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and the veins beyond the cell defined by slight black streaks ; a 

 curved punctiform silver subterrainal line ; a terminal series of 

 minute black lunules ; cilia with fuscous and silvery scales mixed 

 and with a slight black line near base. Hind wing silvery white. 

 Underside of fore wing and costal area of hind wing tinged with 

 red-brown. 



Hab. Sierba Leone {Clements), 2 d type; N. Nigeria, 

 Ilorin (Macfie), 1 $ , Zungeru (Mac fie), 3 $ ; Uganda, 

 Gondokoro (Beymes-Cole), 1 $. Exp., <$ 22, $ 26 mm. 



(31) Diatrcea argent isparsalis, sp. n. 



Head and thorax yellow mixed with red-brown ; abdomen 

 creamy white, the ventral surface yellowish. Fore wing yellow 

 tinged with red-brown and irrorated with a few black-brown and 

 silver scales ; a small black discoidal spot and two minute brown 

 and silver spots below end of cell with a fulvous bar on their outer 

 side ; an indistinct curved fulvous subterminal line ; a terminal 

 series of minute black spots ; cilia blackish mixed with silver. 

 Hind wing glossy white slightly tinged with ochreous. Underside 

 of fore wing and the costal area of hind wing suffused with red- 

 brown. 



Hal. Br. C. Africa, Mt. Mlanje (Neave), 3 6 , 1 $ type ; 

 Masiionaland (Bobbie), 1 $. Exp., 6 18, $ 20-22 mm. 



(32) Diatrcea perfusalis, sp. n. 



$ . Head and thorax yellowish suffused with deep red-brown ; 

 abdomen brownish white ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of 

 abdomen suffused with red-brown. Fore wing yellowish strono-ly 

 suffused with deep red-bi'own ; two small almost con pined black 

 discoidal spots with a diffused dark brown fascia from them to 

 the indistinct rather diffused curved dark subterminal line ; a 

 terminal series of minute black spots. Hind wing creamy white 

 with a slight brown terminal line to submedian fold. Underside 

 of fore wing and the costal area of hind wing suffused with red- 

 brown. 



Hah. S. Nigeria, Yorubaland, Ogbomoso (Sir G. Carter), 

 2 $ type. Exp. 26 mm. 



(33) Diatrcea costifusalis, sp. n. 



Head and thorax creamy white mixed with black ; abdomen 

 creamy white, the ventral surface brown ; pectus and legs suffused 

 with red-brown. Fore wing creamy white tinged with rufous, the 

 costal area broadly suffused with bright red-brown ; the basal area 

 below the cell sparsely irrorated with large dark brown and silvery 

 scales and the inner margin towards tornus irrorated with black- 

 brown ; a small spot formed by blackish and silvery scales in 

 middle of cell and a curved medial series of similar spots between 

 subcostal nevure and vein 1 ; two small black discoidal spots ; a 



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