Lepidoptera from Africa and the East. 199 



Striphnopterygidae. 

 Stybolepis aurivilUi, sp. n. 



Head and thorax cream-colour, abdomen yellowish. Pri- 

 maries greyish white, with a broad stripe of black scales 

 filling the cell and beyond it ; an oblique curved stripe of 

 similar scales in the postmedian area and a trace of a sub- 

 terminal one much interrupted. Secondaries greyish white, 

 with a slight patch of thin grey scales in the cellular area 

 and a trace of a scaled greyish postmedial stripe. 



Expanse 58 mm. 



Hab. Fort Jamieson, N.E. Rhodesia. 



Type in my collection. 



ArbelidaB. 

 Lebedodes nigerice, sp. n. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen velvety dark greyish brown. 

 Primaries sooty brown with the usual reticulations, the most 

 prominent of which are a median, waved, irregular, erect line ; 

 a postmedian oblique line excurved to vein 2, below which 

 it is erect ; a subterminal waved line. Secondaries greyish. 



Expanse 51 mm. 



Hub. Agbaja, N. Nigeria; August and September (Cator). 



Type in my collection. 



Next to L. durbanica, Hmpsn. 



Lasiocanvpidffl. 



Gastropaclia bicrenulata, sp. n. 



$ . Head, thorax, abdomen, and both wings dust-colour. 

 Primaries with an irregular, interrupted, subbasal line and a 

 strongly crenulated, fine, dark postmedian line projected out- 

 wards at veins 6 and 7. Secondaries rather darker than 

 primaries, with a crenulated postmedian line. Both wings 

 have a dark dot near the end of the cell. 



Expanse 72 mm. 



Hab. Fort Jamieson, N.E. Rhodesia; June. 



Type in my collection. 



Next to undulifera, Wlk. 



Pachypasa jamiesoni, sp. n. 



<£ . Head and thorax dark rusty brown, antenna? paler ; 

 abdomen also paler rusty brown. Primaries dark rusty 



