﻿Genera 
  and 
  Specie.^ 
  of 
  Noctuidee. 
  163 
  

  

  4675 
  d. 
  Busseola 
  rufidorsata, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  ? 
  . 
  Head, 
  thorax, 
  and 
  abdomen 
  dark 
  greyish 
  brown 
  ; 
  

   pectus, 
  legs, 
  and 
  ventral 
  surface 
  of 
  abdomen 
  pale 
  reddish 
  

   brown, 
  the 
  tarsi 
  fuscous 
  ringed 
  with 
  white. 
  Fore 
  wing 
  dark 
  

   greyish 
  brown, 
  the 
  area 
  below 
  submedian 
  fold 
  reddish 
  brown 
  ; 
  

   an 
  indistinct 
  reddish-brown 
  streak 
  in 
  discal 
  fold 
  from 
  middle 
  

   of 
  cell 
  to 
  well 
  beyond 
  the 
  cell 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  met 
  by 
  an 
  oblique 
  

   reddish 
  brown 
  fascia 
  from 
  apex. 
  Hind 
  wing 
  greyish 
  brown; 
  

   the 
  underside 
  whitish 
  tinged 
  with 
  brown. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  N. 
  Nigeria, 
  Minna 
  (Macfie), 
  1 
  ? 
  type. 
  Exp. 
  30 
  mm. 
  

  

  4746 
  a. 
  Acrapex 
  stictisema, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  ? 
  . 
  Head 
  and 
  thorax 
  grey-brown 
  with 
  a 
  reddish 
  tinge 
  ; 
  

   abdomen 
  grey-brown, 
  the 
  ventral 
  surface 
  tinged 
  with 
  

   reddish. 
  Fore 
  wing 
  pale 
  gi'ey-brown, 
  the 
  veins 
  of 
  costal 
  

   and 
  terminal 
  areas 
  with 
  fine 
  grey 
  streaks 
  ; 
  a 
  faint 
  flesh- 
  

   coloured 
  streak 
  in 
  snbmedian 
  fold 
  ; 
  a 
  faint 
  flesh-coloured 
  

   streak 
  in 
  discal 
  fold 
  from 
  middle 
  of 
  cell 
  to 
  well 
  beyond 
  the 
  

   cell, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  met 
  by 
  a 
  faint 
  oblique 
  flesh-coloured 
  fascia 
  

   from 
  apex 
  ; 
  antemedial 
  blackish 
  points 
  on 
  subcostal 
  and 
  

   median 
  nervures 
  and 
  vein 
  1 
  ; 
  black 
  points 
  in 
  and 
  beyond 
  

   upper 
  and 
  lower 
  angles 
  of 
  cell 
  ; 
  a 
  curved 
  postmedial 
  series 
  

   of 
  slight 
  black 
  points 
  on 
  veins 
  7 
  to 
  1 
  ; 
  a 
  terminal 
  series 
  of 
  

   prominent 
  black 
  points. 
  Kind 
  wing 
  whitish 
  tinged 
  with 
  

   brown 
  ; 
  a 
  fine 
  blackish 
  terminal 
  line 
  from 
  apex 
  to 
  vein 
  2 
  ; 
  

   cilia 
  whitish. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Dutch 
  N. 
  Guinea, 
  Iwaka 
  R. 
  {JVollaslon), 
  1 
  ? 
  type. 
  

   Exp. 
  40 
  mm. 
  

  

  4760 
  «. 
  Sesamia 
  steniptera, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Fore 
  wing 
  very 
  narrow, 
  the 
  apex 
  produced 
  and 
  the 
  termen 
  

   oblique. 
  

  

  J 
  . 
  Head 
  and 
  thorax 
  whitish 
  tinged 
  with 
  grey 
  ; 
  antennse 
  

   blackish 
  except 
  towards 
  base; 
  palpi, 
  front 
  of 
  pectus, 
  and 
  

   fore 
  legs 
  blackish 
  ; 
  abdomen 
  whitish. 
  Fore 
  wing 
  pale 
  flesh- 
  

   pink 
  ; 
  the 
  costal 
  area 
  tinged 
  with 
  grey 
  to 
  beyond 
  middle 
  ; 
  

   the 
  basal 
  inner 
  area 
  pale 
  grey 
  ; 
  a 
  faint 
  oblique 
  subterminal 
  

   grey 
  shade 
  between 
  veins 
  6 
  and 
  2 
  ; 
  cilia 
  pale 
  grey. 
  Hind 
  

   wing 
  white. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Transvaal, 
  Johannesburg 
  {Cooke), 
  \ 
  ^ 
  type. 
  Exp. 
  

   30 
  mm. 
  

  

  4762 
  a. 
  Sesamia 
  fuscifrontia, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  ^ 
  . 
  Head 
  and 
  thorax 
  ochreous; 
  palpi, 
  frons, 
  and 
  fore 
  legs 
  

   fuscous 
  brown 
  ; 
  mid 
  legs 
  tinged 
  with 
  brown 
  ; 
  abdomen 
  

  

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