﻿Genera 
  and 
  Species 
  o/Noctuidaj. 
  175 
  

  

  Genus 
  Chrysozonata, 
  nov. 
  

  

  Tj'pe, 
  Crysocraspeda 
  Jlavaria. 
  

  

  Proboscis 
  aborted, 
  small 
  ; 
  palpi 
  upturned, 
  slender, 
  the 
  

   second 
  joint 
  reaching' 
  to 
  middle 
  of 
  frons, 
  the 
  third 
  short; 
  frous 
  

   smooth 
  ; 
  antennae 
  of 
  female 
  ciliated 
  ; 
  thorax 
  clothed 
  almost 
  

   entirely 
  with 
  scales 
  and 
  without 
  crests 
  ; 
  tibiae 
  slightly 
  

   fringed 
  with 
  hair; 
  abdomen 
  without 
  ci'ests. 
  Fore 
  wing 
  

   with 
  the 
  apex 
  rounded, 
  the 
  termen 
  evenly 
  curved 
  and 
  not 
  

   crenulate; 
  veins 
  3 
  and 
  5 
  from 
  near 
  angle 
  of 
  cell 
  ; 
  6 
  from 
  

   upper 
  angle 
  ; 
  9 
  and 
  10 
  anastomosing 
  with 
  8 
  and 
  11 
  anasto- 
  

   mosing 
  with 
  10 
  to 
  form 
  a 
  double 
  areole. 
  Hind 
  wings 
  with 
  

   veins 
  3^ 
  4 
  from 
  angle 
  of 
  cell 
  ; 
  5 
  nearly 
  fully 
  developed 
  from 
  

   just 
  below 
  middle 
  of 
  discocellulars 
  ; 
  Q, 
  7 
  from 
  upper 
  angle 
  ; 
  

   8 
  anastomosing 
  with 
  the 
  cell 
  near 
  base 
  only, 
  

  

  5406 
  c. 
  Chrysozonata 
  purpurascens, 
  sp, 
  n. 
  

  

  ? 
  . 
  Head 
  and 
  thorax 
  purplish 
  grey 
  mixed 
  with 
  blackish 
  

   and 
  some 
  silvery 
  scales 
  ; 
  abdomen 
  purplish 
  grey 
  with 
  a 
  

   flesh-pink 
  tinge 
  towards 
  ba^e, 
  the 
  crests 
  black 
  with 
  silvery 
  

   scales 
  mixed 
  ; 
  palpi, 
  pectus, 
  legs, 
  and 
  ventral 
  surface 
  of 
  

   abdomen 
  whitish 
  suffused 
  with 
  brown. 
  Fore 
  wing 
  with 
  the 
  

   hdi-^Q 
  and 
  costal 
  area 
  to 
  near 
  apex 
  purple-grey 
  irrorated 
  with 
  

   blackish 
  and 
  some 
  silvery 
  scales, 
  the 
  inner 
  half 
  just 
  before 
  

   the 
  antemedial 
  line 
  and 
  on 
  medial 
  area 
  flesh-pink, 
  the 
  

   terminal 
  area 
  yellow 
  ; 
  antemedial 
  line 
  yellow 
  defined 
  on 
  each 
  

   side 
  by 
  blackish 
  on 
  the 
  dark 
  area, 
  angled 
  outwards 
  below 
  

   costa, 
  then 
  oblique 
  and 
  slightly 
  angled 
  outwards 
  in 
  cell 
  and 
  

   submedian 
  fold 
  : 
  two 
  oblique 
  dark 
  striae 
  from 
  middle 
  of 
  

   costa 
  ; 
  postmedial 
  line 
  yellow 
  defined 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  by 
  

   blackish 
  on 
  the 
  dark 
  area 
  and 
  with 
  some 
  flesh-pink 
  suff'usion 
  

   before 
  and 
  beyond 
  it, 
  forming 
  a 
  yellow 
  lunule 
  at 
  discal 
  fold 
  

   and 
  angled 
  outwards 
  at 
  veins 
  4, 
  3, 
  then 
  dark 
  brown, 
  bent 
  

   inwards 
  to 
  near 
  origin 
  of 
  vein 
  2 
  and 
  incurved 
  to 
  inner 
  

   margin, 
  some 
  dark 
  suffusion 
  beyond 
  it 
  between 
  veins 
  5 
  and 
  

   3 
  extending 
  to 
  near 
  termen 
  ; 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  dark 
  ))oints 
  just 
  

   before 
  termen. 
  Hind 
  wing 
  purplish 
  grey 
  suft'used 
  with 
  

   flesh-pink 
  and 
  with 
  some 
  dark 
  brown 
  irroration, 
  the 
  

   terniimd 
  area 
  yellow 
  ; 
  rather 
  diff"used 
  dark 
  antemedial, 
  

   medial, 
  and 
  postmedial 
  curved 
  lines, 
  and 
  a 
  dark 
  discoidal 
  

   striga 
  ; 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  dark 
  points 
  just 
  before 
  termen. 
  Under- 
  

   side 
  of 
  both 
  wings 
  purplish 
  grey 
  to 
  the 
  postmedial 
  line, 
  the 
  

   terminal 
  area 
  yellowish 
  white. 
  

  

  Hub. 
  Mashonaland 
  (Dobbie), 
  1 
  ? 
  type. 
  Exp. 
  24 
  mm. 
  

  

  [To 
  be 
  coiithmed.] 
  

  

  