140 On new African Moths. 



9 to 5. Iliiul wing silky white ; the underside with the 

 Costa tiuficd with ochreous. 



Hab. S. Nigeria, Lagos {Strahan), 1 ? type. Exp. 

 34 ram. 



Contheyla argyrolepia, sp. n. 



Fore wing with vein 10 stalked with 7 , 8, 9. 



$ . Head, thorax, and abdomen yellow suffused with 

 rufous and irrorated with some black and silvery scales ; 

 palpi, pectus, legs, aud ventral surface of abdomen deep 

 rnfous. Fore wing pale yelloAv tinged with rufous and 

 irrorated with some black and silvery scales especially in the 

 cilia, the costa rufous ; diffused, obliquely placed, small rufous 

 spots below bases of veins 4, 3, 2 ; a slight diffused curved 

 rufous line from costa beyond middle to vein 3 near termen ; 

 a fuscous subterminal shade from costa to vein 3 ; a fuscous 

 terminal line irrorated with silvery scales from apex to vein 4 

 followed by striae to tornus ; cilia yellow at base, black at 

 tips, and irrorated with silver scales. Hind wing yellow 

 tinged with rufous, the cilia with some black scales at tips. 



Hab. Gold Coast, Kumasi {WJtiteside) , 1 (^ type. Exp. 

 26 mm. 



Susica molybdea, sp. n. 



Antennre of male with short uniseriate laminate branches. 



J. Head, thorax, and abdomen yellowish tinged with 

 rufous and glossed with silvery grey, tiie patagia darker at 

 tips ; palpi and fore legs browner. Fore wing red-brown 

 strongly glossed with silvery grey, especially on medial area 

 where the silvery suffusion has an oblique outer edge 

 arising from costa near apex, and irrorated with a few black 

 scales ; a faint dark discoidal spot ; an indistinct oblique 

 sinuous dark line from lower angle of cell to inner margin ; 

 a faint brown subterminal line, excurved above and below 

 middle. Hind wing pale red-brown with a greyish gloss. 



Jlab. Sierra Leone, Port Lokko {Penny), 1 ^\ Gold 

 Coast, Kumasi {Whitesidf), \ S type. Exp. 38-44 mm. 



Allied to S. cinei'ea^ Holl. 



Somaru viridicosta, sp. n. 



Head and thorax bright apple-green ; palpi, lower part of 

 frons, sides of head, antennae, a dorsal fascia on thorax, 

 outer edge of patagia, pectus, and legs deep rufous ; abdomen 

 yellow, a dorsal fascia, the extremity and ventral surface 

 rufous. Fore wing rufous ; a bright apple-green fascia on 

 costal area to postmedial line leaving tlte costal edge rufous; 



