new African Heterocera. 263 



collar, one wedge-shaped brown spot on each patagium, one 

 similar wedge-shaped spot between the patagia, one smaller 

 spot in the centre and two on the metathorax ; abdomen 

 yellow, with a spot on the dorsum of the two proximal 

 segments. Primaries white, with a costal brown patch close 

 to the base, with a white spot on the costa, this patch is very 

 irregular ; a large very irregular median patch occupying 

 the median and postmedian areas and enclosing a large white 

 costal patch ; terminal area brown, most irregularly invaded 

 by the white ground, giving it a serrate outline; this brown 

 area is connected with the postmedian area along vein 5, 

 which gives off two brown short waved dashes below and one 

 above it ; below vein 1 a are three spots, one near the base 

 and two smaller ones nearer the middle : secondaries creamy 

 translucent white, with a black clash closing the cell on the 

 underside showing indistinctly through ; termen pale brown 

 to vein 2. 



Expanse 44 mm. 



Hab. Verulam, Natal. 



Type in my collection. 



Near marginalis, Walk. 



Cossidse. 

 Azygophleps albovittata, sp. n. 



£ . Palpi sooty grey ; frons and antennal tufts yellowish ; 

 vertex, thorax, and abdomen silvery greyish. Primaries pale 

 greyish, strongly and finely reticulated with blackish all over 

 except on the creamy-white expanding stripe occupying the 

 cell, and area beyond to the termen between veins 5 and 8 : 

 secondaries creamy white. 



Expanse 36 mm. 



Hab. N. Nigeria, Lokoja District; Ruenzori. 



Type in my collection ; other specimens in the National 

 Collection from Mount Ruenzori. 



Arbelidae. 

 Catarbelana, gen. nov. 



Palpi minute, upturned, hairy on first segment ; thorax 

 with patagia erected into slight lateral tufts and a double 

 tuft on the metathorax ; antennae strongly bipectinate with 

 cilia. Neuration : primaries with cell, between the Mar- 

 shalliana and Oatarbela type *, i. e. with the lower half of the 



* Ent. Tids. 1001, pp. 126-128. 



