(if) Sir G. F. Hnmpson on new 



with some purplish red. Hind wing creamy white mixed with 

 purplish red, the basal area suffused with black ; an oblique 

 slightly sinuous white antemodial ,line defined on outer side by 

 purplish pink and some black scales ; a white patch defined by 

 purplish red and with purplish-red point in centre at lower angle 

 of cell ; postinedial line white defined on each side by purplish 

 red and some black scales, waved ; an interrupted purplish-red 

 line with some black scales on it befoi'e termen ; cilia black 

 mixed with some purplish red. Underside purplish red ; fore 

 wing with the costa black with white points on it to beyonl 

 middle ; hind wing with waved white postmedial line defined by 

 deeper purplish red. 



Hah. Be. E. Africa, Nairobi {Anderson.), I c5' ; Br. C. ArnicA, 

 Mt. Mlanje {JSfeave). 1 d" type. Exp. IG mm. 



(2 6') Pyralis trifolialis, sp. n. 



d . Head, thorax, and abdomen white mixed with purplish red, 

 the antennae and tegulaj purplish i-ed, the abdomen irrorated with 

 some blackish scales ; sides of fVons and palpi blackish, the latter 

 with the extremities of 2nd and 3rd joints white ; fore legs 

 blackish, the tarsi ringed with white ; ])ectus, mid and hind- legs, 

 and ventral surface of abdomen white tinged with red-brown. 

 Fore wing creamy white mixed with purplish red and irrorated 

 with a few black scales, the terminal area more suffused with 

 purplish rod ; antemedial line white defined on each side by 

 purplish red, slightly sinuous, a small white spot defined by 

 purplish red on its outer side at vein 1 ; the medial part of 

 costa black with four white points on it; a small white spot 

 with purplish-red annulus at upper angle of cell, others below 

 the lower angle of cell and on vein 1, and a trifoliate patch 

 beyond lower angle of cell; postmcdial line white defined on 

 each side by purplish red, expanding at costa, excurved to near 

 termen at middle, and ending at tornus ; cilia fuscous black with 

 a fine white line at base. Hind wing with the basal area white 

 mixed with black and some purplish red, the medial area purplish 

 red irrorated with black especially towards inner margin, the 

 "terminal area purplish red mixed with whitish and black ; a 

 slightly sinuous white antemedial line defined on each side by 

 blackish ; a figure-of-eight-shaped white discoidal spot defined 

 by blackish and with black points in its upper and lower parts ; 

 postmedial line white defined on each side b}^ blackish, waved, 

 excurved between veins 6 and 8 ; cilia fuscous black with a 

 fine white line at base. Underside whitish suffused with red- 

 brown ; fore wing with the costa black with white points on it 

 to beyond middle ; hind wing with the postmedial line whitish 

 and indistinct. 



Hah. Gold Coast, Kumasi {Sanders), 1 (S type. ^.r^. 

 12 mm. 



