new African Moths. 455 



Soloe fumipennis, sp. n. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen fulvous orange ; palpi with 

 the third joint black ; antennas brown except towards base ; 

 femora at extremities and the tibise and tarsi fuscous. Fore 

 wing semihyaline brown, the costal edge fuscous ; a small 

 fulvous-orange mark at base ; a round black spot in cell 

 before middle and another on discocellulars. Hind wing 

 semihyaline brown ; a round black discoidal spot. 



Hab. Gazaland, Chirinda Forest (Marshall), 2^,4? 

 type. Exp. 48-50 mm. 



Allied to S. trigutta, Wlk. 



Sphingoids. 



Pergesinjs. 



Hippotion pentayramma, sp. n. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-brown ; palpi rufous at 

 sides except at tips ; pectus and ventral surface of abdomen 

 white, the femora and tibiae rufous streaked with white. 

 Fore wing pale grey-brown ; the costal edge rufous ; traces 

 of two rufous antemedial lines, acutely angled outwards on 

 median nervure, then very oblique and not reaching inuer 

 margin; a diffused rather bifid rufous patch beyond the cell 

 with some fuscous on it above vein 4 ; five very obliquely 

 curved postmedial brown lines, bent inwards to costa, the 

 outermost line rather stronger, met by an oblique streak 

 from apex and with blackish points on it at the veins ; the 

 terminal area slightly irrorated with black. Hind wins: 

 fuscous brown ; the subterminal area reddish from vein 5 to 

 submedian fold with slight dark spots on the veins; the 

 termen grey irrorated with black except at apex ; cilia pale ; 

 the underside pale reddish striated with fuscous, the inner 

 area whitish, a slightly waved fuscous subterminal line from 

 costa to submedian fold, double towards costa. 



Hab. Abyssinia, Daladu (Drake- Brockman), 1 J, 1 $ ; 

 Somaliland (Drake- Br vckman) , 1 $ type. Exp. 46-58 mm. 



Nearest to H. chloris, Roths. 



Notodontidse. 

 Spatalia baccata, sp. n. 



? . Head and thorax grey-brown mixed with deep rufous ; 

 abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing grey-brown, the area 

 between subcostal nervure and vein 1 to postmedial line 



