136 Sir G. F. Hampson on 



Macropledra obliquUinea, sp. n. 



Fore wing with vein 10 from the cell; hind wing with 

 veins 6, 7 stalked. 



S . Head, thorax, and abdomen fulvous ; fore legs tinged 

 with fuscous in front. Fore wing fulvous ; an oblique white 

 line from below costa well beyond middle to middle of inner 

 margin, slightly excurved at lower angle of cell, defined on 

 inner side by black betw^een veins 6 and 2 and with some 

 fuscous suffusion beyond it except towards inner margin. 

 Hind wing whitish suffused with brown. Underside of both 

 wings whitish suffused with brown and with the costa fulvous. 



Hab. S. Nigeria, Olokemeji {Dudgeon), 1 (J ; Uganda, 

 White Nile, Gondokoro {Reynes-Co/e), 2 S, Basubika 

 (Betton), 1 ^ ; Br. E. Africa, Mauda I. [Jackson), 1 ^ ; 

 Gazalaxd, Mt. Chirinda (Marshall), 1 ^ type. E.vp. 14- 

 16 mm. 



Macropledra mesocyma, sp. n. 



cJ . Head, thorax, and abdomen pale ochreous brown. 

 Fore wing pale ochreous brown with slight dark irroration ; 

 an oblique waved black shade slightly defined on outer side 

 by white from upper angle of cell to middle of inner margin, 

 interrupted at lower angle of cell ; a faint oblique dark shade 

 from costa just before apex to inner margin. Hind wing 

 white faintly tinged with brown. 



Hab. Uganda, White Nile, Gondokoro {Reynes-Cole), 2 c? 

 type. J£xp. 16 mm. 



Macropledra fuscifusa, sp. n. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen rufous, the dorsum of thurax 

 with black mixed ; legs sufl'used with fuscous brown. Fore 

 wing Ijright rufous sparsely irrorated with black scales ; a 

 diffused irregular black fascia in submedian fold to below 

 end of cell ; a diffused discoidal patch ; an oblique waved 

 blackish subterminal band from below costa to above tornus, 

 its inner edge confluent with a black patch above discalfold, 

 with traces of an oblique line from it to middle of inner 

 margin ; a terminal series of small blackish spots. Hind 

 wing fuscous brown, the cilia whitish. Underside of botli 

 wings ochreous suffused with brown. 



Ab. 1. Fore wing with the difl'used blackish marking 

 covering the greater part of inner and terminal areas and 

 conjoined to the discoidal patch. 



Hab. Gold Coast {Dudgeon) ^ 3 J type; S. Nigeria, 



