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white postmerlial line strongly bent outwards below costa, excurved 

 to vein 4, then incurved ; an indistinct dentate whitish subterminal 

 line, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle, with a 

 quadrate black patch on costa before it. Hind wing semihyaline 

 white, the costal area sometimes tinged with brown and some dark 

 points on termen ; the underside with the costal area irrorated with 

 brown, a slight discoidal point and curved series of points on the 

 veins. 



Ab. 1. alhifrons. Fore wing without the green tinge. 



Ah. 2. d.'cii>ieiis. Thorax purple-brown, the teguhe white with 

 senucircular black patch, tlie metathoracic tuft white ; fore wing 

 with the quadrate antemedial, medial, and subterminal black patches 

 on costa much more ])ruminent. 



Ab. 3. amatura. Thorax as in dcc'ipuns but black ; fore wing with 

 the ground-colour white instead of green, the costal patches very 

 prominent, a white streak in base of cell. 



Hah. SoMALiLAND, Galla country (GilleU), 1 $ ; Br. E. Africa, 

 Nairobi (Crawshai/), 1 $, Jvikuyu (Craivshaf/), 1 $ , Eb Urru 

 (Deitoa), 1 $ ; Teansvaal (i^oss), 1 $ ; IS^atal, Estcourt(//«ic/iijJsoH), 

 ])urbaii {Gooch, Leigh), 2 cJ , 5 5, tj'pe canatura ; Bastjtoland, 

 Masite, 1 $ , Khamalani (CrawsJiay), 1 5 ; C. Colony, Trauskei {Miss 

 P. Barrett), 2 (5', 11 2-, Knysna, Cape Town (Smith, Gaein-ias, 

 Trimen), 2 (S , 5 $ , types voria and ciimulaia ; Madagascar, Eetsileo 

 {Cowan, Cory), 3 $ . Exp. 3G-42 millim. 



957. Lycophotia bitriaiigula. (Plate LXXIV. fig. 2S.) 

 Agrotis bitriangula, Hiupsn. Ann. S.-Afr. Mus. ii. p. 2G1 (1902). 



Grey ; palpi black except at tips ; antenna? blackish ; tegube 

 l)lack, edged with grey. Fore wing purplish grey, irrorated with 

 a few black and red scales ; an indistinct subbasal line from costa 

 to subniedian fold ; an indistinct sinuous antemedial line bout out- 

 wards to inner margin ; claviform represented by a black point at 

 extremity ; truncate triangular deep black spots in cell before tlie 

 orbicular and rcniform, which have whitish aunuli and their centres 

 diifined by reddish, the former V-shaped, open above, the latter with 

 black points on its outer edge and below it; an indistinct obli{]ue 

 waved line from lower angle of cell to inner margin ; the postmedial 

 line indistinct, double, minutely waved, bent outwards below costa, 

 incurved at discal fold and below vein 4 ; a pale subterminal line 

 slightly defined ou each side l)y fuscous. Hiud wing semihyaline 

 white. 



Ilah. Cape Coloky, Trauskei {Miss F. Barrett), 1^,15 type. 

 Exp. 3() millim. 



95S. Lycophotia isopleura. (Tlate LXXIV. lig. 2iJ.) 

 Ac/rotis isoi)lciira, Hnipsn. Ann. S.-Afr. Mus. ii. j). 2(31 (1!)02). 



5 . Grey mixed with brown ;. palpi black except at tips; tcguho 

 black at tips ;. abdomcu brow.uish grey. Fore wing grey irrorated 



