580 Sir G. F. Ilampson on 



whitish mark irroratcd with black, then oblique antl sinuous 

 to tornus, some short black streaks beyond it towards apex ; 

 a series of prominent black points just before termen 

 forming tAvo strife above tornus. Hind wing white, the 

 veins and marginal areas slightly tinged with brown; the 

 underside with brown patch on costa before apex. 



Hab. Bkazil, Rio Janeiro [E. Wilson), 1 $ type. Exp. 

 4i4< mm. 



Plotheia nephelozona, sp. n. 



? . Head and thorax grey, tinged with pale red-brown ; 

 abdomen whitish. Fore wing grey, tinged with pale red- 

 brown and slightly irrorated with black ; a broad diffused 

 irregular medial fuscous band expanding on costa towards 

 apex and on inner margin towards base, with a very small 

 elongate tuft of raised scales on it in middle of cell ; two 

 minute black discoidal points ; faint traces of a subterminal 

 line ; a very slight brown shade on apical part of terminal 

 area ; a terminal series of minute black points. Hind wing 

 seraihyaline white ; the termen slightly tinged with brown 

 towards apex and with some slight points at middle ; the 

 underside with the costal area slightly tinged with brown, 



Hab. Br. E. Africa., Kikuyu, Nairobi plains {Crawshay), 

 1 ? type. Exp. 30 mm, 



Plotheia canofusa, sp. n. 



? . Head, thorax, and abdomen grey- white slightly mixed 

 with brown ; fore tarsi tinged with fuscous. Fore wing pale 

 brownish ochreous suflFused with grey-white on basal and 

 costal areas and slightly irrorated with fuscous ; antemedial 

 line indistinctly double, oblique, waved, angled inwards in 

 submedian fold and on vein 1 and retracted to inner margin, 

 towards which there is some fuscous on its inner side ; an 

 oblique pale fuscous shade from costa beyond middle to 

 antemedial line below the cell ; two minute black discoidal 

 spots ; postmedial line double, bent outwards below costa, 

 then minutely waved, excurved to vein 4, then incurved to 

 near antemedial line, some grey points beyond it on costa ; 

 subterminal line faint, dark, oblique from costa to vein 7 

 and with black spot on it above tornus ; a terminal series of 

 slight black strise. Hind wing seiT]ihya,line white, the costal 

 and terminal areas tinged with brown ; a fine dark terminal 

 line ; cilia white, tinged with brown at apex. 



Hab. Cape Colony, Annshaw [Miss F. Barrett), 1 $ type. 

 Exp. 28 mm. 



