92 Sir G. F. Ilampson on new 



(9 a) Bostra rusinalis, sp. n. 



S ■ Head and thorax rufous with a few dark brown scales ; 

 abdomen whitish tinged with rufous. Fore wing rufous spai'sely 

 irrorated with dark brown, the basal costal area suffused with 

 blackish ; traces of a waved dark antemedial line ; the medial part 

 of costa Avith whitish points with dark brown between them ; a 

 small dark discoidal spot ; postmedial line indistinct, dark, slightly 

 exeurved to vein 4 then slightly incurved. Hind wing whitish 

 tinged with rufous, the termen and bases of cilia rather deeper 

 rufous ; the underside with the costal area suffused with rufous 

 and irrorated with dark brown. 



Hah. Gold Coast, Appan, 2 6 type. Exjo. 22 mm, 



(10 a) Bostra 2'>ctllidicolor, sp. n. 



S . Head and thorax whitish tinged with pale red and irrorated 

 with a few dark brown scales ; abdomen white faintly tinged with 

 red and slightly irrorated with brown ; palpi and pectus in front 

 redder. Fore Aving whitish tinged with purplish red and irrorated 

 with broAvn, the red rather deeper on basal costal area and forming 

 diffused streaks in discal and submedian folds ; a very faint diffused 

 dark antemedial line angled outwards at sulunedian fold ; a black 

 discoidal spot ; postmedial line indistinct, dark, diffused, oblique 

 below vein 4 ; a terminal series of minute blackish spots. Hind 

 wino- ochreoiis white ; a terminal series of slight brown points from 

 apex to vein 2. Underside white ; fore wing with the costal area 

 bright rufous with the costal edge white, then tinged with ochreous 

 and irrorated with brown except on inner area ; hind wing with the 

 costal area tinged with rufous and irrorated with brown, a blackish 

 spot at upper angle of cell. 



5 . Head andthorax greyish tinged with purplish red ; abdomen 

 whitish thickly irrorated with brown ; fore wing greyish uniformly 

 tinged with purplish red ; hind wing suffused with pale reddish 

 brown ; underside of fore wing suft'used with brown except on 

 costal area, the hind wing tinged with broAvn and with curved 

 brown postmedial line from costa to submedian fold. 



Rah. Transvaal, Pretoria (Distant, Janse), 1 c? , 1 $ type. 

 Exp., 6 30, 2 26 mm. 



(10 c) Bostra ilentilineaJls, sp. n. 



Head and thorax whitish tinged with red-brown and irrorated 

 with a few black-brown scales ; abdomen suffused with fiery red 

 and irrorated with black. Fore wing- whitish suffused with pale 

 red-brown, sometimes tinged with olive-green and irrorated with 

 black-brown ; an indistinct dentate blackish postmedial line some- 

 what incurved at siibmedian fold ; a terminal series of black striae ; 

 cilia with reddish-broAvn lines near base and at tips. Hind wing 

 whitish suffused Avith fiery red and slightly irrorated Avith broAvn ; 

 a curved dentate blackish postmedial line, rather diffused on inner 



