68 On new Pyralidse of the Subfamily Oambinse. 



to its inner edge ; some terminal fuscous suffusion and a series of 

 black points. Hind wing white with a fine fuscous terminal line. 



Ab. 1. Fore wing strongly tinged with ochreous. 

 2 ■ Fore wing with the area between the medial and postmedial 

 lines suffused with black. 



Hab. Sudan, Port Sudan (Waterfield), 1 d ; Br. E. Africa, 

 Athi-ya-Mawe (Betton), 1 $; "Germ. E. Africa," Dar-es-Salaam, 

 1 d type ; Transvaal, Rietfontein (Janse), 1 d . Exp. 22- 

 26 mm. 



(lb) Surattha selenalis, sp. n. 



d . Head, thorax, and base of abdomen white faintly tinged with 

 rufous, the rest of abdomen strongly suffused with rufous ; antenna} 

 with the branches black ; palpi suffused with brown ; pectus and 

 legs white, the tibiae and tarsi banded with brown. Fore wing 

 pale red-brown slightly irro rated with whitish, the postmedial part 

 of costal area white slightly irrorated with rufous ; antemedial line 

 whitish, defined on outer side by a slight blackish mark at costa, 

 then indistinct to submedian fold where it is angled outwards, then 

 oblique and defined on each side by blackish ; medial line whitish 

 defined on each side by blackish, angled outwards in submedian 

 fold ; a pure white discoidal lunule ; subterminal line white, 

 excurved at middle and slightly waved towards costa and inner 

 margin ; a fine white line just before termen, defined on outer side 

 by slight blackish points ; cilia white with a rather interrupted 

 red-brown line near base and some red-brown at tips. Hind wing 

 silvery white. Underside of fore wing except the inner area and 

 the costal area of hind wing tinged with red-brown. 



Sab. Abyssinia, Taddecha Mullka (Degen), Id type. Exp. 

 28 mm. 



(3 b) Surattha soudanensis, sp. n. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen white tinged with fulvous yellow, the 

 thorax irrorated with black ; antennae of male with the branches 

 black ; palpi suffused with rufous ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface 

 of abdomen white tinged with rufous. Fore wing white suffused 

 with pale fulvous and irrorated with black in the interspaces, those 

 of postmedial area rather more thickly irrorated ; a diffused curved 

 whitish antemedial band defined on inner side by pale fulvous ; a 

 narrow white medial band defined on outer side by pale fulvous, its 

 edges slightly waved ; a rounded white discoidal spot defined by 

 blackish ; a narrow white postmedial band defined on inner side 

 by pale fulvous, its outere dge slightly dentate, somewhat excurved 

 beyond the cell ; a lunulate white subterminal line defined on outer 

 side by a series of black points ; cilia white mixed with brownish. 

 Hind wing white faintly tinged with reddish brown, the cilia pure 

 white. Underside white faintly tinged with rufous. 



Hab. Sudan, Port Sudan ( Waterfield), 4 d , 1 § type. Exp. 

 22-26 mm. 



[To be continued.] 



