470 Sir G. F. Hampson on 



Hab. Cape Colony, 1 £ type. Exp. 40 mm. 

 Closely allied to 8. vernalis, Dist. 



Stauropus thalassina, sp. n. 



$ . Head and thorax pale grey-green ; palpi white, black 

 above ; frons black at sides ; antennae white, the branches 

 rufous ; a black band behind tegulse ; pectus and legs white, 

 the fore tibiae grey-green, the tibiae and tarsi with some 

 black ; abdomen white dorsally tinged with green and banded 

 with black, the hair at base black. Fore wing pale grey- 

 green; subbasal line formed by black scales, oblique, bent 

 outwards and terminating at submedian fold ; antemedial 

 line strong, black defined on inner side by white, oblique, 

 sinuous, excurved in cell ; some black scales on discocellulars ; 

 medial line black, rather diffused, angled outwards at vein 6, 

 then dentate, oblique, confluent with the antemedial line at 

 inner margin ; postmedial line black denned on outer side 

 by white, slightly bent outwards below costa, then oblique, 

 sinuous, angled outwards at vein 4 and bent outwards to 

 inner margin, some black points beyond it on costa ; a sub- 

 terminal series of rather lunulate black spots defined on inner 

 side by white, the spot above vein 4 f urther from termen ; a 

 series of small black spots just before termen and a series 

 on the cilia. Hind wing white, the hair on inner area tinged 

 with ochreous ; a slight oblique postmedial blackish striga 

 from costa, the costal area beyond it pale grey-green with a 

 diffused black patch at apex with faint diffused ochreous- 

 brown subterminal shade from it to vein 1 ; the underside 

 white with traces of medial and postmedial dark bars from 

 costa. 



Hab. Mashonaland, Salisbury {Marshall), 1 $ type. 

 Exp. 42 mm. 



Stauropus leucosticta, sp. n. 



<J . Head, thorax, and abdomen chocolate-brown slightly 

 mixed with greyish, the last with blackish crests towards 

 extremity. Fore wing chocolate-brown overlaid with greyish- 

 ochreous hairy scales ; a white point at base of vein 1 ; three 

 obliquely placed antemedial points towards costa and a point 

 on vein 1 ; an obliquely curved postmedial series of small 

 wedge-shaped white spots on the veins with blackish points 

 before and beyond them. Hind wing chocolate-red with 

 some grey hair and slight dark bars on costal area towards 

 apex. 



Hab. S. Nigeria, Old Calabar (Orompton), 1 J type. 

 Exp. 34 mm. 



Allied to S. falsa, Holl. 



