i;7G NOcri'iD.E. 



ncrvure, then oblique and sinuous; orbicular detined by silvery- 

 wbite, narrow, oblique, constricted at middle ; an elongate oblique 

 V-sbaped stigma deHned by silvery-white below the cell, bent 

 outwards at middle ; reniform tinely defined by silverv-white, 

 ])r()dueed at extremities and its outer edge strongly angled inwards 

 at middle, an indistinct oblique brown line from it to inner margin ; 

 jiostmedial line fine, silvery-white, bent outwards below costa, then 

 obliqvie and slightly waved, angled inwards at submedian fold, 

 some white points "beyond it on costa; subterminalHne silvery- 

 white slightly defined on inner side by brown, waved, incurved at 

 vein 5 and submedian fold, the interspaces beyond it with fine 

 silvery-Avhite streaks ; a fine waved silvery-white line just before 

 terme\i ; a fine whitish fine at base of cilia. Hind wing red-broAra, 

 the interspaces of basal half whitish ; a terminal series of small 

 dark lunules slightly defined on inner side by white ; cilia brownish 

 white with a .brown line through them; the underside whitish 

 thickly irrorated with red-brown, a brown discoldal striga, diffused 

 waved' posbnedial line, and subterminal shade. 



Hah. S. Nigeria, Ilesha {Humfrey), 1 6 ; CoxGO {Curvor), 

 1 $ tvpe spoUata; Uga>-da, Entebbe (MincJini), 1 $; Mada- 

 OASCAE, Betsileo (Cowan), 1 d, 1 2; Sikhim, 2 d type 

 reticutala ; Madras, Nilgiris (Hampson), 1 $ ; Ceylox, Pundaloya 

 (Green), 1 $; Selaxgoe (Jlecide-TVahlo), 1 ?. i:xj). S2~ 

 40 millim. 



8301. Phytometra violascens, n. sp. (Plate CCXXXVII. fig. 15.) 



J . Head and thorax red-brown slightly mixed with grey-white ; 

 antenna? ringed dark brown and white towards base ; tarsi brown 

 ringed Avith white; abdomen whitish tinged vdth. red-brown, the 

 crests dark broAvn and grey at tips, the lateral tufts rufous. Fore 

 Aving chocolate-brown suffused Avith purjjle and slightly irrorated 

 Avitii dark broAvn, the veins Avith slight dark sti-eaks ; subbasal line 

 broAvn slightly defined on outer side by silver, from costa to 

 vein 1 ; antemedial line broAvn sHghtly defined on inner side by 

 silver, incm-ved in cell, then oblique; orbicular slightly defined 

 by sih-er, obliquely and slightly constricted at middle; a short 

 ]»road V-shaped stigma slightly defined by sih-er beloAV the coll, its 

 loAver part bent outwards ; renifonn slightly defined by silver and 

 strongly constricted at middle ; an obhque brown line from loAver 

 angle of cell to inner margin ; postmedial line broAvn slightly 

 defined on outer side by silver, bent outwards below costa, then 

 oblique, slightly incurved at discal fold and beloAv vein 3 ; sub- 

 terminal line broAvn, slightly excm*vcd beloAV veins 4 and 3 ; a 

 terminal series of small choeolate-broAvn lunules defined on inner 

 side by a fine Avaved silvery line. Hind wing with the basal half 

 whitish, the A'eins and inner area suffused with broAvn, the terminal 

 half dark brown ; cilia Avhite Avith a brown line near base ; the 

 undei-side Avhite irrorated Avith brown, a slight discoidal lunule, 

 diffused postmetlial line, and subterminal shade. 



