296 NOCTUID&. 
6588. Selepa nigralba. (Plate CLXXXII. fig. 6.) 
Plotheia nigralba, Hmpsn. Trans. Ent, Soe. 1895, p. 805; id. Moths Ind. 
iv. p. 520. 
Head and thorax black-brown; palpi whitish below ; abdomen 
grey-brown. Fore wing black-brown; antemedial line indistinct, 
blackish, faintly defined on inner side by whitish, slightly bent out- 
wards between subcostal nervure and vein 1; a white point in 
middle of cell and a discoidal striga of raised black scales; a large 
white pitch on middie of costa intersected by the blackish post- 
medial line which arises at middle of costa, strongly bent outwards 
below costa, then slightly defined by white on outer side, angled 
inwards at vein 7 and discal fold and outwards at vein 6, below 
vein 3 bent Pee to below end of cell, then again excurved ; a 
diffused oblique white pateh from apex intersected by the slight 
dark subterminal line, which is minutely dentate towards costa and 
somewhat excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a series of white 
striz just before termen. Hind wing blackish brown, the cilia 
with a fine whitish line at base and whitish tips. 
Hab. Buurkn (Dudyeon), 1 2 type; Srvearore (fidley), 1 3, 
192. Exp. 22-26 millim, 
6589. Selepa leucograpta, n. sp. (Plate CLX XXII. fig. 7.) 
Q. Head, thorax, and abdomen greyish brown; palpi white 
below ; pectus and ventral surface of abdomen ochreous white. 
Fore wing whitish suffused with leaden grey and some brown ; 
antemedial line formed by black scales slightly defined on inner 
side by whitish, oblique from costa to above vein 1; a point of 
raised black scales at middle of cell and discoidal striga ;  post- 
medial line indistinetly double, filled in with white and defined on 
outer side by white except towards costa, obliquely bent outwards 
below costa, then the outer line minutely dentate to vein 3, then 
incurved; an oblique white shade from apical part of costa to the 
postmedial line ; subterminal line defined on inner side by brown 
suffusion and by points of raised black scales towards inner margin, 
excuryed below vein 7 and at middle; a series of minute white 
strize just before termen. Hind wing fuseous DEE the aha with 
fine white line at base and white tips. 
Hab. 8. Niexrta, Lagos (Dudgeon), 1 2 type. Exp. 22 millim, 
6590. Selepa violescens, n. sp. (Plate CLXXXIL. fig. 8.) 
6. Head and thorax brown mixed with grey; palpi below and 
pectus whitish ; abdomen whitish dorsally tinged with brown. 
Fore wing violaceous whitish suffused with red-brown ; antemedial 
line indistinct, dark defined on inner side by whitish, oblique to 
submedian fold and angled outwards above vein 1; 3 postmedial line 
fine, dark defined on ra side by grey-white, arising at middle of 
