neio African Moths. 487 



areole ; antennae of male with long branches, of female 

 ciliated. 



Head and tegulae rufous ; thorax yellow ; legs rufous in 

 front ; abdomen ochreous yellow. Fore wing pale yellow ; 

 a chestnut-red fascia from base below median nervure, ex- 

 panding into lower extremity of cell, then rather oblique to 

 vein 6 near termen, its lower edge somewhat dentate at the 

 veins ; some rufous scales on discocellulars ; slight rufous 

 subterminal spots above veins 3 and 2 and a series of points 

 just before termen. Hind wing yellow faintly tinged with 

 rufous ; the underside yellowish white, the costal area tinged 

 with rufous. 



Hab. Mashonaland, Salisbury {Marshall), 1 <$ , Umtali 

 {Marshall), 1 S '■> Gtazaland, Mt. Chirinda [Marshall), 

 1 ? type. E.vp., J 32, ? 36 mm. 



Closely allied to P. nana, Swinh., from India. 



Pydna rhabdophora, sp. n. 



Fore wing with the areole long, vein 10 from the areole ; 

 antennae of male with the branches long. 



<$ . Head and thorax ochreous white tinged with brown ; 

 antennae fulvous ; frons blackish below; fore femora brown 

 above ; abdomen pale orange slightly banded with brown, 

 the ventral surface yellowish white, lateral and sublateral 

 series of small black spots. Fore wing ochreous white 

 thickly irrorated with brown; a black-brown fascia along 

 median nervure from near base to well beyond the cell, its 

 lower edge somewhat dentate at veins 2 and 3. Hind wing 

 white faintly tinged with ochreous ; the underside white, 

 with the costal area slightly tinged with ochreous. 



Hab. N. Nigeria, Lokoja, Mt. Patti [Christy), 1 <$ type. 

 E.vp. 40 mm. 



Pydna diatrecta, sp. n. 



Fore wing with the areole long, vein 10 from the areole ; 

 antennae of male with long branches. 



<J . Head and thorax greyish ochreous tinged with brown, 

 the head with black scales mixed ; antennse fulvous ; pectus 

 in front and fore tibiae and tarsi on inner side blackish ; 

 abdomen greyish ochreous dorsally suffused with brown. 

 Fore wing greyish ochreous thickly irrorated with black ; a 

 slight blackish fascia on median nervure from before middle, 

 beyond the cell obliquely bent upwards to below apex, 

 stronger and somewhat maculate ; obliquely placed subter- 

 minal small black spots above veins 3 and 2 ; a series of black 



