156 Sir G. F. Ilampson on new 



3527 «. Bryophila anam'ica, sp. u. 



(J . Head and thorax wliite tinged with brown and irro- 

 rated with a fcAv blackish scales ; anteunse blackish ; palpi 

 with some black at side of second joint ; tarsi black ringed 

 with white ; abdomen white tinged with fuscous, the crests 

 blackish. Fore wing Avhite tinged with brown and in parts 

 with yellowish and slightly irrorated with blackish ; a black 

 streak below submedian fold from base to the antcmedial 

 line and between the ante- and postmedial lines ; a slight 

 blackish subbasal streak irr the cell ; antemedial line in- 

 distinct, blackit-h, angled outwards below the costa' and 

 submedian fold and inwards below the cell and at vein 1 ; 

 orbicular and reniforni small brownish spots with faint 

 Mhitish annuli ; postmedial line very indistinct, blackish, 

 bent outwards below costa and oblique from vein 4 to sub- 

 median fold ; traces of an oblique subterminal line with 

 short black streaks beyond it above and below vein 5 and 

 below vein 2 ; a terminal series of minute black spots ; cilia 

 with series of blackish s|)ots at middle and tips. Hind wing 

 M'hite tinged Avith reddish brown ; cilia white with a 

 brownish line near base ; the underside with slight brownish 

 discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line excurved below 

 the costa. 



Hub. Algeria, Batna (Eaton), 1 ^ type. Exp. 2C mm. 



3700 a. Acronycta lifacina, sp. n. 



? . Head and thorax purple-grey mixed with dark brown ; 

 palpi with the first and second joints black except at tips ; 

 tarsi dark brown with ])ale rings ; abdomen grey suffused with 

 brown. Fore wing pur[)le-grcy mixed with dark brown ; an 

 izidistinet curved bhickish subbasal line from costa to median 

 nervure ; a black streak in submedian fold from base to the 

 antemedial line towards which it forks ; antemedial line 

 dark, indistinct except at costa, oblique, sinuous, angled 

 inwai'ds below the cell and slightly at vein 1 ; some rufous 

 beyond it below the cell ; orbicular and reniform absent ; 

 a black streak above; tcnniiial part of nuulian nervure to just 

 l)eyond the cell, with a slight streak below its exti'cmity and 

 some diffused rufous beyond the cell ; a dark shade from 

 costa to upper angle of cell ; postmedial line black defined 

 on inner side by ])ale grey, dentate, strongly excurved below 

 costa, angled inwards at discal fold and strongly in sub- 

 median fold, sotne wliite points beyond it on costa and a 

 Avcdge-shaped dark shade from before it to termen in sub- 

 median \'()\d : a t(,'rniiiKil scries ol" luimlate blackish s[)ots ; 



