BUTTERFLIES, MOTHS, AND BEETLES 309 



Craspedia sagittiliiiea, sp. nov. 



It belongs to the sub-family Sterrhinae. 



Forewings : ochreous with an olive tinge ; a row of distinct 

 black marginal spots ; fringe greyish-ochreous ; cell-spot black. 

 Hindwings : the same, but the dark cell-spot is surmounted by a 

 round spot of snow-white raised scales. Expanse : 26 millim. 



It was caught on Mombasa Island in October 1896. 



It is remarkable for the dense and rough scaling. 



Chloroc/ysiis grisea, sp. nov. 



It belongs to the sub-family Tephroclystiinae. 



Forewings : ochreous, suffused with grey and tinged with 

 rufous ; basal patch with traces of waved grey lines through 

 them ; fringe chequered light and dark grey. Underside pale 

 grey. Expanse : 16 millim. 



It was caught on Mombasa Island in October 1896. 



Eulype (?) disparattiy sp. nov. 



It belongs to the sub-family Hydriomeninae. 



Forewings : glossy, leaden grey ; three transverse broadish 

 lines white ; minute dark cell-spot. Hindwings : white, fringe 

 ochreous-grey. Expanse : 28 millim. 



The antennae of the male are lamellate and subserrate. 



One male and one female were caught at Nandi in the 

 Uganda Protectorate in December 1896. 



Plerocyriiia nigrocellaia, sp. nov. 



It belongs to the sub-family Hydriomeninae. 



Forewings : uniform glossy grey ; cell-spot oblique, velvety 

 black. Hindwings : hardly paler, without markings of any kind. 

 Expanse : 32 millim. 



Two males and one female were caught at Nandi in the 

 Uganda Protectorate in December 1896. 



Hyostoviodes nubilata, sp. nov. 



This very rare moth has been classed as a new genus 

 (Hyostomodes). 



It belongs to the sub-family Semiothisinae. 



Forewings : whitish, thickly dusted and striated with dark 

 grey, lines starting from dark costal spots. Hindwing with black 

 cell-spot. Expanse 26 millim. 



One male and one female were caught at Muani in British 

 East Africa in December 1896. 



