﻿210 
  Sir 
  G. 
  F. 
  Hampson 
  on 
  neio 
  

  

  blackish 
  terminal 
  line; 
  the 
  underside 
  whitish 
  tinged 
  wiili 
  

   brown, 
  the 
  markings 
  indistinct. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Gold 
  Coast, 
  Bibianaha 
  [Spwrell), 
  1 
  (^ 
  type. 
  Exp. 
  

   26 
  mm. 
  

  

  5762 
  a. 
  Lithacodia 
  pyrophora, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  ? 
  . 
  Head 
  and 
  thorax 
  white 
  tinged 
  with 
  rufous; 
  antennre 
  

   brown; 
  pectus 
  and 
  legs 
  ochreous 
  white, 
  the 
  fore 
  tibiae 
  and 
  

   the 
  tarsi 
  fuscous 
  ringed 
  with 
  white 
  ; 
  abdomen 
  ochreous 
  

   irrorated 
  with 
  fuscous, 
  the 
  crest 
  on 
  third 
  segment 
  black, 
  the 
  

   anal 
  segment 
  with 
  blackish 
  subdorsal 
  patches. 
  Fore 
  wing 
  

   with 
  the 
  basal 
  area 
  white 
  tinoed 
  with 
  pale 
  rufous 
  and 
  

   bounded 
  by 
  the 
  obliquely 
  curved 
  dark 
  auteinedial 
  line 
  ; 
  a 
  

   brown 
  subbasal 
  striga 
  from 
  costa 
  ; 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  wing 
  dark 
  

   brown 
  ; 
  a 
  semielliptical 
  white 
  patch 
  on 
  postmedi?! 
  part 
  of 
  

   costa 
  with 
  a 
  fiery-red 
  patch 
  on 
  its 
  outer 
  side 
  defined 
  by 
  a 
  

   white 
  striga 
  from 
  costa 
  ; 
  the 
  slight 
  curved 
  very 
  minutely 
  

   waved 
  postmedial 
  line 
  arising 
  from 
  the 
  costal 
  patch, 
  wliitisli 
  

   defined 
  by 
  blackish 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  diflused 
  black 
  patch 
  beyond 
  

   it 
  below 
  the 
  red 
  patch 
  ; 
  a 
  black 
  apical 
  spot 
  and 
  traces 
  of 
  a 
  

   pale 
  sinuous 
  subterminal 
  line 
  ; 
  a 
  fine 
  yellowish 
  line 
  at 
  base 
  

   of 
  cilia. 
  Hind 
  wing 
  pale 
  ochreous 
  brown; 
  cilia 
  yellowish 
  

   with 
  a 
  brown 
  line 
  near 
  base 
  ; 
  the 
  underside 
  yellowish 
  irro- 
  

   rated 
  with 
  brown, 
  rather 
  diffused 
  curved 
  dark 
  medial 
  and 
  

   postmedial 
  lines, 
  and 
  a 
  terminal 
  series 
  of 
  black 
  points. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Br. 
  C. 
  Africa, 
  Nyasaland 
  [Old). 
  1 
  ? 
  type. 
  Exp. 
  

   20 
  mm. 
  

  

  5812 
  fl. 
  Lithacodia 
  yrise'ifiisa, 
  sp, 
  n. 
  

  

  ? 
  . 
  Head, 
  thorax, 
  and 
  abdomen 
  brown 
  mixed 
  with 
  grey 
  ; 
  

   palpi 
  with 
  the 
  second 
  and 
  third 
  joints 
  white 
  at 
  extremities; 
  

   pectus, 
  legs, 
  and 
  ventral 
  surface 
  of 
  abdomen 
  whitish 
  tinged 
  

   with 
  brown. 
  Fore 
  wing 
  brown 
  mixed 
  with 
  grey-white, 
  the 
  

   medial 
  area 
  brown 
  ; 
  subbasal 
  line 
  double, 
  dark 
  filled 
  in 
  with 
  

   whitish, 
  from 
  costa 
  to 
  submcdian 
  fold 
  ; 
  antemcdial 
  line 
  

   double, 
  dark 
  filled 
  in 
  with 
  wLitish 
  and 
  defined 
  on 
  inner 
  side 
  

   by 
  whitish, 
  waved 
  ; 
  orbicular 
  a 
  small 
  whitish 
  annulus 
  witli 
  

   dark 
  centre 
  ; 
  reniform 
  small, 
  whitish, 
  elliptical, 
  with 
  two 
  

   dark 
  points 
  in 
  centre; 
  postmedial 
  line 
  double, 
  dark 
  filled 
  in 
  

   with 
  whitish 
  and 
  defined 
  on 
  outer 
  side 
  by 
  whitish, 
  bent 
  out- 
  

   wards 
  below 
  costa, 
  then 
  minutely 
  waved, 
  excurved 
  to 
  vein 
  4, 
  

   then 
  oblique, 
  some 
  white 
  points 
  beyond 
  it 
  on 
  costa 
  ; 
  sub- 
  

   terminal 
  line 
  whitish, 
  excurved 
  below 
  vein 
  7 
  and 
  at 
  middle 
  ; 
  

   a 
  terminal 
  seiies 
  of 
  black 
  points. 
  Hind 
  wing 
  grey-brown 
  : 
  

   a 
  line 
  dark 
  terminal 
  line 
  ; 
  cilia 
  Mhitish 
  mixed 
  witli 
  brown; 
  

  

  