SE8AMIA. 331 



1 6 ; Transvaal, White R. (Cooke), 1 d , Kranspitz (Janse), 1 6 , 

 Gemsbokfontein (Janse), 1 $ ; Natal, Estcourt (Hutchinson), 1 d . 

 Exp. 26-34 millim. 



* 4765. Sesamia tosta. 



Sesamia tosta, Snell. Tijd. v. Ent. xv. p. 50, pi. iv. f. 8 (1872). 



$ . Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous tinged with pink. Fore 

 -wing ochreous suffused with pink except on costal area. Hind 

 wiug white, the termen slightly tinged with yellow. 



hab. Lr. Guinea. Exp. 24 millim. This species is unknown 

 to me. 



4766. Sesamia cretica. 



Leucania hesperica, Frr. Neue Beitr. vi. p. '62, pi. 501, f. 2 (1852), nee 



Rmbr. 

 Sesamia cretica, Led. Noct. Eur. p. 225 (1857) ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal 



p. 190. 

 Nonagria cyrncea, Mab. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1866, p. 559, pi. 8. f. 7, & 1867, 



p. 640, pi. 14. f. 1. 

 Sesamia fratema, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 103 (1882); Hmpsu. Moths Ind. 



ii. p. 284. 

 Sesamia striata, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 27. 



Head and thorax pale ochreous tinged with rufous : palpi, sides 

 of frons, and fore femora above brownish ; abdomen ochreous white. 

 Fore wing pale ochreous tinged with rufous especially on terminal 

 half, the veins with slight pale streaks ; faint fuscous streaks above 

 and below extiemity of median nervure and beyond the cell, 



Fig. 147. — Sesamia cretica, rf ■ \- 



above and below vein 4 ; sometimes with slight antemedial dark 

 point in submedian fold and postmedial series of points on the veins 

 with points before them in discal and submedian folds ; a fine brown 

 terminal line ; cilia ochreous tinged with rufous with fine pale lines 

 at base and middle. Hind wing pure white. 



Ab. 1. striata. Fore wing with dark streak below base of cell 

 and streaks on the veins of terminal area. — Asia Minor, Syria, 

 W. Turkestan. 



Bab. Corsica, Leech Coll.; Centr. Ilaly; Dalmatia, Frey 

 & Leech Colls. ; Crete ; Egypt, Dabod ( Wood-Jones), 1 $ ; Sudan, 

 Khatoum (Zaphiro), 1 2 , Blue Nile (S. S. Flower), 1 6, Gondokoro 

 (Reynes-Cole), 1 tf , 2 ? ; Basutoland, Masite (Weigall), 1 J; 

 Aden (Yerlury, Nurse), 3 tf , 1 $ ; Asia Minor, Taurus; Stria, 



