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brown leaving whiter segmental lines ; antennaa tinged with fulvous 

 brown ; palpi with the 2nd joint dark brown above to near 

 extremity ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen white. 

 Fore wing white suffused with fulvous brown leaving the base, the 

 costa to beyond middle, the apical part of terminal area and a spot 

 below end of cell white ; a faint oblique antemedial shade ; traces 

 of a dark discoidal annulus ; a faint dark subterminal shade from 

 costa to vein 3 with slight dark streaks on it at the veins, inter- 

 rupted by a white streak in disoal fold ; black points on termen 

 from apex to vein 3, ratber wedge-shaped towards apex. Hind 

 wing white ; the termen with black points to vein 3 then a fine 

 line to near torn us ; cilia tinged with fulvous at base. Underside 

 of fore wing tinged with fulvous brown except on inner area. 



Hab. Gold Coast, Kumasi {Whiteside), 1 $ tvpe. Exp. 

 20 mm. 



(6) Obtusipalpis albidalis, sp. n. 



S . Head, thorax, and abdomen white slightly tinged in parts 

 with fulvous brown ; palpi, with the 2nd joint black above ; 

 pectus, legs, and ventral siuface of abdomen white, the fore tibiae 

 and tarsi banded with blackish. Fore wing white slightly tinged 

 with fulvous ; a faint dark discoidal bar and oblique diffused post- 

 medial line from vein 4 to inner margin ; a terminal series of black 

 points to vein 4, then a fine line ; cilia more strongly tinged with 

 fulvous. Hind wing white ; a terminal series of black points to 

 vein 4, then a fine line to near tornus. Underside white faintly 

 tinged with fulvous. 



Hab. Sierra Leone {Clements), 3 6 ; Gold Coast, Kumasi 

 {Whiteside), 1 § type. Exp. 18-20 mm. 



(7) Brihaspa tinctalis, sp. n. 

 Donacaula eatoxodes, Turner, Ann. Queensl. Mus. 1911, p. 118, non descr. 



$ . Head, thorax, and abdomen white, the sides of head, tegulse,. 

 and patagia tinged with fulvous brown, the abdomen with some 

 fulvous on dorsum near base ; palpi at sides and fore legs in front 

 fulvous brown. Fore wing white tinged with fulvous brown 

 leaving slight white streaks on the veins, the inner and terminal 

 areas whiter ; a double very slightly sinuous fulvous brown sub- 

 terminal line, arising from apex, oblique to vein 2, then bent 

 inwards to inner margin before middle ; a black terminal line ; 

 cilia with a slight fulvous brown line near tips. Hind wing Avhite 

 with a very slight fulvous brown tinge. Underside of fore wing 

 and costa of hind wing slightly tinged with fulvous brown. 



Hab. Queensland, Kuranda {Dodd), 1 5 type. Exp. 20 mm. 



(3«) Pqtissa fulvipunctalis, sp. n. 



2 . Head, thorax, and abdomen white. Fore wing silvery white ;: 

 a slight orange-fulvous discoidal spot and a subterminal spot ore 



