athbtis. 349 



a terminal series of black points with white points on their inner 

 side; cilia fuscous black. Hind wing white, the apical area and 

 termen tinged with fuscous ; a black terminal line ; cilia white 

 with fuscous line through them from apex to vein 2 ; the underside 

 white, the costal area irrorated with black, the apex tinged with 

 brown, a black discoidal spot, and sinuous postmedial line from 

 costa to vein 3. 



Hah. Transvaal, White It. (Cooke), 1 g type. Eocp. 30 millim. 



3987. Athetis anomceosis, n. sp. (Plate CXXX. fig. 19.) 



2 . Head and thorax reddish brown tinged with grey ; palpi 

 black, white at tips ; lower part of frons whitish ; anteunic black ; 

 pectus and legs whitish mixed with brown, the tarsi fuscous 

 ringed with white ; abdomen reddish brown, the ventral surface 

 white irrorated with brown. Pore wing reddish brown suffused 

 with fuscous and irrorated with grey ; subbasal line black, 

 excurved below costa and ending at submedian fold : antemedial 

 line indistinct, blackish, oblique, waved, with small black spot at 

 costa; orbicular a faint dark mark; reniform a minute whitish 

 lunule with white points above and below it ; traces of a slight 

 dark medial line ; postmedial line indistinct, slight, faintly defined 

 by grey on outer side, with small black spot at costa, bent outwards 

 below costa, then minutely waved, incurved below vein 4, some pale 

 points with slight blackish streaks between them beyond it on 

 costa ; subterminal line very indistinct, pale, faintly defined by 

 brown suffusion on inner side, excurved below vein 7 and at 

 middle ; a fine dark terminal line and pale line at base of cilia. 

 Hind wing pure white ; a fine brown terminal line from apex to 

 vein 2 ; cilia yellowish with brown tips from apex to vein 2 : the 

 underside with the costal area irrorated with dark brown, a dark 

 discoidal spot, diffused postmedial line from costa to vein 6, and 

 terminal series of minute lunules. 



Hah. Br. E. Africa, Gwelil (Betton), 2 $> type. Kl T- - 8 

 millim. 



3988. Athetis albirena. 



Curadrina albirena, Hirpsn. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 302 (1902). 



d . Head white mixed with some fuscous ; palpi blackish, white 

 at tips ; thorax fuscous mixed with some white : pectus and legs 

 whitish, the tibia? banded with fuscous, the tarsi fuscous ringed with 

 white ; abdomen grey irrorated with brown, the anal tuft tinged with 

 rufous. Fore wing fuscous mixed with white ; antemedial line 

 whitish, ill-defined and diffused, slightly waved, erect ; orbicular 

 absent : reniform white defined by black and tinged with yellow at 

 middle; postmedial line hardly traceable, defined by a few white scales 

 and with white spot at costa, bent outwards below costa, then 



