186 noctuip.i:. 



yellow deepening to orange at costa : an oblique black striga from 

 middle of costa ; two oblique black postmedial stria; from costa 

 with orange line from them across costal area, then with hardly 

 traceable oblique whitish lines from them from below apex to inner 

 margin where they are further apart ; two black subapical points 

 on a small wedge-shaped white patch with slight, rufous marks 

 on it at costa and on inner edge ; a rufous terminal line ; cilia 

 Yellowish white. Hind wing very pale yellow ; the underside 

 deeper yellow except on inner area. 



Hah. Br. E. Africa, Machakos (Crawshay), 1 tf type. Exp. 

 22 millim. 



5276. Eublernma plumbosa. (Plate CLIV. fig. 12.) 

 Eublemma plumhosa, Dist. A. M. N. II. (7) in. p. 462 (1899). 



Head, tegula?, and legs orange ; thorax white ; abdomen yellowish 

 white. Fore wing grey-white, the costal area white becoming 

 orange-yellow towards apex; a slight oblique orange postmedial 

 line defined by white on outer side from costa to vein 7 ; a black 

 apical spot ; cilia yellowish white. Hind wing yellowish white ; 

 the undei>ide orange-yellow except on inner area. 



Hah. Mashonaland, Salisbury (Marshall), 1 J , 1 ? ; Transvaal 

 (Janse), 1 d . Exp. S 20, $ 22 millim. 



5277. Eublemma colla. 



Xawthoptera colla, Schaus, Lep. Sierra Leone, p. 33, pi. 3. f. 6 (IS93). 



<3 . Head and thorax deep orange; thorax white in front, pale 

 brownish behind ; abdomen pale brownish ; pectus and ventral 

 surface of abdomen white; legs yellowish. Eore wing while 

 suffused with pale rufous, the costal area pure white with the 

 costal edge orange to beyond middle; a faint oblique yellowish 

 striga from costa beyond middle ; a dark brown bar from costa just 

 before apex with two black points on it ; a fine rufous terminal 

 line. Hind wing white suffused with pale rufous ; a fine rufous 

 terminal line. 



Hab. Sierra Leoxk (Clements), 1 J • Exp. 22 millim. 



5278. Eublemma innocens. (Plate CLIV. fig. 13.) 

 Thalpocharcs innocens, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1S86, p. 405. 



Eead and tegulae orange; thorax and abdomen creamy white, 

 the former pure white in front; fore and hind legs suffused with 

 orange. Pore wing white faintly tinged with brown except on 

 costal area to beyond middl?, the costal edge orange, dark brown 

 towards base ; the male with minute medial and postmedial dark 

 points oil costa, the latter with slight oblique orange striga from it ; 

 a subterminal series of minute black points; cilia yellow tinged 

 with brown at tips. Hind wing white, the termen faintly tinged 



