588 Sir G. F. IIiimj)soii on 



Urbo))(i vdcrocyma , sp. n. 



(^ . Head and thorax grcy-wliite largely sufTu^cd with 

 rufous or dark brown ; palpi with the second joint blackish 

 above; tarsi banded witli fuscous; abdomen brownish white. 

 Fore wing whitish, tinged with rufous and more or less 

 thickly irrorated with fuscous ; a black point in middle of 

 cell and two discoidal points or small spots ; an oblique 

 minutely dentate brown line from c.)sta near apex to middle 

 of inner margin, sometimes slightly defined by white on outer 

 side. Hind wing whitish tinged with brown; the underside 

 whiter, sometimes with traces of postmedial line on costal 

 half. 



? . Head, thorax, and fore wing much darker red-brown; 

 abdomen fuscous ; fore wing with the discoidal points 

 conjoined into a lunule. 



Hub. Nigeria, Akasa {Lugard), 1 c? type; Sapele 

 {Sampson), 5 c? , 3 ? ; Old Calabar (Crompton), 1 (^ . Exp, 

 :i8-32 mm. 



Westermannia cuprea, sp. n. 



(^ . Head, thorax, and abdomen white, slightly tinged with 

 brown ; palpi blackish at sides. Fore wing golden cupreous, 

 the inner area white, slightly tinged with brown from base 

 of costa to inner margin near tornus, which is greyish; the 

 costal area, the cell before antemedial line, and the area 

 beyond the cell to postmedial line down to vein 2 suffused 

 with blue-grey ; the veins slightly streaked with white, more 

 prominently on postmedial area from costa to vein 6 ; an 

 oblique loop-shaped subbasal mark defined by a fine white 

 line from subcostal nei'vure to the inner white area; ante- 

 medial line pure white, inwardly oblique and incurved from 

 below costa to the white area ; orbicular and reniform finely 

 defined by white, the former somewhat elongate elliptical, 

 the latter with its lower part defined by grey, with white 

 point on its inner lower edge and small elliptical spot on its 

 outer; postmedial line white, oblique fr^m costa to vein 7, 

 where it is acutely angled outwards, then incurved to vein 3, 

 where it is less acutely angled, and again incurved to inner 

 margin ; a subterminal series of small black spots, with fine, 

 oblique, slightly waved, white line on their outer edge from 

 cosla to vein 7 ; the white streaks on veins 7, 6 meeting at 

 termen in an acute angle in the interspace. Hind wing 

 pale brown. 



Hah. AsHANTi, Obuassi [Berpmann), 1 <$ +ypc. Exp. 

 32 mm. 



