424 Mr. G. T. Botliune-Baker on 



Gargetta concolora, sp. n. 



S . Both wings uniform dark brown. Primaries rather 

 darker than secondaries, with the least trace of a dark dotted 

 median line and a trace of an angled postmedian line, also a 

 trace of a paler scalloped subterminal line : secondaries 

 markless. 



Expanse 40 mm. 



Hub. Makala, Congo Free State, May. 



In the Powell-Cotton collection. 



Metopolophota, gen. nov. 



Palpi thickly scaled, end segment minute, barely reaching 

 the apex ; antennse bipectinate to the tips ; face roughly 

 scaled, with a projecting tuft below the socket of each an- 

 tenna ; thorax probably tufted (but the single specimen is 

 rubbed). Primary with extreme base of costa curved, then 

 straight to near apex, when it is suddenly depressed ; termen 

 rounded at apex, receding and slightly hollowed ; wing 

 narrow, expanding but slightly : secondaries subtriaTigular, 

 with arched costa. Neuration : primaries with vein 3 from 

 just before the apex, 4 from the apex, 5 from just above the 

 middle of the discocellulars ; 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked, 8 and 9 

 on a very long stalk just in front of the apex, 9 terminating 

 on the costa; 11 long, from two-thirds along the cell : second- 

 aries with 3 and 4 from the lower angle, 5 from the middle, 

 6 and 7 on a short stalk from the upper angle. 



Type, Metopolophota epinephela, B.-B. 



Metopolophota epinephela, sp. n. 



(J. Head and thorax whitish grey. Primaries creamy 

 grey, with a broad dark brown costal dash extending into 

 the cell towards the middle; inner margin scaled with 

 brownish ; a broad dark streak below the cell from vein 2 to 

 vein 4 ; termen broadly brownish except at apex ; a trace of 

 a costal spot beyond the cell and two small ones below each 

 other in front of the apex ; fringe tessellated white and 

 brown : secondaries uniform spotless dull brown, 

 .Expanse 34 mm. 



Hab. Ituri Forest, between Beni and Makala. 



In the Powell-Cotton collection. 



