new Species o/Noctuidfe. 591 



tinged with rufous. Underside of fore wing whitish slightly- 

 tinged with rufous. 



Hab. Br. C. Africa^ Chiromo {de Jersey), 1 $ type. 

 EocjJ. 26 mm. 



Westermannia nocturna, sp. n. 



S . Head, thorax, and abdomen pale greyish brown. 

 Fore wing with the inner, margin highly arclied_, the termen 

 obliquely curved ; pale reddish brown suffused with greyish 

 and irrorated with a few dark scales ; an oblique brown 

 striga from middle of costa; a slight curved discoidal bar; 

 an oblique brown streak from costa beyond middle to vein Q, 

 with a greyer patch beyond it ; traces of a subterminal line 

 excurved below costa and at middle. Hind wing uniform, 

 rather pale red-brown; the underside greyer, tinged with 

 fuscous from lower angle of cell to termen. 



Hah. Nigeria, Old Calabar {Crompton), 1 c? type. Ea-p. 

 38 mm. 



Westermannia phceopepla, sp. n. 



? . Head, thorax, and abdomen pale grey-brown ; pectus 

 and ventral surface of abdomen whitish. Fore wing pale 

 greyish fuscous brown, the costal area (except on medial area) 

 paler, with an ochreous tinge and slight dark irroration ; 

 anteraedial line indistinct, dark, very slightly incurved ; an 

 obscure dark discoidal bar ; postmedial line indistinct, dark, 

 diffused, oblique from costa to vein 6, then inwardly oblique, 

 a faint dark spot beyond it at vein 4. Hind wing fuscous 

 brown, with a faint reddish gloss. Underside pale grey ; 

 fore wing suffused with fuscous except marginal areas. 



Hab. Nigeria, Sapele (Sampson), 1 ? type. Ea:p. 

 28 mm. 



TVestermannia stalactitis, sp. n. 



$ . Head and thorax greyish brown ; palpi whitish in 

 front ; abdomen fuscous brown. Fore wing pale reddish 

 brown with a cupreous tinge, the basal area glossed with 

 grey ; a somewhat oblique slightly sinuous antemedial line, 

 with a minute dark wedge-shaped mark from costa before it ; 

 a wedge-shaped chocolate patch from middle of costa to 

 vein 1, its edges defined by whitish lines and waved, its 

 point bent outwards and acute ; three white discoidal points, 

 the lowest rather larger; a sinuous postmedial line, oblique 

 from costa to vein 6, excurved at median nervules, then 

 incurved ; a somewhat semicircular chocolate patch on. costa 



