﻿538 
  Mr. 
  G. 
  T. 
  Bethune-Baker 
  on 
  

  

  yellowish 
  tinged 
  with 
  pink 
  in 
  parts, 
  with 
  basal 
  and 
  median 
  

   lines 
  broad, 
  adversely 
  oblique, 
  joined 
  together 
  in 
  the 
  cell 
  by 
  

   a 
  broadish 
  dash 
  ; 
  postmedian 
  line 
  broad, 
  very 
  strongly 
  

   elbowed 
  outwards 
  in 
  the 
  subapical 
  area, 
  receding 
  rapidly 
  to 
  

   vein 
  2, 
  then 
  erect 
  to 
  the 
  inner 
  margin 
  ; 
  three 
  subterminal 
  

   small 
  spots 
  about 
  veins 
  3, 
  5, 
  and 
  9 
  (one 
  on 
  each), 
  all 
  the 
  marks 
  

   are 
  pinkish 
  grey. 
  Secondaries 
  subhyaline 
  pinkish 
  yellow. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  21 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  N'Dalla 
  Tando. 
  

  

  Type 
  in 
  my 
  collection. 
  

  

  Ajrctianjs. 
  

   Acantliarctia 
  aureacosta, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  <$ 
  . 
  Palpi, 
  head, 
  and 
  face 
  yellow 
  ; 
  collar 
  and 
  thorax 
  dead 
  

   white 
  ; 
  abdomen 
  yellow, 
  with 
  black 
  dorsal 
  bars 
  ; 
  legs 
  

   yellow. 
  Both 
  wings 
  dead 
  white. 
  Primaries 
  with 
  costa 
  

   yellow 
  and 
  fringes 
  paler 
  yellow. 
  Secondaries 
  with 
  white 
  

   fringes. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  34 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Gunnal, 
  W. 
  Africa 
  ; 
  June. 
  

  

  Type 
  in 
  my 
  collection. 
  

  

  Between 
  A.flavicosta, 
  Hmpsn., 
  and 
  nivea, 
  Aur. 
  

  

  Noctuidae. 
  

  

  NoCTUINJE. 
  

  

  Tathorhyncus 
  leucobasis, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  c? 
  . 
  Head 
  and 
  thorax 
  greyish 
  brown; 
  abdomen 
  greyish. 
  

   Both 
  wings 
  brownish 
  grey 
  ; 
  costa 
  with 
  a 
  sparse 
  scattering 
  of 
  

   paler 
  grey 
  very 
  fine 
  scales, 
  orbicular 
  and 
  reniform 
  stigmata 
  

   scarcely 
  darker 
  than 
  the 
  ground 
  ; 
  fringes 
  greyish 
  white. 
  

   Secondaries 
  with 
  the 
  cell 
  cream-colour 
  and 
  whitish-grey 
  

   fringes. 
  

  

  ? 
  . 
  Primaries 
  paler 
  grey, 
  with 
  yet 
  paler 
  scales 
  on 
  the 
  

   costa 
  and 
  internervular 
  terminal 
  spaces 
  ; 
  a 
  dark 
  dash 
  in 
  the 
  

   cell 
  ; 
  cell 
  closed 
  by 
  a 
  dark 
  double 
  spot 
  ; 
  a 
  waved 
  line 
  of 
  dark 
  

   scales 
  on 
  the 
  fold. 
  Secondaries 
  deep 
  cream 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  with 
  

   apex 
  and 
  termen 
  broadly 
  dark 
  grey. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  32 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Nairobi, 
  Molo 
  Railway 
  Station; 
  July 
  (Jackson). 
  

  

  Type 
  in 
  my 
  collection. 
  

  

  Rhanidojyhora 
  Jlava, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  c? 
  . 
  Head 
  and 
  thorax 
  orange-yellow 
  ; 
  abdomen 
  rather 
  paler 
  

   yellow, 
  ventral 
  surface 
  brown. 
  Primaries 
  deep 
  cream-colour, 
  

   the 
  basal 
  two-thirds 
  to 
  vein 
  1 
  a 
  covered 
  with 
  orange-coloured 
  

   scales 
  ; 
  an 
  oval 
  whitish 
  spot 
  encircled 
  with 
  black 
  near 
  the 
  

  

  