new African Moths. 473 



male bipectinate with long branches to near apex which is 

 simple. 



<$ . Head ochreous mixed with red-brown ; antennae red - 

 brown ; thorax red-brown with some ochreous at sides ; 

 pectus, legs, and abdomen ochreous strongly tinged with 

 rufous, the last with the hair at base tipped with blackish. 

 Fore wing red-brown mixed with ochreous, the basal and 

 inner areas more ochreous ; subbasal line indistinctly double 

 filled in with ochreous and with black points at the veins, 

 excurved in cell and at vein 1 ; antemedial line double, the 

 outer line with black points at the veins, crenulate and some- 

 what inwardly oblique ; a large round grey-white patch at 

 end of cell ; postrnedial line double filled in with ochreous, 

 minutely waved, excurved below costa, then oblique, the 

 veins beyond it streaked with black ; subterminal line re- 

 presented by a slight oblique ochreous striga from apex, 

 points on veins 7, 6, and points on veins 4, 3, 2, and 1 with 

 a slight dark line between them, a short ochreous streak 

 before it below vein 4 with an oblique line from its inner 

 edge to the ochreous on inner area ; cilia chequered ochreous 

 and blackish. Hind wing ochreous suffused with rufous, the 

 cilia pale at tips ; the underside ochreous white. 



Hab. S. Nigeria, Arochuku {Dudgeon), 1 <$ type. Eocp. 

 28 mm. 



Fentonia xylostola, sp. n. 



Antennae of female with short branches, the terminal third 

 ciliated. 



Head and tegulae ochreous white slightly mixed with red- 

 brown ; thorax and abdomen red-brown slightly mixed with 

 white ; pectus whitish ; tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen with 

 the ventral surface ochreous white. Fore whig red-brown 

 thickly irrorated with grey ; subbasal line formed by black 

 scales, excurved, from costa to vein 1 ; antemedial line 

 formed of raised black scales, incurved at submedian fold 

 and angled outwards above inner margin ; postrnedial line 

 formed by sparse black scales, oblique outwardly to costa, 

 then excurved to vein 2, then incurved ; traces of a whitish 

 subterminal line, slightly angled outwards below vein 7 and 

 at middle; an indistinct blackish crenulate line just before 

 termen. Hind wing red-brown, the cilia w r hitish at tips; 

 the underside paler red-brown, the inner area ochreous 

 white. 



Hab. Sierka Leone {Bartlett), 2 A type. Earp. 46 mm. 



