new African Moths. 44 1 



Lcelia ni gripes, sp. n. 



3 . Head, thorax, and abdomen fulvous yellow ; antennae 

 with the branches rufous ; fore and mid legs black in front. 

 Fore wing semihyaline ochreous white, the base and costal 

 edge tinged with fulvous. Hind wing semihyaline ochreous 

 white. Underside of both wings tinged with fulvous ; fore 

 wing with a faint brownish tinge on disk. 



Hab. N. Nigeria, Borgu, Yelwa Lake (Migeod), 1 ^type. 

 Exp. 26 mm. 



Near L. adspersa, H.-S., but without spots on fore wing. 



Lcelia semi nu da, sp. n. 



J. Head, thorax, am 1 abdomen fulvous brown; tibiae and 

 tarsi tinged with fuscous. Fore wing fulvous brown, rather 

 thinly scaled and with a faint fuscous tinge on disk; cilia 

 yellowish rufous. Hind wing semihyaline rufous, the cilia 

 yellowish rufous. 



?. Wings much paler semihyaline rufous; anal tuft 

 fuscons brown. 



Hab. Sudan, White Nile, Roseires (Longstajf) , 1 £ type, 

 (londokoro [Reynes-Cole], 1 ? ; Br. E. Africa, Sanduk 

 {Be(ton),l ?. E.rp., ^32, ? 44 mm. 



Near L. testacea, Wile, but without the discoidal spot on 

 fore wing. 



Lcelia atrisqaamata, sp. n. 



? . Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous white ; palpi 

 blackish at tips; antennae with the branches brown; fore 

 legs irrorated with black in front. Fore wing ochreous 

 white irrorated with a few large black scales ; small sjjots 

 formed of aggregations of a few black scales at middle of 

 cell and lower angle. Hind wing white with a faint ochreous 

 tinge. 



Hab. Gold Coast, Ashanti, Obuassi (Bergman), 1 ? type. 

 Exp. 56 mm. 



Lcelia sericea, sp. n. 



$ . Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous white ; palpi 

 orange; antennas with the branches rufous ; tibiae and tarsi 

 streaked with fuscous ; abdomen fulvous yellow below. Fore 

 wing silky whitish tinged with brownish ochreous, the costal 

 area more ochreous, the veins slightly darker, the cilia 

 ochreous white. Hind wing silky whitish tinged with brown, 



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