Species of Pyialidje. 559 



slightly excurved from costa to vein 2, then retracted to 

 below angle of cell and oblique to above tornus ; cilia 

 yellowish at submedian interspace ; the underside yellowish 

 to beyond the postmedial line, which is strong, black, and 

 conjoined at lower angle of cell to the blackish discoidal 

 patch. 



Hub. Nigeria, Sapele (Sampson), 1 ? type. E,rp, 

 22 mm. 



{26 b) Lygropia hyalostictalis, sp. n. 



c^ . Head and thorax fuscous brown ; palpi at base, pectus, 

 and legs whitish ; abdomen with the basal half fuscous 

 brown, the terminal half greyish, the ventral surface white. 

 Fore wing fuscous brown with a cupreous gloss ; a slight 

 whitish autemedial mark in cell and another below the cell; 

 a quadrate hyaline spot in middle of cell and a lunule below 

 the cell, concave towards base ; a postmedial hyaline band 

 between veins 7 and 3. Hind wing fuscous brown with a 

 cupreous gloss ; a hyaline lunule below middle of cell, con- 

 cave towards base, and another beyond the cell between 

 veins 6 and 3. 



Hab. S. Nigeria, Lagos (Strachan), 1 (^ type. Exp. 

 28 mm. 



(30 c) Lygropia epipaschiodes, sp. n. 



c? . Head and thorax white irrorated with a few dark 

 brown scales ; palpi black except at base ; antennae blackish ; 

 fore and mid tibiae and fore tarsi spotted with black in front ; 

 abdomen white, dorsally tinged with brown except at base. 

 Fore wing white slightly irrorated with dark brown; a 

 diffused dark subbasal line and short streak below costa ; 

 diffused, somewhat dentate, erect autemedial and medial 

 lines; a similar postmedial line, with the area beyond it 

 black-brown, leavmg some white on termen above and belovv^ 

 middle ; cilia white, with some black-brown at tips towards 

 apex. Hind wing white, the inner area tinged with brown, 

 the termen suffused with fuscous, narrowing to tornus ; 

 cilia whitish, with a dark line near base, wholly brown 

 except at base towards apex. 



$ . Fore wing with more white on terminal area, leaving 

 a black-brown band beyond postmedial line and spot at 

 middle ; hind wing wholly suffused with brown. 



Hab. New Guinea, Kapaur {Doherty), 1 (^ type, Dinawa 

 (Pratt), 1 ? . E.vp., S 22, % 28 mm. 



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