Lepidoptera from Tropical Africa. 537 



Parasiopsis arcuata, sp. n. 



^. Head, thorax, and abdomen brown. Primaries brown, 

 tinged with chocolate-colour; a small dark spot at the end 

 of tlie cell, palely edged ; subterminal line p;ile, irregular, 

 deeply incurved towards the cell, then rapidly advancing, and 

 terminating in a dark spot in the tornus ; termen palely 

 dotted. Secondaries brownish grey. 



Expanse 32 mm. 



Hab. N'Dalla Tando, Angola, 2700 feet; October {An. 

 serge) . 



Type in my collection. 



Nodaria melanopa, sp. n. 



cJ . Antennae, head, and thorax dark brown ; abdomen 

 greyish brown. Primaries blackish brown, with the cell and 

 beyond it darker than the rest of the wing; orbicular and 

 reniform just visible as darker spots ; a series of very fine 

 white points well before the termen ; termen darkly pointed. 

 Secondaries greyish brown. 



Expanse 2Q mm. 



Hah. Malauge, Portuguese W. Africa. 



Type in my collection. 



Nodaria parallela, sp. n. 



^ . Head, thorax, and abdomen pale brown. Both wings 

 pale brown. Primaries with the fine dark brown median 

 line finely edged with cream-colour and parallel with an 

 exactly similar postmedian line, both being slightly curved. 

 Termen finely cream-colour, with a fine darker internal 

 edging. Secondaries paler at the base than the outer 

 portion of the wing. 



Expanse 20 mm. 



Hab. Malange, Portuguese W. Africa. 



Type in my collection. 



Nagadeba treicegcroma, sp. n. 



? . Head, thorax, and abdomen tawny ochreous. Both 

 wings tawny ochreous with darker lines. Primaries with an 

 antemedian irregular line, followed by an irregular median 

 line excurved round the end of the cell ; postmedian line 

 equally irregular, almost crenulate and dentate, beyond 

 which the ground-colour is grey ; a subterminal series of 

 very dark dots in a tawny band ; termen finely dark, the 

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