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  surface 
  irrorated 
  with 
  whitish. 
  Fore 
  wing 
  black-brown 
  

   irrorated 
  with 
  silvery 
  ^rey 
  ; 
  antemedial 
  line 
  indistinct, 
  black 
  

   defined 
  on 
  inner 
  side 
  by 
  yellow 
  to 
  stibmedian 
  fold, 
  where 
  the 
  

   yellow 
  is 
  produced 
  towards 
  base 
  as 
  a 
  short 
  streak, 
  slij^htly 
  

   angled 
  outwards 
  below 
  costa, 
  then 
  sinuous 
  ; 
  a 
  small 
  silvery 
  

   spot 
  in 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  middle 
  of 
  cell 
  and 
  discoidal 
  bar; 
  post- 
  

   medial 
  line 
  with 
  yellow 
  spot 
  at 
  costa, 
  then 
  silvery 
  and 
  

   minutely 
  dentate, 
  incurved 
  and 
  almost 
  obsolete 
  at 
  discal 
  

   fold 
  and 
  incurved 
  at 
  submedian 
  fold, 
  some 
  yellow 
  points 
  

   beyond 
  it 
  on 
  costa; 
  subterminal 
  line 
  silvery, 
  minutely 
  

   dentate, 
  excurved 
  below 
  vein 
  7 
  and 
  at 
  middle 
  ; 
  a 
  terminal 
  

   series 
  of 
  minute 
  black 
  spots 
  vvitli 
  yellow 
  spots 
  between 
  them 
  ; 
  

   cilia 
  yellow 
  towards 
  apex, 
  at 
  middle, 
  and 
  towards 
  tornus. 
  

   Hind 
  wing 
  black-brown 
  with 
  a 
  cupreous 
  gloss; 
  cilia 
  yelhjw, 
  

   chequered 
  with 
  black-brown 
  to 
  vein 
  2 
  ; 
  the 
  underside 
  sliglitly 
  

   irrorated 
  with 
  whitish, 
  a 
  small 
  whitish 
  postraedial 
  spot 
  on 
  

   costa 
  and 
  minute 
  subterminal 
  streaks 
  on 
  veins 
  5 
  and 
  4, 
  

  

  Hab. 
  N. 
  Nigeria, 
  Zuugeru 
  {Macfie), 
  1 
  $ 
  type. 
  Exp. 
  

   20 
  mm. 
  

  

  5951 
  a. 
  Eulocaslra 
  seminigra, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  $ 
  . 
  Head 
  and 
  thorax 
  ochreous 
  ; 
  frons 
  and 
  antennae 
  deep 
  

   black 
  ; 
  fore 
  and 
  mid 
  tibice 
  and 
  the 
  fore 
  tarsi 
  blackish 
  ; 
  

   abdomen 
  blackish, 
  the 
  extremity 
  ochreous. 
  Fore 
  wing 
  with 
  

   the 
  basal 
  half 
  bounded 
  by 
  the 
  oblique 
  slightly 
  sinuous 
  black 
  

   medial 
  line, 
  the 
  terminal 
  half 
  fuscous 
  black, 
  the 
  termeu 
  and 
  

   cilia 
  ochreous 
  ; 
  indistinct 
  waved 
  blackish 
  postmedial 
  and 
  

   subterminal 
  lines. 
  Hind 
  wing 
  ochreous 
  suffused 
  with 
  pale 
  

   fuscous, 
  the 
  termen 
  and 
  cilia 
  ochreous. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  N. 
  Nigeria, 
  Minna 
  {Macfie), 
  1 
  ? 
  type. 
  Exp. 
  

   16 
  mm. 
  

  

  5970 
  a, 
  Acanthofrontia 
  anacantha, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Frons 
  with 
  truncate 
  process 
  at 
  middle 
  of 
  prominence. 
  

  

  ? 
  . 
  Head 
  and 
  thorax 
  white, 
  the 
  prothorax 
  with 
  pair 
  of 
  

   short 
  black 
  streaks 
  ; 
  antennae 
  black 
  ; 
  tibiae 
  and 
  tarsi 
  banded 
  

   dark 
  brown 
  and 
  white 
  ; 
  abdomen 
  yellow 
  with 
  dorsal 
  blackish 
  

   bands 
  and 
  lateral 
  series 
  of 
  black 
  spots, 
  the 
  ventral 
  surface 
  

   white. 
  Fore 
  wing 
  silvery 
  white; 
  the 
  orbicular 
  and 
  renifonn 
  

   defined 
  by 
  curved 
  black 
  striae 
  at 
  sides 
  ; 
  the 
  terminal 
  half 
  

   of 
  costa 
  with 
  series 
  of 
  short 
  black 
  streaks. 
  Hind 
  wing 
  

   silvery 
  white, 
  rather 
  thinly 
  scaled. 
  Underside 
  of 
  fore 
  wing 
  

   and 
  costal 
  area 
  of 
  hind 
  wing 
  tinged 
  with 
  red-brown. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  N. 
  Nigeria, 
  Ilorin 
  [Macfie], 
  1 
  ? 
  type. 
  Exj). 
  

   32 
  mm. 
  

  

  15* 
  

  

  