SESAMIA. 



331 



1 J: Traxsvaal, White R. (Cooke), 1 J , KI•anppi^z (Janse), 1 S, 

 Gerasbokfonteia (Janse), 1 $ ; Natal, Estcourb ( Hutchinson), 1 c^ . 

 Exp. 26-34 millim. 



* 4765. Sesamia tosta. 



Sescmia tosta, Snell. Tijd. v. Ent. xv. p. 50, pi. iv. f. 8 (1872). 



5 . Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous tinged with pink. Fore 

 Ming ochreous suffused with pink except on costal area. Hind 

 wing white, the termen slightly tinged with yellow. 



Jjctb. Lk. Guinea, Edy. 24 millim. This species is unknown 

 to me. 



4766. Sesamia cretica. 



Levcania, hesperica, Frr. Neiie Beitr. vi. p. '^2, pi. 501, f. 2 (1852), iicc 

 Rmbr. 



Sesamia cretica, Led. Noct. Eur. p. 225 (1857) ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal 

 p. 190. ^ ^ 



Nonacp-ia cyrnaa, Mab. Ann. See. Ent. Fr, 1806, p. 550, pi. 8. f. 7, & 18()7, 

 p. 640, pi. 14. f. 1. 1 '1 



Sesamia Jraterna, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 103 (1882); Hmpbu. Moths lud. 

 ii. p. 284. 



Sesamia striata, Stand. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 27. 



Head and thorax pale ochreous tinged with rufous : palpi, sides 

 of frons, and fore femora above brownish ; abdomen ochreous white. 

 Fore wing pale ochreous tinged with rufous especially on terminal 

 half, the veins with slight pale streaks ; faint fuscous streaks above 

 and below oxtiemity of mtdian nervure and beyond the cell. 



Fig. 147.— Sesamia cretica, (j". j. 



above and below vein 4 ; sometimes with slight antemcdial dark 

 point in submedian fold and postrnedial series of points on the veins 

 with points before them in discal and submediau folds ; a fine brown 

 terminal line ; cilia ochreous tinged with rufous with fine pale lines 

 at base and middle. Hind wing pure white. 



Ab. 1. striata. Fore wing with dark streak below base of cell 

 and streaks on the veins of terminal area. — Asia Minor, Syria, 

 W. Turkestan. 



I lab. Corsica, Leech Coll. ; Cente. Ilalt ; Dalmatia, Frey 

 & Leech Colls, ; Ceete ; Egypt, Dabod ( Wood-Jones), 1 $ ; Sudan, 

 l\\)aXo\\m {Zaphiro), 1 2 , Blue Nile {S. S. Flower), 1 c5' , Gondokoro 

 (Reynes-Coh), 1 c? , 2 $ ; Basutolakd, Masite (WeigaU), 1 J; 

 Aden {Yerhury, Nurse), 3 J , 1 $ ; Asia Minor, Taurus; Siku, 



