LHE ANNALS 



AND 



MAGAZINE OF NATURAL HISTORY. 



[NINTH SERIES.] 

 No. 23. NOVEMBER 1919. 



XXXI. — Descriptions of new Pyralidse of the 



Crambinae and Siginse. By Sir George P. Hampson 

 Bart., F.Z.S., &c. 



[Concluded from p. 154.] 



(8 b) Charltona actinialis, sp. n. 



$ . Head and thorax white, the vertex of head with short black 

 streak, the sides of tegulae and the patagia with black stripes ; 

 abdomen white tinged with brown except at base ; antenna; and 

 palpi, except above, black ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdo- 

 men suffused with black. Fore wing black-brown with pure white 

 streaks on the veins ; the costal edge white ; the cell and sub- 

 median fold to below end of cell with fine white streaks ; the inner 

 margin with white fascia; the cilia intersected by the white streaks. 

 Hind wing silvery white. Underside of fore wing and costal area 

 of hind wing suffused with reddish brown, the fore wing with 

 rather ill-defined white streaks on median nervure and the veins 

 arising from the cell. 



Hab. N. Nigeria, Ilorin (Macfie), 1 $ type, Mxp. 4G mm, 



(8 c) Charltona atrifascialis, sp, n. 



5 . Head and thorax white mixed with some blackish brown, the 

 outer edge of patagia with obscure blackish brown stripes ; abdomen 

 white suffused with reddish brown ; antenna? dark brown, white 

 above ; palpi black-brown, white above ; pectus and legs suffused 

 with blackish brown ; ventral surface of abdomen dark reddish 

 brown with white segmental lines. Fore wing glossy white ; a 

 cupreous brown fascia on costa to near apex ; a blackish fascia in 



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