CORTYTA. 317 



double black striae at inner raarEjin and of a sligbtly waved sub- 

 terminal line ; a fine waved blackish line just before tennen ; cilia 

 with a brown line near base ; the undei-side ochreous whitish 

 slightly iiTO rated with brown. 



9 . Fore wing much more evenlv and strongly suffused with 

 red-brown. 



Hab. Algeria, C. Sahara, S. Oued Mva, Ain, Guettara 

 {Rartert) ; Sudan, R. Atbara, Nakheila (N. C. liofJischild), 

 2 2 and type f d , $ in Coll. Rothschild. Krp. 22-28 milhm. 



8128. Cortyta balnearia. (Plate CCXXXII. fig. 20.) 



Polydesma balnearia, Dist. A. M. N. H. (7) i. p. 228 (1898), 



S • Head and thorax grey mixed with dark bx'own ; antennae 

 black ; palpi ochreous white, black towards tips ; pectus whitish ; 

 fore and mid tibiae with some black ; tarsi black ringed with 

 white ; abdcjuien grey, doi-sally suffused with brown. Fore wing 

 Avith the basal area grey suffused with blackish especially towards 

 the antemedial line ; a waved black subbasal line from costa to 

 submediiin fold ; antemedial line strong, black defined on outer 

 side by ochreous, waved, slightly excm-ved ; medial area bright 

 red-brown with three indistinct double brown lines, waved towards 

 costa ; renifonn defined by blackish, small and narrow ; postmedial 

 line black, excurved below costa and at middle, incm'ved at discal 

 fold and below vein 4, slightly angled outwards at vein 1, defined 

 on outer side by a narrow fuscous brown band with slightly dentate 

 outer edge ; terminal area pale grey ; traces of a pale waved sub- 

 terminal line defined on inner side by fuscous and on outer side by 

 rufous towards costa ; a fine dentate black line just before tennen. 

 Hind wing whitish tinged with reddish brown ; some faint dark 

 striae on veins 2 and 1 towards termen ; a fine dentate black line 

 just before termen slightly defined on inner side by fuscous 

 suffusion except towards tomus. Underside of both wings 

 brownish white with fuscous brown terminal band except towards 

 tornus. 



Hah. Mashoxalaxd, Umtali {Marshall), 1 S ; Teanstaal, 

 Waterberg {Distant), 1 6 type. Exp. 36 millim. 



8129. Cortyta impar, n. sp. (Plate CCXXXII. fig. 21.) 



<S . Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous slightly tinged with 

 brown ; palpi white, brown towards tips ; fore and mid tarsi 

 blackish ringed with white. Fore wing ochreous, the basiil area 

 and outer half of medial arca suffused with red-bi"own, the tenninal 

 area with a greyish tinge ; a blackish point at base and obliquely 

 placed subbasal blackish points on costa and median nervure ; ante- 

 medial line double, the inner line indistinct, the outer black, slightly 

 angled outwards below cosfci and inwards at vein 1 ; medial line 

 double, indistinct, brownish, excurved in cell ; renifonn indistinctly 

 delincd bv brown, small and nari-ow, a blackish striga above it fmm 



