482 Sir G. F. Hampson on 



Gargetta xylochroa } sp. n. 



Antennae of male bipectinate with long branches to apex ; 

 fore wing without fringe of hair on inner area below. 



<$ . Head and thorax brown mixed with ochreous and 

 some fuscous ; antennas pale ochreous ; abdomen ochreous 

 suffused with brown. Fore wing ochreous suffused with 

 brown and irrorated with a few black scales in submedian 

 fold ; a subbasal black point below the cell ; faint traces of 

 a diffused antemedial line, oblique from costa to submedian 

 fold, then inwardly oblique ; a black point in cell towards 

 extremity, with a very oblique dark shade to it from costa ; 

 a slight blackish discoidal striga, with oblique shade to it 

 from costa ; a very indistinct double sinuous postmedial 

 line, the costa beyond it with pale points with fuscous 

 between them, the veins beyond it with slight blackish 

 streaks; a pale subterminal shade, oblique from costa just 

 before apex to submedian fold, then bent outwards to torn us ; 

 a terminal series of black points. Hind wing pure white, 

 with fine ochreous-brown terminal line with black points on 

 it from apex to vein 2 ; the underside with the costa slightly 

 tinged with ochreous. 



Hab. Br. E. Africa, Kikuyu (Crawshay), 1 <$ type. 

 Exp. 32 mm. 



Gargetta leuca, sp. n. 



Antennas of male bipectinate with long branches to apex ; 

 fore wing without fringe of hair. 



<J . Head and thorax white slightly tinged with rufous; 

 antennae with the branches black at extreme base ; abdomen 

 whitish tinged with brown. Fore wing ochreous faintly 

 tinged with rufous and irrorated with a very few black 

 scales, the costal edge brown. Hind wing semihyaline 

 ochreous white. 



Hab. Gold Coast, Volta {Dudgeon) , 1 .<£ type. Exp. 

 36 mm. 



Genus Psalisodes, nov. 



Type P. atrijasciata. 



Proboscis absent ; palpi porrect, extending about three 

 times length of head and fringed with rather long hair below ; 

 frons smooth ; eyes large, round ; antennas of female bi- 

 pectinate with long branches to apex and with tuft of very 

 long hair from basal joint in front; thorax clothed with hair 

 only and without crests, the patagia with pointed tufts of 

 hair from base of upper edge ; tibiae moderately fringed with 



