330 NOCTCID.E. 



Hind wing white, the terminal area sparsely irrorated with dark 

 brown ; a terminal series of black-brown striae from apex to 

 submedian fold ; the underside with the costal area sparsely irrorated 

 with dark brown. 



Hab. Sudan, White Nile; Be. E. Africa (Gregory), 1 $, Atbi- 

 ya-Mawe (Betton), 1 $; Natal, Durban (Leigh), 2 d ; Basutoland, 

 Masite (Crawshay), 1 $ ; C. Colony, Annshaw (Miss F. Barrett), 

 4 $ type. Exp. 22-28 millim. 



Sect. IV. Antenna} of male with fasciculate cilia. 



A. Fore wing suffused with pink. 



a. Fore wing with pale streaks on the veins. 



a 1 . Fore wing without black point in lower angle of cell . ttenioleuca. 



b l . Fore wing with black point in lower angle of cell ... alba vena. 

 b l . Fore wing without pale streaks on the veins tosta. 



B. Fore wing not suffused with pink. 



a 1 . Fore wing ochreous slightly tinged with rufous cretica. 



b x . Fore wing ochreous slightly tinged with olive uniformis. 



c l . Fore wing yellowish white irrorated with brown gracilis. 



4763. Sesamia tamioleuca. (Plate CXLIV. fig. 23.) 



Tapinostola tcenioleuca, Wllgrn. Svensk. Akad. Handl. v. 4, p. 58 (1866). 



<3 . Head and thorax purplish pink ; palpi brownish ; pectus 

 brownish white ; abdomen ochreous white suffused with pink. 

 Fore wing purplish pink ; costal edge whitish ; a white streak in 

 submedian fold from base to just before termen ; a white streak in 

 discal fold from middle of cell to just before termen narrowing to 

 points at extremities ; cilia brownish with fine white line at base 

 and tinged with pink at tips. Hind wing white, the terminal half 

 tinged with pink ; cilia white at base, tinged with pink at tips ; the 

 underside with the costal area and terminal half tinged with pink. 



Hab. Masuonaland, Salisbury (Marshall), 3 S ; Damaraland, 

 Kuisip ; Transvaal (Pead), 1 c? . Exp. 42 millim. 



4764. Sesamia albavena. (Plate CXLIV. fig. 24.) 



Sesamia albavena, Hmpsn. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 297 (1902). 



Head and thorax ochreous white slightly tinged with pink ; palpi 

 fuscous brown ; pectus, legs, and abdomen ochreous white, the fore 

 tibiae brownish above. Fore wing pale purplish pink, the terminal 

 area darker, the veins slightly streaked with white ; a diffused pale 

 fuscous streak above and below median nervure and thence to 

 termen between veins 5 and 4 ; a black point in lower angle of cell 

 and slight postmedial points in discal and submedian folds ; cilia 

 white with diffused brown line near base and fine lines near and at 

 tips. Hind wing pure white ; the underside with the costal area 

 suffused with pale pinkish. 



Hab. Uganda, Buwenzori, 1 J ; Mashonaland, Salisbury 

 (Marshall, Dobbie), 7 <$ , 6 $ type, Umtali, 2 £ , 1 $ , Sebakwe, 



