4:38 Sir G. F. Hampson on 



orange spots, the anal tuft blackish brown. Fore wing 

 white ; subbasal orange spots below costa and cell ; an ante- 

 medial orange spot below costa, a spot rather further from 

 base below the cell, and spot above vein 1 ; an orange bar 

 across middle of cell ; a postmedial series of small orange 

 spots, obliquely curved from below costa towards apex to 

 below end of cell, then erect ; the spots below veins 5 and 4 

 sometimes black and the spot below end of cell sometimes 

 with some black on it. Hind wing white. 



Hob. Uganda, White Nile, Gondokoro (Reynes-Cole), 5 ? 

 type. Exp. 22-28 mm. 



Allied to L. gemmata, Dist. 



Lacipa argyruleucu, sp. n. 



cj . Head and thorax white, the latter with orange streaks 

 on dorsum and patagia ; palpi and lower part of f rons 

 orange ; antennae with the branches rufous ; legs tinged 

 with brown, the fore femora black above ; abdomen white 

 tinged with yellow towards extremity. Fore wing silvery 

 white; the costal edge brown; an orange subbasal band, 

 oblique to below the cell ; an orange antemedial band, 

 interrupted at the veins, excurved in cell : an orange dis- 

 coidal spot; a maculate orange postmedial band, excurved to 

 vein 4, then incurved, the spots below veius 5 and 4 black ; 

 a subterminal series of orange spots. Hind wing white. 



Hab. S. Nigeria, Lagos, Ebute Meta {Boag) , 1 <$ type. 

 Exp. 24 mm. 



Allied to L. gemmata, Dist. 



Lacipa melanosticta, sp. n. 



<$ . Head and thorax white ; palpi black fringed with 

 yellow in front ; antenna? with the branches brown ; legs 

 black on inner side, the tarsi banded with black ; abdomen 

 yellowish white with blackish segmental rings. Fore wing 

 white, the costa fuscous, narrowly towards base ; an ante- 

 medial black point in submedian fold, traces of a yellow 

 antemedial line angled outwards in cell ; three black points 

 at end of cell in an inverted triangle and black points beyond 

 lower angle of cell below veins 5 and 4, with traces of an 

 oblique yellow postmedial line just beyond them slightly 

 incurved below vein 4; a series of black points before termen. 

 Hind wing pale yellow, with series of slight black points just 

 before termen from apex to vein 2. Underside of fore wing 

 suffused with fuscous, the inner area yellowish; hind wing 

 with black discoidal spot. 



