370 Sir G. F. Hampson on new 



and some white ; antennse black ; pectus, hind leo:s, and ventral 

 surface of abdomen towards base white ; fore tibiae fuscous, white 

 at extremities. Fore wing fulvous yellow irrorated with dark red- 

 brown ; a subbasal red-brown shade ; a medial red-brown shade 

 with some white scales on it in end of cell, a white patch beyond it 

 on costal area, defined on outer side by a red-brown shade joining 

 the medial shade at lower angle of cell, then with three small white 

 spots on its outer edge, a small white spot beyond it on costa ; the 

 terminal area suffused with dark red-brown. Hind wing fulvous 

 yellow, the basal half and terminal area suffused with dark red- 

 brown. 



Hah. Mexico, Morelos, Cuernavaca {H. H. Smith), 1 <S type, 

 Godman-Salvin Coll. ^ayj. 14 mm. 



(30 5) NympTiula plumbefusalis, sp. n. 



2 . Head and thorax leaden grey tinged with fuscous ; abdomen 

 white, basally suffused with reddish brown ; antennae dark brown ; 

 frons white ; palpi with the 3rd joint white ; pectus, legs, and 

 ventral surface of abdomen white, the fore and mid legs tinged 

 wdth brown, the fore tibiae blackish on inner side, white on outer 

 side except towards base. Fore wing leaden grey tinged with 

 brown ; an antemedial black spot below the cell and slight rufous 

 and dark shade towards inner margin^ a black discoidal spot; an 

 indistinct diffused i-ufous postmedial shade, incurved below vein 4 

 to below end of cell, arising below the costa and interrupted below 

 the cell ; a faint dark subterminal shade ; a faint punctiform broA\n 

 line before termen and terminal series of slight dark spots. Hind 

 wing pure white ; a faint reddish-brown line from lower angle of 

 cell to vein 1 ; a reddish-brown postmedial bar at discal fold, 

 diffused spot at vein 2 and small spot at inner margin ; a puncti- 

 form line before termen and a terminal line ; cilia white mixed 

 with reddish brown and chequered Avith darker brown at base. 

 Hah. Sudan, Blue Nile {Flower), 6 $ type. Exp. 20 mm. 



(52 h) Xymplnila metastictalis, sp. n. 



5 . Head, thorax, and abdomen white, the metathorax wdth 

 brownish bar, the abdomen tinged with ochreous brown except at 

 base ; fore tibiae fuscous brown at extremities. Fore wing silver}^ 

 white slightly tinged with ochreous brown except on terminal area ; 

 small black-brown spots at base of costa and cell ; a black-brown 

 antemedial spot on costa ; an inw^ardly oblique brown medial line 

 wdth black spot at costa ; a small Avhite discoidal spot indistinctly 

 defined by brown ; postmedial line brown with a black spot at costa 

 Avhere it arises towards apex, excm-ved to vein 2, then incurved to 

 inner margin below end of cell ; a curved brown subterminal line 

 from vein 7 to submedian fold ; a fine black terminal line before a 

 yellow terminal band, punctiform towards apex ; cilia wdiite suffused 

 with brown. Hind wing white suffused with reddish brown except 



