96 Sir G. F. Hampson on new 



to middle of frons, moderately scaled, the 3rd moderate ; maxillary 

 palpi triangularly dilated with scales ; antennae of male laminate. 

 Fore wing with the median nervure strongly downcurved towards 

 end of cell, the discoeellulars strongly excurved ; vein 3 from 

 before angle of cell ; 5 from above angle ; 6 from upper angle ; 

 7, 8, 9 stalked from before angle ; 10, 11 from cell. Hind wing 

 with the cell short ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle ; 6, 7 from 

 upper angle, 7 not anastomosing with 8. 



Genus Loeymodes, nov. 



Type, Pyralis diagonalis, Hmpsn. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint tufted 

 with scales produced to a point in front at extremity, the 3rd long 

 and acuminate; maxillary palpi slightly dilated with scales, antennae 

 of mile with fasciculate cilia, the basal joint long. Fore wing 

 with vein 3 from close to angle of cell ; 4, 5 stalked ; 4j from upper 

 angle ; 7, 8, 9 stalked; 10, 11 from cell. Hind wing with vein 3 

 from close to angle of cell ; 4, 5 stalked ; 6, 7 from upper angle, 

 7 not anastomosing with 8. 



(2) Lorymodes stenopferalis, sp. n. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen white tinged with red-brown ; 

 antennae fuscous except towards base. Fore wing very narrow ; 

 whitish suffused with red-brown ; a slight brown antemedial mark 

 in submedian fold ; the medial part of costa with slight brown 

 points ; antemedial line slight, black defined on inner side by 

 whitish, very oblique from costa to the postmedial line at vein 2, 

 then inv/ardly oblique to inner margin, defining on inner side the 

 postmedial line, which is rather diffused black-brown defined on 

 outer side by whitish, very oblique and slightly curved from costa 

 near apex to ^bmedian fold, then still more oblique to middle of 

 inner margin ; a fine brown terminal line ; cilia whitish. Hind 

 wing silvery white. Underside of fore wing white, tinged with 

 brown on costal half. 



Hal. Gambia, 1 J ; N. Nigeria, Zungeru {Macfie), 1 $ type. 

 Exp. 16 mm. 



Genus DattiisTA. ^ 



Typ9. 



Dattinia, Rag. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1887, p. cxxxvii syi'talis. 



Constantia, Kag. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1887, p. cxxxvii (nee Adams, 



Moll. 1860) leonalis. 



Buliana, Navas, Bol. Soc. Aragon, x. p. 64 (1913) leonalis. 



(4 e) Dattinia eumictalis, sjs. n. 



5 . Head and thorax yellowish white mixed with rufous, red- 

 brown, and dark brown ; abdomen Avhite suffused with red-brown ; 

 antennae white ringed with dark brown ; legs white irrorated with 

 brown. Fore wing yellowish white very thickly irrorated with 

 rufous and red-brown and with a few dark brown scales ; a whitish 



