188 noctuid^:. 



line double filled in with ochreous, slightly excurved below costa, 

 angled outwards in submedian fold and above inner margin angled 

 outwards almost to postmedial line ; claviform narrow and elongate, 

 faintly defined by black ; orbicular with brown and fuscous centre 

 and whitish annulus defined by black, inwardly oblique elliptical; 

 reniforin with brown centre and whitish annulus defined by black ; 

 postmedial line double filled in with whitish, the inner line black, 

 the outer rufous, inwardly oblique at costa, below costa very strongly 

 bent outwards and almost obsolete, then excurved to vein 6, then 

 slightly bent inwards and sinuous, below vein 4- very oblique 

 to submedian fold, with a band of rufous suffusion before it from 

 vein 6 to inner margin with diffused fuscous line on its inner side 

 below vein 3 ; some slight pale points on costa towards apex ; the 

 interspaces of terminal area with short black streaks, above vein 6 

 extending almost to postmedial line ; cilia brown intersected with 

 white at the veins. Hind wing pure white ; the underside with 

 the costa slightly tinged with rufous. 



$ . Hind wing fuscous brown, paler towards base, the cilia 

 white. 



Hab. Br. E. Africa, Athi-ya-Mawe (Betton), 5 d, 1 $ type, 

 Nairobi (Crmvshay), 1 $, Ivilima-'njaro (Hannington), 1 $. Exj?. 

 28-38 millim. 



Sect. II. Antenn:e of male minutely serrate, of female ciliated. 



A. Fore wing with broad pale subcostal fascia selector.. 



B. Fore wing with the costal half whitish hemileuca. 



3793. Matopo selecta. 



Xt/lophasia selecta, Wlk. xxxii. 646 (I860). 



Calophasia lobifera, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1881, p. 358 ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. 

 p. 572. 



3 . Head and thorax ochreous mixed with brown ; palpi, frons, 

 and antennae brown ; teaiulae with brown medial line : tarsi with 

 whitish rings ; abdomen ochreous white dorsally suffused with 

 brown. Fore wing ochreous white suffused with reddish brown, 

 the inner medial area greyish, the veins of terminal half with dark 

 streaks defined on each side by white ; subbasal line represented 



Fig. 35. — Matopo selecta, J. \. 



by a black point on costa ; a dark mark above inner margin before 

 the ante medial line, which is represented by a black point on costa 

 and line from claviform to inner margin ; the claviform very elongate, 

 ochreous strongly defined by black except the basal part above ; 



