492 Sir G. F. Hampson on 



suffused with brown except at extremity. Fore wing rufous 

 slightly irrorated with brown ; subbasal line slight, brown, 

 oblique from costa to median nervure and ending at vein 1 ; 

 antemedial line brown, slightly angled inwards at submedian 

 fold, then excurved ; orbicular and reniform defined by 

 brown, their centres also defined by brown, elliptical, the 

 latter somewhat constricted at middle on inner side, a round 

 blackish spot with pale point in centre below the orbicular ; 

 postmedial line brown slightly defined on inner side by 

 greyish, slightly angled outwards below costa, obliquely 

 curved to vein 2, then bent inwards and very oblique to 

 inner margin, an elongate wedge-shaped silvery-white patch 

 beyond it on costa; subterminal line represented by a series 

 of slight dark luuules in the interspace, the lunule below 

 vein 2 displaced inwards to near postmedial line; cilia 

 chocolate brown. Hind wing pale red-brown, the costal 

 area greyish ; cilia whitish at tips ; the underside ochreous 

 white. 



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

 Exp. 60 mm. 



Resembles S. argenteo-maculata, Auriv. 



Scalmicauda griseitincta, sp. n. 



Antennae of male bipectinate with long branches to near 

 apex which is simple, of female with shorter branches ; fore 

 wing narrow, the apex rounded. 



S . Head and thorax dark brown mixed with ochreous 

 white; antennae with the shaft barred with white towards 

 base ; tegulse with slight dark medial line ; fore tibiae with 

 the process on inner side large and pure white; tarsi banded 

 with white ; abdomen brown with a cupreous gloss, the anal 

 tuft long. Fore wing red-brown glossed with grey, the 

 veins with slight dark streaks, the submedian fold with series 

 of minute red-brown streaks ; a black point in cell near base ; 

 subbasal line red-brown, minutely waved, from costa to vein 1, 

 the costal area and cell beyond it suffused With red-brown ; 

 medial line double, bent outwards in cell, then oblique, 

 sinuous and angled inwards on vein 1 ; a dark discoidal 

 striga with white points at the angles of cell ; postmedial 

 line double, the lines widely separated, obliquely curved and 

 minutely dentate, the outer line with dark points beyond it 

 on the veins, some wdiite points beyond it on costa ; sub- 

 terminal line brown, minutely waved and somewhat excurved 

 at middle ; a fine dark terminal line and series of white 

 points at base of cilia. Hind wing grey-brown with a reddish 

 tinge, the cilia white at tips ; the underside with faint patch 



