Noctiiidse in the Joicey Collection. 9 



a black spot obliquely bc5^oiid it, near hind niarojin ; median 

 line obliquely sinuous fi-om two-fifths costa to half hind 

 margin, angled outward behind M^, a small black 'spot 

 distally to it in cell and an upright blackish streak in place 

 of thereniforra ; postmedial line obliquely sinuous from half 

 costa to close to tornus, indistinct^ upright at costa, strongly 

 angled outward at R' and before hind mai'gin and inward 

 at R* behind M' ; subterminal line strongly dentate, nearly 

 parallel with margin to about R', upon which and on M' it 

 is angled out to nearer the distal margin, which it joins at 

 SM^; broad terminal black spots on the veins; fringe 

 white, with black streaks between the veins and slight 

 brown tips. 



Hind wing yellow, coloured about as in B. donans, Wlk., 

 but with the dark border extended along costa, ending close 

 to M', shading gradually into the ground-colour and ex- 

 tending across the fringe ; tornal one-third of fringe yellow ; 

 veins slightly darkened. 



Underside of fore wing brown ; costa from near base 

 white with some br.)vvn marks on it, the white broadening 

 to a patch from about half to three-quarters along costa ; 

 fringe white chequered with blackish, as above. Hind wing 

 as above, but with a reddish tinge on costal area. 



Sierra Leone, type only. 



This specimen appears to belong to the genus Blenina, hut 

 the fore wing is a trifle narrowed at the apical part of costa, 

 the hind wing unusually narrow and almost without the 

 marginal indentation behind M^ which is so characteristic 

 of the majority of Blenina species. The origin of M^ on the 

 liind wing is removed further from M^ than in any other 

 Blenina species known to me, unless it be B. quadripuncta, 

 Hmpsn. (type in Coll. Joicey), the neuration of which is not 

 quite normal. 



6. Risoba ubliqua, sp. n. (PI. I. fig. 6.) 



^ . — 40 mm. 



Head green, teguloe banded with brown (next the head), 

 green, and white. Thorax white mixed with brown scales, 

 the crest green. Pectus and hair on femora and tibire pale 

 brown, tinged in parts with greenish ; tarsi brown with pale 

 rings at the joints. Abdonum above greenish, variegated, 

 the crests dark brown ; beneath dark brown, except l)asally. 



Fore wing white, irrorated with green, especially on the 

 apical costal area, and with thick dark brown iiroration, 

 forming a very oblique band outside the anteniedial line and 



