new African Moths. ±$1 



with brown, a faint discoidal striga and subterminal shade 

 diffused to apex. 



Hab. Natal, Durban {Clarke), 1 ? type. Exp. 48 mm. 



Allied to S. accipiter, Schaus. 



Scrancia leucopera, sp. n. 



Antennre of female ciliated. 



$ . Head, tegulse, and vertex of thorax ochreous mixed 

 with red-brown, the patagia and metathorax white ; pectus 

 and legs whitish ; abdomen pale red-brown with white 

 segmental lines, the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing pale 

 red-brown irrorated with glittering scales, the base white, 

 with oblique outer edge ; some slight white suffusion on 

 middle of costa, with two brown points beyond it ; reniform 

 white, elliptical, its centre slightly defined by brown ; the 

 apical part of costal area white, its lower edge angled just 

 before termen, three slight brown spots on it at costa ; post- 

 medial dark points above veins 5, 4, 3, and a subterminal 

 series of whitish points from the patch to inner margin, those 

 on veins 4, 3 nearer the termen; a terminal series of small 

 brown spots. Hind wing pale red-brown ; a dark brown 

 terminal line with whitish points at the veins ; the underside 

 whitish tinged with red brown, the costal area irrorated with 

 red-brown, the terminal area suffused with red-brown, a 

 brown discoidal bar, curved postmed'al line, and whitish 

 subterminal line bent inwards to costa and ending on termen 

 at vein 1. 



Hab. S. Nigeria, Old Calabar (Crompfon), 1 ? type. 

 Exp. 44 mm. 



Scrancia atrifrons, sp. n. 



? . Head and thorax fuscous brown with a few whitish 

 scales, the frons deep black ; pectus grey ; abdomen grey 

 suffused with fuscous except at base. Fore wing fuscous 

 brown; traces of sinuous black antemedial and medial lines; 

 a faint whitish discoidal striga defined by black and with 

 some ochreous before and beyond it ; postmedial line in- 

 distinct, double, dentate and produced to black and white 

 streaks on the veins ; a fine black terminal line. Hind wing 

 pale fuscous brown ; the underside greyer. 



Hab. Transvaal (Pead), 1 $ type. Exp. 30 mm. 



Allied to S. africana, Auriv., but the wings much shorter. 



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