new African Moths. 137 



Lagos, Iroko (Dudgeon), 4 <$ , Olokemeji {Dudgeon), 1 J ; 

 Uganda, White Nile, Gondokoro (Reynes-Cole), 6 S , 1 ? ; 

 Br. E. Africa, Ahoos (Betton), 2 £ , Shukalis (Betton), 1 <$ . 

 Exp. 18-20 mm. 



Macruplectra albescens, sp. n. 



£ . Head, thorax, and abdomen pale rufous mixed with 

 whitish, the last with indistinct whitish bands. Fore wing 

 whitish tinged with rufous, especially on basal and costal 

 areas, and irrorated with some fuscous; faint dark streaks 

 below base of costa and cell ; an indistinct diffused fuscous 

 streak in end of cell ; an oblique diffused fuscous line from 

 beyond upper angle of cell to inner margin before middle, 

 interrupted at lower angle of cell and somewhat waved to- 

 wards inner margin ; an oblique diffused fuscous line from 

 costa just before apex to above inner margin, slightly 

 incurved at discal fold ; a faint subterminal fuscous shade 

 from below apex to submedian fold ; a terminal series of 

 blackish points. Hind wing silky ochreous white ; a slight 

 brownish terminal line. Underside of fore wing suffused 

 with brown, the costa yellow, the inner area whitish. 



Hab. Br. E. Africa, Athi-ya-Mawe (Betton), 5 £ type, 

 Machakos (Betton), 1 J, Kikuyu (Crawshay), 1 <^, Kili- 

 makin (Crawshay), 1 <$ . Exp. 20 mm. 



Paraphanta biumbrata, sp. n. 



£ . Head, thorax, and abdomen reddish ochreous irrorated 

 with black ; antennas pale ochreous. Fore wing ochreous 

 thickly irrorated with black-brown, the basal half suffused 

 with rufous ; a white medial line slightly excurved from 

 costa to median nervure, then straight, closely followed by 

 an oblique straight ochreous postmedial line ; subterminal 

 line rather diffused ochreous, excurved below costa and 

 slightly incurved at middle, with lunulate patches of black 

 suffusion before it below costa and middle ; a teimitial series 

 of faint blackish spots; cilia with a fine black line near tips. 

 Hind wing ochreous irrorated and suffused with black-brown ; 

 cilia with a faint black line near tips. 



Hab. Natal, Durban (Gooch, Leigh), 2 $ type. Exp. 

 18 mm. 



Allied to P. fimbriata, Karsch. 



Zinara recurvata, sp. n. 



J; . Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown slightly mixed 

 with grey. Fore wing reddish brown mixed with grey and 



