SESAMIA. 



325 



Xnnagria mcchari, Wllstn. A. M. N. H. (3) i. p. 117 (185S); Beth.-Ba^ 



Trans. Ent. Soc. 1891, [). 2l)l), j)!. 12. f. 4. 

 Sesamia madac/fiscaricHiiis, Saalm. Lop. Madag. p. 262 (1591). 



t^r, 



Head and thorax ochreous tinged Avith rufous ; palpi luscous 

 above; abdomen ochreous white. Fore wing ochreous suffused 

 with rufous, the extremity of median nervure with faint diffused 

 brownish streak with a faint ochreous point on it at lower angle 

 of cell ; usually with slight antcmedial point in submedian fold and 

 curved postmedial series of points on the veins with other 

 points before it in discal aud submedian folds ; a slight brown 



Fig. 142. — Sc^amia vateria, J. {. 



terminal line ; cilia ochreous white with two slight brown lines 

 through them. Hind wing pure white ; the nuderside with the 

 costal area faintly tinged with rufous and irrorated with brown. 



jETaft. S.E. Fkance ; Spain, Zeller and Leech Colls. ; Cenir. Italy ; 

 Algekia, Biskra (Mrs. NicJioll, Walsinr/ham), 2 § ; Morocco, 

 Tangier, 1 c? , Leech Coll. ; Madeira ( WoIIaston), 1 c? type sacchari, 

 Funchal (S. S. Flower), 1 S ; Canaries (Marsden), 2 9 ; Congo 

 Bovna (Christ if), 1 5 : Mashonaland, Hahshury (J\J a rsJudl), 1 5 ; 

 Natal (Gooch), 1 $ ; C. Colony (Sir A. Srjiith), 1 5 type incerta ; 

 Madagascar; Bourbon. A^.r/^. 34-42 millim. 



Larva. Kirby, Butt. & Moths Eur. p. 16.5; Hfr'm. Eaup. p. 105. 



lleddish above, yellowish below. Foot-plants, iti stalks of Maize 

 Corn, lieed, Sugar-cane, &c. 0. 



4754. Sesamia calamistis, n. sp. (Plate CXLIV. fig. 18.) 



Head and thorax pale ochreous mixed with brown especially on 

 tegulse ; palpi browner ; abdomen white slightly tinged with 

 brown. Fore wing pale ochreous irrorated with black-brown ; an 

 antemedial black point in submedian fold ; a black discoidal point 

 and a point in discal fold beyond the cell with slight ochreous streak 

 between them ; a postmedial series of black points on the veins, 

 excuivcd to vein 4, then oblique, with a point in submedian fold 

 nearer base ; a rather punctiform black-brown terminal line not 

 (luite reaching apex and with faint brown shade before it ; cilia 

 pale ochreous with slight brown lines at middle and near tips. 

 Hind wing pure white ; the underside with the costal area slightly 

 tinged with ochreous and irrorated with brown. 



Hab. C. Colony, Grahamstown, 1 J, 1 $ type, Stellenbosch, 

 1 2 • ^'.^7>. ;-^6 millim. 



