Pyralidse of the Subfamily Pyralinse. 77 



line from it to inner margin ; hind wing with oblique whitish 

 postmedial line defined on inner side by darker brown. 



Hab. N. Nigeria, Minna {Macjie), 1 J type, Zungeru (Mdcfie), ' 

 1 J , 1 2 . Exp., <S 14, 2 16 mm. 



(2 a) Stemmatophora oleoalbalis, sp. n. 



c? . Head and thorax white with a faint brownish tinge ; abdo- 

 men whitish tinged with red-brown and irrorated with dark brown 

 scales ; antennae ringed with brown ; pectus and legs suffused with 

 red-brown, the tarsi dark brown ringed with white ; ventral surface 

 of abdomen dark brown towards extremity. Fore wing white 

 tinged with pale olive and irrorated with a few black scales ; a 

 slight black mark at base of costa ; the medial area black with 

 white points on costa and defined by the diffused white ante- and 

 postmedial lines, the former nearly straight, the hitter strongly 

 excurved at middle, then incurved, a wedge-shaped rufous patch 

 beyond it on costa ; a terminal series of faint black points. Hind 

 wing white with a faint brownish tinge ; a faint curved dark post- 

 medial line ; a terminal series of black points except towards 

 tornus. Underside whitish tinged Avith rufous ; fore wing with 

 whitish points with black between them to the postmedial line, 

 the medial area suffused with blackish ; hind wing with slight 

 dark point at upper angle of cell and rather diffused black post- 

 medial line defined on outer side by white and excurved at middle. 



Hab. Be. E. Afeica, Nairobi (Anderson), 1 J type. Uxp. 

 20 mm. 



(2 b) Sleinmatop1i07'a chloralis, sj?. n. 



Stemmatophora chloralis, Longstaff, Butterfly Hunting in Many Landa, 

 pi. ii. fig. 9. 



2 . Head white ; antennae with the extreme base of shaft black ; 

 thorax white tinged with very pale blue-green ; pectus, legs, and 

 abdomen wdiite irrorated with a few black scales, the tarsi slightly 

 ringed with black. Fore wing white very finely pencilled wdth 

 pale blue-green ; a black striga from base of costa ; a black point 

 on middle of costa ; an oblique black band, defined on each side by 

 rather diffused white from costa just beyond middle to inner 

 margin, with some white points on it at costa, expanding into a 

 large elliptical black patch in and beyond the cell, then narrowing 

 and again slightly expanding to inner margin ; a terminal series of 

 slight black points with a more prominent point above tornus. 

 Hind wing white, the terminal area slightly irrorated with black 

 scales, extending on costa to middle and narrowing to tornus ; a 

 slight fuscous mark at lower angle of cell ; a terminal series of 

 small black spots from apex to submedian fold. Underside of fore 

 wing with prominent series of black striaj on costa from base to 

 the postmedial band which is obsolescent. 



Hab. Zambesi, Victorif* Falls (Longstaf), 1 2 ^jpe. 6 m 

 Coll. Longstaff. JE'xp. 24 mm. 



