88 NocTUiD.i:. 



2178. Empusada pyrostrota, n. sp, (Plate XCVIII. fig. !.">.) 



9 . Head blackish with a white l^ar al)ove frons : thorax brownish 

 white ; abdomen brownish white. Fore Aviiig pale yellow, the 

 costal an-a irrorated with fuscous ; the cell and areas just beyond it 

 and below it to origin of vein 2 suffused with fiery red, the area 

 below its extremity grey-white ; the median nervure streaked with 

 black : the veins and interspaces of terminal area streaked w ith 

 brown ; a slight blackish streak above inner margin before middle ; 

 thri-e black points in upper extremity of cell. Hind wing wliite, 

 the veins and terraen tinged with brown. 



Jf'if). Traxstaal, Johannesburg {Cholmleif), 1 $ type. Exjt. 

 44 millim. 



2170. Empusada ruficeps, n. sp. (Plate XCVIII. fig. 16.) 



2 . Head and thorax brownish grey, the vertex of head tinged 

 with rufous; abdomen brownish grey irrorated with fuscous. Fore 

 wing grey-brown, the cell suffused and streaked with bright rufous : 

 the area below the cell to origin of vein 2 suffused with rufous with 

 a curved pale yellow streak below it ; three slight dark points in 

 upper extremity of cell ; traces of a waved po.'tmedial line bent 

 outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4 ; the veins and 

 interspaces of terminal area slightly streaked Avith brown ; a 

 terminal series of black points. Hind wing white, the veins and 

 terminal area suffused with brown. 



Jlah. MADAfiAscAK, Betsileo (Coif«/i), 1 $ type. Kq^. 40m\l\\m. 



2180. Empusada chrysota. (Plate XCVIII. fig. 17.) 

 Cuaillia chrysota, Hmpsn. Anu. S. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 277 (1902). 



Head rufous with a yellowish har above frons ; thorax grey, the 

 tegute with fine dark lines ; abdomen brownish white. Fore wing 

 with the costal area pale golden yellow irrorated with brown and 

 tinged with brown towards apex ; the cell and area below it to 

 origin of vein 2 red-brown, a curved golden fascia below the latter ; 

 the rest of wing purple-grey with darker irroration ; three l)lack 

 points in ui)per part of cell: the veins and interspaces of medial 

 part of terminal area streaked with brown. Hind wing white, the 

 veins and ternien tinged with brown. 



Hah. (icRM. E. AFRirA ; Natal, Estcourt {Ifvichiuso^i), 1 o* , 

 Durban (/»««), 1 J , I 2- I'^-rp. 30-38 millim. 



2181. Empusada pallidistria. (Plate XCVIII. fig. 18.) 

 Ciirii/lia paUidisiria, Feld. R<'i9. Nov. pi. 1()8. f. 54 (1874). 



c? . Head, thorax, and abdomen grey irrorated with fuscous. 

 Fore wing grey slightly irrorated with fuscous ; a yellow-brown 

 fascia below base of cell to origin of vein '2 with pale golden-yellow 



