﻿Genera 
  and 
  Species 
  o/Noctukla\ 
  151 
  

  

  3105 
  «. 
  Perigea 
  ytjpsina, 
  %^. 
  n. 
  

  

  ? 
  . 
  Head 
  and 
  tegulae 
  rufous 
  mixed 
  with 
  wliitisli^ 
  the 
  

   latter 
  with 
  slight 
  rufous 
  medial 
  line 
  and 
  blackish 
  tips 
  ; 
  

   antenna} 
  ringed 
  brown 
  and 
  whitish 
  towards 
  base; 
  thorax 
  

   and 
  abdomen 
  white 
  ; 
  legs 
  suffused 
  with 
  rufous, 
  the 
  fore 
  

   tarsi 
  blackish 
  with 
  pale 
  rings. 
  Fore 
  wing 
  white 
  ; 
  some 
  pale 
  

   rufous 
  on 
  base 
  of 
  costa 
  and 
  below 
  the 
  cell 
  ; 
  an 
  oblique 
  

   wedge-shaped 
  rufous 
  antemedial 
  patch 
  from 
  costa 
  to 
  median 
  

   iiervure 
  with 
  traces 
  of 
  an 
  oblique 
  sinuous 
  line 
  from 
  it 
  to 
  

   inner 
  margin 
  ; 
  orbicular 
  and 
  reniform 
  represented 
  by 
  con- 
  

   fluent 
  white 
  patches, 
  the 
  former 
  with 
  curved 
  rufous 
  mark 
  

   below 
  it 
  and 
  rufous 
  above 
  it 
  on 
  costa 
  ; 
  a 
  rufous 
  striga 
  defined 
  

   on 
  each 
  side 
  by 
  white 
  from 
  middle 
  of 
  costa 
  ; 
  an 
  oblique 
  

   wedge-shaped 
  postmedial 
  patch 
  from 
  costa 
  to 
  vein 
  2, 
  above 
  

   which 
  it 
  is 
  connected 
  with 
  the 
  termen 
  by 
  a 
  diffused 
  fascia 
  ; 
  

   postmedial 
  line 
  indistinct 
  and 
  dark 
  on 
  the 
  rufous 
  area, 
  then 
  

   almost 
  obsolete, 
  bent 
  outw-ards 
  below 
  costa, 
  then 
  dentate 
  and 
  

   produced 
  to 
  a 
  double 
  series 
  of 
  blackish 
  points 
  vvitli 
  whitish 
  

   points 
  between 
  them, 
  some 
  white 
  points 
  beyond 
  it 
  on 
  costa; 
  

   an 
  oblique 
  wedge-shaped 
  rufous 
  patch 
  from 
  termen 
  below 
  

   apex 
  and 
  a 
  terminal 
  series 
  of 
  black 
  points. 
  Hind 
  wing 
  

   w 
  bite 
  suffused 
  with 
  brown 
  except 
  at 
  base 
  and 
  on 
  inner 
  area, 
  

   darker 
  towards 
  termen 
  ; 
  a 
  terminal 
  series 
  of 
  blackish 
  striai 
  

   defined 
  on 
  inner 
  side 
  by 
  white 
  ; 
  cilia 
  white, 
  brown 
  towards 
  

   apex 
  ; 
  the 
  underside 
  white, 
  the 
  costal 
  area 
  and 
  terminal 
  area 
  

   to 
  vein 
  2 
  irrorated 
  with 
  pale 
  rufous, 
  a 
  bright 
  rufous 
  apical 
  

   patch 
  and 
  terminal 
  series 
  of 
  small 
  black 
  lunules 
  from 
  apex 
  

   to 
  vein 
  2. 
  

  

  Hub. 
  Gold 
  Coast, 
  Kumasi 
  {Sanders), 
  1 
  $ 
  type. 
  Exp. 
  

   40 
  mm. 
  

  

  3141 
  a. 
  Periyea 
  cupriculora, 
  sp. 
  u. 
  

  

  (^ 
  . 
  Head 
  and 
  thorax 
  cupreous 
  red 
  slightly 
  mixed 
  with 
  

   blackish 
  ; 
  palpi 
  with 
  some 
  Ijlack 
  at 
  side 
  ; 
  tarsi 
  blackish 
  with 
  

   pale 
  rings 
  ; 
  abdomen 
  grey-brown, 
  the 
  ventral 
  surface 
  red- 
  

   brown. 
  Fore 
  wing 
  cupreous 
  reJ-brovvn, 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  costal 
  

   half 
  to 
  the 
  postmedial 
  line 
  with 
  some 
  fuscous 
  suti'usiou, 
  the 
  

   veins 
  with 
  dark 
  streaks 
  ; 
  subbasal 
  line 
  represented 
  by 
  two 
  

   dark 
  stria3 
  from 
  costa 
  ; 
  antemedial 
  line 
  very 
  indistinct, 
  

   double, 
  u 
  aved 
  ; 
  claviform 
  a 
  minute 
  black 
  spot 
  ; 
  orbicular 
  

   very 
  faintly 
  defined 
  by 
  brown; 
  reniform 
  very 
  faintly 
  defined 
  

   by 
  brown 
  and 
  some 
  black 
  points, 
  irregular, 
  extending 
  to 
  

   below 
  the 
  cell 
  ; 
  an 
  oblique 
  sinuous 
  line 
  from 
  lower 
  angle 
  of 
  

   cell 
  to 
  inner 
  margin 
  ; 
  postmedial 
  line 
  dark, 
  slightly 
  waved, 
  

   excurved 
  to 
  vein 
  4, 
  then 
  incurved, 
  a 
  seiies 
  of 
  minute 
  black 
  

  

  