148 Sir G. F. Hampson on 



Apluda syngrapha, sp. n. 



£ . Head and thorax white, the antennae and thorax at 

 sides and behind fulvous orange ; palpi and irons yellow, the 

 former with some black at sides; pectus and legs yellow, the 

 tibiae fringed with some spatulate black scales ; abdomen 

 golden yellow, white towards base. Fore wing white; the 

 costa yellow to beyond middle, then the costal edge red- 

 brown ; a red-brown streak on inner margin to the post- 

 medial line ; a narrow red-brown band from upper angle of 

 cell, slightly incurved below the lower angle and connected at 

 upper angle by an oblique streak and at lower angle by a 

 short streak with the postmedial band which arises near apex, 

 is excurved below costa, then incurved ; a subterminal red- 

 brown band between veins 5 and 2. Hind wing white. 



Hab. Gold Coast, Kumasi (Whiteside), 1 <$ type. Exp. 

 24 mm. 



Near A. similis, Dist. 



Apluda monogramma, sp. n. 



$ . Head and thorax white ; f rons and antennae yellow ; 

 palpi, pectus, and legs yellow mixed with red-brown ; abdo- 

 men yellow dorsally, white towards base. Fore wing silvery 

 white ; a few red-brown scales above vein 1 before middle ; 

 a postmedial rather maculate red-brown bar from vein 3 to 

 inner margin ; a small red-brown spot on costa before apex. 

 Hind wing silvery white. Underside of fore wing with the 

 costa suffused with red-brown. 



Hab. Bit. E. Africa, Kibauni (Crawshay), 1 J type. Exp. 

 24 mm. 



Altha rubrifusalis, sp. n. 



£ . Head and thorax fulvous red irrorated with silvery 

 scales ; the mid tarsi at tips and the hind legs pale yellow, 

 the latter with the tibiae tinged with fulvous ; abdomen pale 

 yellow, dorsally tinged with fulvous except towards extremity. 

 Fore wing with the basal half fulvous red, the base and costa 

 strongly irrorated with silvery scales and some silver scales 

 in end of cell ; a deeper fulvous discoidal bar ; the terminal 

 half pale jellow, with curved postmedial series of black- 

 brown points interrupted between veins 3 and 2. Hind wing 

 pale yellow, the basal area tinged with pale fulvous red. 



Hab. Sierra Leone (Bartleti), I <$ ; Gold Coast (Hales), 

 1 $; S. Nigeria, Asaba (Crosse), 1 £ type. E.vp. 28 mm. 



Near A. ansorgei, B. -Baker. 



