new Spades of NoctuiJie. 593 



from costa to veiu 4, then slightly incurved ; a fine pale line 

 at base of cilia. Hind wing whitish, uniformly tinged with 

 pale brown ; the underside rather Avhiter. 

 Hab. Nigeria, Sapele {Sumpsou), 1 (J type. Ea^p. 30 mm. 



Aiteta costiplaga, sp. n. 

 ? . Head and thorax rufous ; palpi with the extremity 

 of second and third joints white ; frons with white patch 

 below ; vertex of head and thorax with whitish patches ; 

 abdomen pale rafous. Fore wing pale brownish rufous 

 slightly tinged with grey ; antemedial line indistinct, out- 

 wardly oblique, arising from a slight olive triangular patch 

 on costa ; postmedial line indistinct, inwardly oblique, arising 

 from apex of a triangular olive patch on costa; traces of a 

 sinuous punctiform subterminal line ; cilia grey at base, with 

 brown line through them and whitish tips. Hind wing and 

 underside of both wings orange. 



Hab. Nigeria, Onitsba, 1 ? type. E.cp. 30 mm. 



Aiteta meterythra, sp. n. 



c^ . Head and thorax deep rufous ; fore tibia and tarsi 

 and mid and hind tibiae streaked with rufous, the fringe of 

 very long hair on hind tibire tinged with fuscous ; abdomen 

 orange-red, the base and extremity of dorsum tinged with 

 brown. Fore wing deep rufous, slightly suflFused with grey 

 except on medial area and with slight dark irroration ; 

 antemedial line defined by grey on inner side, outwardly 

 oblique, almost straight ; a slight blackish point in cell 

 towards extremity and blackish discoidal bar ; postmedial 

 line defined by greyish on outer side, with some deeper 

 rufous suS'usion on each side of it, slightly oblique from costa 

 to vein 6 and incurved below vein 4 ; subterminal line fine, 

 blackish, slightly waved, angled outwards at vein 7 , excurved 

 at middle, and ending on termen above tornus. Hind wing 

 and underside of both wings fiery red. 



? . Thorax and abdomen sometimes dorsally tinged with 

 grey ; fore wing with the ground-colour deep rufous or more 

 or less entirely suffused with grey. 



Hab. Nigeria, Sapele {Sampson), 1 (J, 2 ? type; 

 Old Calabar {Crompton) , 3 ?. E.vp., ^ 30, ? 26-28 mm. 



Carea acypera, sp. n. 



$ . Fore wing with the apex acute, the termen nearly 

 straight. 



Ann. cf- Ma(j. N. Hist. Ser. 7. Vol xvi. 39 



