﻿Genera 
  and 
  Species 
  of 
  Noctuidfe. 
  2 
  1 
  1 
  

  

  the 
  iniclerside 
  wliitisb 
  irroratetl 
  with 
  brown, 
  a 
  small 
  blackish 
  

   discoidal 
  spot, 
  curved 
  sinuous 
  postmedial 
  line, 
  and 
  diffused 
  

   subtemuiiial 
  line. 
  

  

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

   18 
  mm. 
  

  

  5832 
  6. 
  Lithacodia 
  plumbifusa, 
  sp, 
  n. 
  

  

  $ 
  . 
  Head 
  and 
  thorax 
  black-brown 
  suffused 
  with 
  leaden 
  

   grey; 
  pectus, 
  leg*:, 
  and 
  abdomen 
  greyish 
  brown. 
  Fore 
  wing 
  

   black-brown 
  suffused 
  with 
  leaden 
  grey 
  ; 
  antemedial 
  line 
  grey 
  

   defined 
  on 
  outer 
  side 
  by 
  brown 
  suffusion, 
  waved 
  ; 
  orbicular 
  

   and 
  reniform 
  absent 
  ; 
  postmedial 
  line 
  greyish 
  defined 
  on 
  

   inner 
  side 
  by 
  brown 
  suffusion, 
  somewhat 
  oblique 
  towards 
  

   costa, 
  then 
  dentate, 
  incurved 
  in 
  submedian 
  interspace 
  ; 
  sub- 
  

   terminal 
  line 
  indistinct, 
  diffused, 
  dark 
  brown, 
  excurved 
  below 
  

   costa 
  and 
  at 
  middle 
  and 
  incurved 
  at 
  discal 
  fold 
  and 
  below 
  

   vein 
  3 
  ; 
  a 
  terminal 
  series 
  of 
  black 
  points. 
  Hind 
  wing 
  greyish 
  

   suffused 
  with 
  glossy 
  brown. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  N. 
  NiGEKiA, 
  Minna 
  {Macfie), 
  1 
  ? 
  type. 
  E:rp. 
  

   16 
  mm. 
  

  

  Genus 
  Callostrotia^ 
  nov. 
  

  

  Type, 
  C.JIavizonata. 
  

  

  Proboscis 
  fully 
  developed; 
  palpi 
  upturned, 
  the 
  second 
  joint 
  

   reaching 
  to 
  vertex 
  of 
  head 
  and 
  moderately 
  scaled, 
  the 
  third 
  

   rather 
  long 
  ; 
  frons 
  with 
  rounded 
  prominence 
  ; 
  eyes 
  large, 
  

   round 
  ; 
  antennae 
  of 
  male 
  ciliated 
  ; 
  thorax 
  clothed 
  almost 
  

   entirely 
  with 
  scales, 
  the 
  metathorax 
  with 
  depressed 
  crest; 
  

   abdomen 
  with 
  basal 
  crest 
  only. 
  Fore 
  wing 
  rather 
  long 
  and 
  

   narrow, 
  the 
  termen 
  evenly 
  curved 
  and 
  not 
  crenulate 
  ; 
  veins 
  

   3 
  and 
  5 
  from 
  near 
  angle 
  of 
  cell 
  ; 
  6 
  from 
  upper 
  angle 
  ; 
  9 
  from 
  

   10 
  anastomosing 
  with 
  8 
  to 
  form 
  a 
  minute 
  areole 
  ; 
  11 
  from 
  

   cell. 
  Hing 
  wing 
  with 
  veins 
  3, 
  4 
  from 
  angle 
  of 
  cell 
  ; 
  5 
  nearly 
  

   fully 
  developed 
  from 
  above 
  angle; 
  6, 
  7 
  from 
  upper 
  angle; 
  

   8 
  anastomosine; 
  with 
  the 
  cell 
  near 
  base 
  onlv. 
  

  

  '& 
  

  

  5848 
  a. 
  Callostrotia 
  flavizonata, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  ^ 
  . 
  Head 
  and 
  thorax 
  black 
  mixed 
  with 
  yellow 
  ; 
  antennoe 
  

   yellowish 
  with 
  a 
  black 
  line 
  between 
  their 
  bases; 
  abdomen 
  

   black 
  with 
  yellow 
  segmental 
  lines, 
  the 
  extremity 
  yellow. 
  

   Fore 
  wing 
  with 
  the 
  base 
  black 
  with 
  some 
  yellow 
  and 
  silvery 
  

   scales 
  ; 
  a 
  yellow 
  subbasal 
  striga 
  from 
  costa 
  ; 
  a 
  yellow 
  ante- 
  

   medial 
  band 
  with 
  sinuous 
  edges; 
  medial 
  area 
  black 
  irrorattd 
  

   with 
  vellow 
  and 
  silvery 
  scales 
  ; 
  a 
  small 
  yellow 
  spot 
  in 
  middle 
  

  

  