278 xocTciD^. 



4673. Calamistis submarginalis. 



Ichthi/ura suhinnrginalis. Hmpsn. 111. Het. B. M. viii. p. fiO, pi. HI. f. 5 

 (1891) ; d. Moths Ii.d. ii. p. 285. 



5 . Head and thorax whitish mixed with red-brown : palpi 

 dark brown ; abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing ochreous whitish 

 suffused and irrorated with red-brown, the basal costal area, medial 

 area obliquely from co.sta to siibmcdian fold, and terminal area 

 except at apex suffused with dark brown ; traces of a blackish sul)- 

 basal line from costal to submedian fold, and of an anteraedial line 

 oblique from costa to submedian fold : orbicular and reniform very 

 small and incompletely defined by Vjlack, the former oblique and 

 somewhat produced at lower extremity ; postmedial line indistinct, 

 slightly bent outwards below costa, then dentate, oblique below 



Fig. 117 .— Calamisiis suhmcirghialis, 2- I- 



rein 4, some slight pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal 

 line oblique, ochreous white defined on inner side ])y dark lirown, 

 arising below vein 7; a terminal series of small black lunules; 

 cilia chequered ochreous and daik brown and with brown line at 

 middle. Hind wing greyish strongly suffused with brown ; cilia 

 oclireous white with a brown line through them ; the underside 

 ochreous thickly irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal lunulo 

 and indistinct diffused curved postmedial line. 



Hab. Madras, Nilgiris {Hampson)^ 1 5 type. Exp. 32 millira. 



4674. Calamistis stygiata, n. sp. (Plate CXLIIl. fig. 11.) 



J. Head and thorax fuscous, the hairs slightly lipped with 

 white; antenuse ringed with white; tarsi blackish ringed with 

 white; abdomen white tinged with fuscous. Fore wing fuscous 

 brown with a greyish tinge : a sliaht black streak below base of 

 coll connected with the claviform, which is very narrow and elongate, 

 defined by black ; a slight black streak above median nervure from 

 middle of cell to the reniform, which is defined by four black points 

 and with black streak beyond it in discal fold to near tcrmen on a 

 faint whitish fascia and with slight black streak above its extremity 

 on a whitish streak. Hind wing white, the veins and terminal 

 area slightly tinged with brown ; the underside irrorated with 

 brown especially on costal and terminal areas. 



Hab. Transvaal, Piet Betief {Crawshay), 1 c( type. Exp. 

 30 miilim. 



