330 NOCTriD^E. 



Hind wing white, the terminal area sparsely irrorated with dark 

 brown ; a terminal series of blaclv-brown striae from apex to 

 submedian fold ; the underside with tbe costal area sparsely irrorated 

 with dark brown. 



Hdb. Sudan, White Nile; Br. E. Africa (Grer/ory), 1 5? Athi- 

 ya-^LsLwe {Bettoa), 1 $; Natal, Durban (LetVy/i), 2 J; Basutolaxd, 

 Masite (Crawshaj/), 1 J; C. CoLONr, Anushaw (Miss F. Barrett), 

 4 d" type. Exy.'22-2S millim. 



Sect. IY. Antenna; of male with fasciculate cilia. 



A. Fore wing suffused with pink. 



a. Fore wiug with pale streaks on the veins. 



a^. Fore wing without black point in lower angle of cell . tcenioleuca . 



b'-. Pore wing witb black point in lower angle of cell ... albavena. 

 i'. Fore wing without pale streaks on the veins tosta. 



B. Fore wing not suffused with pink. 



(0-. Fore wing ochreous sliglitly tinged with rufous crctica. 



b^. Pore wing ochreous slightly tinged with olive unijormis. 



c' . Fore wing yellowish wliite irrorated with brown grcvcilu. 



47G3. Sesamia tanioleuca. (Plate CXLIV. fig. 23.) 

 Tapinostola tamoleuca, Wllgrn. Svensk. Akad. Handl v. 4, p. 58 (1866). 



c? . Head and thorax purplish pink ; palpi brownish ; pectus 

 brownish white ; abdomen ochreous white suffused with pink. 

 Fore wiug purplish pink ; costal edge whitish; a white streak in 

 submedian fold from base to just before termen ; a white streak in 

 discal fold from middle of cell to just before termen narrowing to 

 points at extremities ; cilia brownish with fine white line at base 

 and tinged with pink at tips. Hind wiug white, the terminal half 

 tinpjed with pink ; cilia white at base, tinged with pink at tips ; the 

 underside with the costal area and terminal half tinged with pink. 



Hah. MAsaoNALAND, Salisbury (Marshall), 3 S ; Dam-IRaland, 

 Kuisip ; Transvaal (F<;«(Z), 1 J. Exp. 42 millim. 



4764. Sesamia albavena. (Plate CXLIV. fig. 24.) 



Sesamia albavena, Hinpsn. A.\\n. S. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 297 (1902). 



Head and thorax ochreous white slightly tinged with pink ; palpi 

 fuscous brown ; pectus, legs, and abdomen ochreous white, the fore 

 tibiae brownish above. Fore wing pale purplish pink, the terminal 

 area darker, the veins slightly streaked with white ; a diffused pale 

 fuscous streak above and below median nervure and thence to 

 termen between veins 5 and 4 ; a black point in lower angle of cell 

 and slight postmedial points in discal and submedian folds ; cilia 

 white with diffused brown line near base and fine lines near and at 

 tips. Hind wing pure white ; the underside with the costal area 

 suffused with pale pinkish. 



Hah. Uganda, Euwenzori, 1 S ; Mashonaland, Salisbury 

 {Marshall, Bobbie), 7 (^ , 6 $ type, TJmtali, 2 J , 1 ? , Sebakwe, 



