162 Sir G. F. Hampson on new 



below costa, angled outwards to near tcrinen at discal fold, 

 then strongly incurved and with some black sufi'usion beyond 

 it ; a subterminal black line angled outwards below apex, 

 then incurved, angled outwards at vein 3, then oblique ; 

 a fine terminal black line ; cilia whitish and black. Hind 

 •wing whitish suffused and irrorated with brown ; some 

 slight black striae on inner margin ; some blackish suffusion 

 below end of cell ; postmedial line white defined on inner 

 side by a black line and on outer by black suffusion, ex- 

 curved below costa, then incurved to vein 2 where it is 

 angled outwards to near termen, then almost obsolete to 

 vein 1 and again prominent on inner area ; a fine minutely 

 waved black subterminal line from costa to vein 2; a fine 

 black terminal line ; cilia whitish, brownish at tips ; the 

 underside whitish suffused with brown, a slight dark discoidal 

 lunule and faint whitish postmedial hand defined on each side 

 by brown. 



Hah. LouisiADEs, Rossel I. (Meek), 1 ^ type. E.rp. 

 12 ram. 



(21j) Sufetula nigrescens, sp. n. 



Head and thorax brownish grey mixed with black ; palpi 

 black with white rings at extremities of second and third 

 joints; the spurs and tarsi black ringed with white; abdo- 

 men brownish grey obscurely banded with black. Fore wing 

 brownish grey suft'used with black ; antemedial line black 

 defined on inner side by white, angled outwards below costa, 

 in cell and submedian fold, then oblique to inner margin ; a 

 black discoidal spot; two yellowish white annuli on costa 

 beyond middle ; postmedial line black defined on outer side 

 by white forming a small triangular spot on costa, oblique to 

 discal fold, then inwardly oblique and sinuous ; a black line 

 just before termen from costa to submedian fold, excurved 

 below costa and at middle ; a fine black terminal line and 

 yellowish white line at base of cilia. Hind wing brownish 

 grey irrorated with black ; a black discoidal spot with 

 diffused line from it to inner margin ; postmedial line black 

 defined on outer side by grey, oblique, minutely waved, with 

 blackish sufiusion beyoiul it extending on costal area to 

 termen; a sinuous black line just before termen from costa 

 to vein 1 ; a fine black terminal line and pale line at base of 

 cilia ; the underside grey irrorated with fuscous, a black 

 discoidal spot, the postmedial line defined on outer side by 

 whitish. 



Hab. Sierra Leone {Clements), 1 J type ; S. Nigeria, 

 Niger R. [Dudgeon), 1 ? , Sapele (Sampson), 3 ?. Eup. 

 lii-22 mm. 



