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  Sir 
  G. 
  F. 
  Hainpson 
  on 
  new 
  

  

  4675 
  a. 
  Busseola 
  mesopheea, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Head, 
  thorax, 
  and 
  abdomen 
  pale 
  brown 
  mixed 
  with 
  black; 
  

   pectus, 
  mid 
  and 
  hind 
  legs 
  and 
  ventral 
  snrface 
  of 
  abdomen 
  

   pale 
  brown. 
  Fore 
  wing 
  pale 
  brown 
  irrorated 
  with 
  blackish, 
  

   the 
  media] 
  area 
  suffused 
  with 
  black; 
  diffused 
  reddish-brown 
  

   fasciae 
  in 
  submedian 
  fold 
  and 
  in 
  discal 
  fold 
  beyond 
  the 
  cell 
  ; 
  

   sab1)asal 
  line 
  black, 
  from 
  costa 
  to 
  submedian 
  fold; 
  ante- 
  

   medial 
  line 
  rather 
  diffused, 
  l)lack 
  defined 
  on 
  inner 
  side 
  by 
  

   whitish, 
  waved, 
  oblique 
  to 
  submedian 
  fold 
  ; 
  orbicular 
  and 
  

   reniform 
  with 
  indistinct 
  wliitish 
  aunuli, 
  the 
  former 
  round 
  ; 
  

   in 
  indistinct 
  diffused 
  sinuous 
  black 
  medial 
  line; 
  postraedial 
  

   line 
  black 
  defined 
  on 
  outer 
  side 
  by 
  whitish, 
  produced 
  to 
  

   slight 
  streaks 
  on 
  the 
  veins, 
  oblique 
  to 
  vein 
  5, 
  then 
  incurved 
  ; 
  

   subterminal 
  line 
  formed 
  by 
  small 
  blackish 
  lunules 
  defined 
  

   on 
  outer 
  side 
  by 
  whitish, 
  angled 
  outwards 
  at 
  vein 
  7 
  ; 
  a 
  

   terminal 
  series 
  of 
  black 
  stride 
  and 
  fine 
  pale 
  line 
  at 
  base 
  of 
  

   cilia. 
  Hind 
  wing 
  white 
  tinged 
  with 
  reddish 
  brown; 
  the 
  

   underside 
  with 
  small 
  blackish 
  discoidal 
  spot, 
  indistinct 
  post- 
  

   medial 
  line 
  with 
  minute 
  black 
  streaks 
  at 
  the 
  veins^ 
  and 
  

   terminal 
  series 
  of 
  black 
  strise. 
  

  

  Hub. 
  N. 
  Nigeria, 
  Minna 
  [Macfie\, 
  5 
  J 
  , 
  1 
  ? 
  type. 
  Exp. 
  

   20 
  mm. 
  

  

  4675 
  b. 
  Busseola 
  cuprescens, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  (^ 
  . 
  Head 
  and 
  thorax 
  cupreous 
  brown 
  mixed 
  with 
  ochreous 
  ; 
  

   antennae, 
  palpi, 
  and 
  legs 
  Ijrown 
  ; 
  tarsi 
  ringed 
  with 
  white 
  ; 
  

   abdomen 
  ochreous 
  suffused 
  with 
  brown. 
  Fore 
  wing 
  ochreous 
  

   suffused 
  with 
  cupreous 
  brown; 
  an 
  antemedial 
  dark 
  point 
  

   on 
  vein 
  1 
  : 
  some 
  dark 
  scales 
  beyond 
  lower 
  angle 
  of 
  cell; 
  

   a 
  slight 
  oblique 
  dark 
  subterminal 
  shade 
  arising 
  from 
  termen 
  

   below 
  apex. 
  Hind 
  wing 
  white 
  with 
  a 
  very 
  faint 
  brownish 
  

   tinge 
  ; 
  the 
  underside 
  with 
  the 
  costal 
  area 
  more 
  strongly 
  

   tinged 
  with 
  brown. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  N. 
  Nigeria, 
  Minna 
  [Macfie), 
  2 
  (^ 
  type. 
  Exp. 
  

   20 
  mm. 
  

  

  4675 
  c. 
  Busseola 
  holoscota, 
  sp, 
  n. 
  

  

  (^ 
  . 
  Head, 
  thorax, 
  and 
  abdomen 
  dark 
  brown 
  slightly 
  

   mixed 
  with 
  grey; 
  tarsi 
  ringed 
  with 
  white. 
  Fore 
  wing 
  dark 
  

   brown 
  slightly 
  mixed 
  with 
  grey 
  ; 
  a 
  very 
  slight 
  black 
  streak 
  

   in 
  medial 
  part 
  of 
  submedian 
  fold 
  ; 
  some 
  reddish 
  at 
  base 
  of 
  

   inner 
  margin; 
  a 
  white 
  point 
  at 
  lower 
  angle 
  of 
  cell 
  wath 
  a 
  

   few 
  black 
  scales 
  round 
  it. 
  Hind 
  wing 
  dark 
  brown 
  ; 
  cilia 
  

   grey-brown 
  ; 
  the 
  underside 
  greyish 
  brown. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  N, 
  Nigeria, 
  Minna 
  {Macfie), 
  2 
  c? 
  type. 
  Exp. 
  

   22 
  mm. 
  

  

  