Eastern and African Lcpidoplera. 509 



Avitta cupienda, nov. 



? . Antennae, last joint of palpi, abdomen, and hind wings 

 above black, without markings, the first two joints of the 

 palpi ochreous on their inner sides ; the outer sides of the 

 palpi, head, thorax, and fore wings above dark brown-pink, 

 the last with thin indistinct ochreous transverse bands or 

 thick lines, antemedial, inclining outwards, angled below 

 costa, then nearly straight and outwardly edged with brown ; 

 another postmedial, deeply angled below costa, then dislo- 

 cated, then continued to the hinder margin parallel to and 

 shaped like the lirst line ; an apical ochreous indistinct smear, 

 two blackish spots at the end of the cell, marginal line pale, 

 cilia black ; the cilia of the hind wings are black with the 

 outer half nearly white. 



Expanse of wings ly-'^^ inch. 



Kina-Balu {Everett) . 



Talapa gehenna^ nov. 



<^. Of a uniform dark pinkish-grey colour, sparsely 

 irrorated with brown atoms ; indications on the fore wings of 

 subbasal, medial, and discal transverse lines, the last den- 

 tated ; orbicular a round reddish spot, reniform larger, nearly 

 square, and of the same colour, both indistinct ; a black 

 angular subapical spot on the costa : hind wings with an 

 indistinct dentated discal line corresponding to the middle 

 line of the fore wings ; outer margin of both wings shaded 

 darker, an anteciliary white line. Underside paler, with a 

 medial outwardly curved line on both wings. 



Expanse of wings l-f^ inch. 



Siam, Muok-Lek, 1000 feet, January {Fruhstorfer) ; 

 Singapore {Davison). 



There is an example, without palpi, from Sumatra, in the 

 B. M., unnamed. 



Ilypena creniona, nov. 



(J ? . Palpi, head, thorax, and fore wing pinkish brown: 

 fore wings with a prominent white spot in tlie cell of male, a 

 central broad band, slightly darker than the rest of the wing, 

 limited by a subbasal sinuous pale line and a postmedial 

 similar line, the former edged outwardly with brown, tiie 

 latter edged inwardly ; a submargiual series of black dots 

 with white flecks, some distance from the margin : hind 

 wings dark brown without markings. 



Expanse of wings lyo i'^ch. 



