276 nocttjid^:. 



4669. Calamistis melanodonta, n. sp. (Plate CXLIII. fig. 8.) 



cJ . Head and thorax dark brown mixed with greyish and 

 slightly tinged with red-brown ; palpi black at sides ; tarsi fuscous 

 with slight pale rings ; abdomen grey-white dorsally suffused with 

 fuscous. Fore wing grey-white tinged with rufous and irrorated 

 with fuscous, an oblique fuscous shade from medial part of costa to 

 subterminal line below vein 3 ; subbasal line blackish, waved, from 

 costa to submedian fold in base of which there is a diffused black 

 streak ; antemedial line black, minutely waved, oblique from costa 

 to vein 1 where it almost touches the postmedial line, then bent 

 inwards ; claviform absent ; orbicular small, round, obscured by 

 the fuscous shade and slightly defined by black ; reniform small, 

 rufous slightly defined by blackish ; postmedial line blackish, rather 

 diffused, slightly bent outwards round the reniform, oblique below 

 the cell and slightly angled outwards on vein 1, some slight pale 

 points beyond it on costa; subterminal line defined by an oblique 

 dark shade on inner side from costa and a strong blackish shade 

 between veins 6 and 1 with dentate black marks in the interspaces, 

 incurved below vein 4 ; a terminal series of small black spots. 

 Hind wing nearly pure white, the veins slightly tinged with brown ; 

 the underside with the costa irrorated with black, a large black 

 discoidal spot, postmedial series of short streaks on the veins, and 

 terminal series of points. 



Bab. Uganda, Entebbe (MincMn), 1 <$ type. Exp. 26 millim. 



4670. Calamistis irabifera, n. sp. (Plate CXLIII. fig. 9.) 



J . Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown suffused with dark 

 brown ; palpi dark brown ; tarsi blackish ringed with ochreous. 

 Fore wing ochreous tinged with rufous; the costal half of medial 

 area, the postmedial costal area, and the medial part of terminal 

 area suffused with dark brown ; subhasal line black, waved, from 

 costa to submedian fold, in which there is a short black streak from 

 base : antemedial line waved, somewhat oblique from costa to sub- 

 median fold ; orbicular and reniform faintly defined by blackish, 

 the former oblique elliptical, the latter with slight curved line in 

 centre ; postmedial line blackish, oblique towards costa, then 

 dentate and oblique below vein 5 ; some slight pale points beyond 

 it on costa ; subterminal line ochreous defined on inner side by 

 brown suffusion, arising below vein 7 and bent outwards to tornus ; 

 a terminal series of small blackish luuules ; cilia dark brown with 

 whitish line at base and intersected with whitish. Hind wing 

 white ; a blackish discoidal spot and terminal series of black striae ; 

 the underside with the costal area slightly irrorated with brown, a 

 prominent black discoidal lunule, indistinct diffused minutely waved 

 postmedial line, and terminal series of small lunules. 



Bab. Congo Fokest ( Wollaston), 1 c? type. Exp. 28 millim. 



