 

 produced well outwards into the postmedian area, the part 

 near the end of the cell is paler than the rest ; a small olive- 

 brown cloud on the costa before the apex. Fringes olive- 

 brown. Secondaries dirty grey. 



Expanse 32 mm. 



Hah. N'Dalla Tando, Angola, 2700 feet; November 

 {^Ansorge). 



'J'ype in my collection. 



Iluza egcarsia, sp. n. 



,$ . Head, thorax, and abdomen pale coffee-brown. Both 

 wings pale coffee-brown, with a dark, very oblique stripe 

 running from the apex almost continuous through each wing. 

 A small spot at the end of the cell in the primaries. 



