veiv Species of Lepidoptera. 327 



Stericta nigropunctata, sp. n. 



Male. — Head, antennoe, collar, tegular, thorax, and abdo- 

 men pale yellowish brown, the togulie banded with black ; 

 legs brown. Primaries pale yellowish brown, crossed from 

 the costal to the inner margin by two zigzag pale yellow 

 lines, the first about the middle, the second snbmarginal ; a 

 black dot at the end of the cell and one below the cell near 

 the base : secondaries pale yellowish brown, darkest at the 

 apex and round the outer margin. 



Expanse 1^ inch. 



llab. Colombia, Minca {Mus. Druce). 



Subfam. Pysalinm. 

 Sacada nerina, sp. n. 



Male. — Head, antenna?, palpi, tegulw, thorax, an 1 abdo- 

 men pale brown. Primaries pale brown, whitish along the 

 costal margin ; a faint brown curved line crosses the wing 

 near the base from the costal to the inner margin, and a 

 narrow white line extends from the apex almost to the anal 

 angle ; the outer margin dark brown : secondaries dark 

 brown, crossed about the middle from the costal to the inner 

 margin by a wide bluish-grey band, edged with a fine white 

 line on each side ; the fringes of both wings brown. The 

 underside uniformly brown ; the outer margin of the primaries 

 dark brown. — The /ewa/e very similar to the male, but larger 

 and slightly paler in colour. 



Expanse, ^ lyV, ? 1| inch. 



llab. Madagascar (Mus. Druce). 



Constantia ornatUy sp. n. 



Male. — Head, antenna, tegulse, and thorax pale greyish 

 brown ; abdomen and legs white. Primaries pale greyish 

 brown, thickly irrorated with white scales ; two white lines 

 cross the wing, the first nearest the base, the second beyond; 

 a white line from the costal margin near the apex crosses the 

 wing to the middle of the outer margin ; the marginal line 

 white, the fringe brownish white : secondaries white, edged 

 with brown from the apex to the anal angle. 



Expanse | inch. 



Hob. E. Africa, Delagoa Bay {Mrs. Monteiro, Mus. Druce). 



Constantia striata^ sp. n. 

 Female. — Head, antennai, thorax, teguhe, abdomen, and 



