new African Moths. 133 



CossHs fauti, sp. 11. 



Fore wiiij^ with veins 7, 8 shortly stiilhcd from 9 beyond 

 the aieole ; hind wing with veins (5, 7 from ;i point. 



cJ . Head, thorax, and al)dom('n dark brown mixed witli 

 grey. Fore win^ greyi.sh jiiiffn.sed and irrorated witli red- 

 brown ; an obli(jiu' biackisli snbbasal line from costa to vein 1 

 and anteni'jdial .»«trij^a from vein 1 to inner mar;^iii ; a curved 

 slightly sinnons blac-k medial line, with another line beyond 

 it nearly straight to vein 2, then sinuous ; the terminal area 

 faintly striated with brown and with some l)lack striae from 

 costa; two irregularly sinuous blackish lines just before 

 termen. Hind wing greyish suffused with brown. 



Hab. Gold Coast, Ashanti, Obuassi [Btryman), 1 ^ type. 

 E.rp. 32 mm. 



Allied to C terelroidcs, Feld. 



Coryphodema all li fascial a, sp. n. 



(J . Head and teguUe fuscous mixed with white, the latter 

 with diffused black band iicar tips; patagia white, with some 

 fuscous hair near base; pectus, legs, and abdomen brownish 

 grey. Fore wing grey-white irrorated with brown, some 

 pure white below base of costa, the cell and a fascia below it 

 pure white ; an oblique brown shade from beyond lower 

 angle of cell to submedian fold, in which there is a blackish 

 streak on median area ; the terminal area reticulated with 

 brown lines ; two more prominent lines from apical part of 

 costa to above vein 4, w here they join and then emit oblique 

 streaks to termen at veins 4, 3, 2. Hind wing brownish 

 white, the veins and a terminal line brown. 



Hab. Cape Colo.nv, Kokstad {Mrs. Prinylt), 1 ^ type. 

 Escp. 32 mm. 



Agrees with {Brachionycha) punclulala, W\\i., = Corypho- 

 dema capensis, Feld., except that veins 6, 7 of the hind wing 

 are stalked almost to termen. 



Genus Trichocossus, nov. 



Proboscis absent; palpi minute, clothed with very long 

 liair ; antennae bijiectinate with moderate branches to apex ; 

 head, thorax, and abdomen clothed with long hair, the last 

 with the anal tuft long ; tibiie with the spurs long. Fore 

 wing with the costa and inner njargin nearly parallel, the 

 apex rounded, the termen evenly curved ; veins 1 a and h 

 anastomosing and cuned upw ards beyond middle ; 1 c slight ; 

 2 from close to angle of cell ; 3 from angle; a forked veinkt 



