Ml? N'UCTl'ID/E. 



ochreous. Fore wing white slightly tinged with brownish ochreous, 

 the terminal area brownish ochreous ; a slight oblique dark ante- 

 medial line from cell to inner margin and a fine oblique dark medial 

 line with a blood-red band between them ; some brownish suffusion 

 on discocellulars ; postmedial line fine, dark, acutely angled outwards 

 at middle, then incurved and with blood-red suffusion beyond it ; 

 a whitish mark on costa towards apex ; subterminal line very slight, 

 whitish, excurved below costa and with some blood-red suffusion 

 before it and a black point on its outer edge, then oblique ; a terminal 

 series of black points ; cilia ochreous with white line at base and 

 white tips. Hind wing white tinged with ochreous, the terminal 

 area suffused with brown ; cilia white with a slight ochreous line 

 near base except towards tornus ; the underside white, the apical 

 area slightly irrorated with brown. 



Ab. 1. impura. Fore wing more tinged with fuscous. 



Ab. 2. sea/iota. Fore wing with the ground-colour pure white. 



Ab. 3. rectifascia. Fore wing with the oblique medial band 

 obsolete, the antemedial line slightly angled outwards below costa, 

 then erect. — Brittany. 



Hal. S. France, Sand and Leech Colls. ; Spain, Zeller Coll., 

 Bilbao, Zeller and Frey Colls., Catalonia, Castille, Cuenca (Chapman), 

 Andalusia, Murcia, Grenada ( Walsingham) ; Corsica, Leech Coll. ; 

 Crete; Armenia; Stria, Mardin ; W. Torkkstan, Fergana. Exp. 

 14-18 millim. 



5191. Enblemma ornatula. 



Thalpochares ornatula, Felrl. Keis. Nov. pi. 108. f. 19 (1874). 



Head and thorax white tinged with ochreous ; antennae, brown ; 

 abdomen white tinged with brown. Fore wing white, the basal 

 costal area tinged with pale reddish olive : a nearly straight oblique 

 black medial line with reddish olive band before it with some black 

 irroration on it in and below cell and above inner margin, followed 

 by a white band before the slight black pestraedial line which is 

 slightly excurved below costa and produced outwards to a strong 

 tooth at middle, and with black streaks beyond it on veins 6, 5, 3, 

 2 ; subterminal line represented by minute white points with 

 minute black points beyond them towards apex and a white striga 

 towards tornus, some rufous irroration before it ; a terminal series 

 of black points except towards apex ; cilia white tinged with och- 

 reous except at tips. Hind wing white slightly tinged with brown, 

 darker in female ; a fine dark terminal line ; cilia white tinged 

 with ochreous at base ; the underside with the costal area tinged 

 with ochreous, the costal area and terminal area to vein 2 irrorated 

 with brown, a terminal series of black points. 



Ab. 1. Fore wing with the white areas more or less completely 

 suffused with brown ; hind wing darker. 



Hub. Br. E. Africa, Kikuyu (Crawshay), 3 cJj 2 ; Rhodesia, 

 Bulawayo (Eyles), 1 $ ; Tkansvaat, (Cholmhy), 1 $>, Mkabela 1ft. 





