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Arbelidse. 

 Marshalliatia nubifera, sp. n. 



(J . Primaries grey, dusted more or less all over with 

 darker grey, densely and darkly in a broad line below the 

 cell, with an L-shaped extremity ; a very broad and dark 

 postmedian area from the costa to below vein 2, extending 

 inwards below the cell into the angle of vein 2 ; costa darkly 

 dusted, as also the termen, but the latter is interrupted by 

 paler veins ; a dark elongate lozenge patch in the cell : 

 secondaries uniform brownish grey. 



Expanse 32 mm. 



Hub Nairobi, April. 



Type in my collection. 



Metarbela endomela, sp. u. 



(J . Frons pale grey, vertex dark brown, antennae pale 

 brownish grey, collar pale brownish, thorax and dorsal 

 tufts dark brown, abdomen pale greyish brown with darker 

 dorsum. Primaries j)ale greyish brown, reticulated more or 

 less distinctly all over with dark lines; the only lines at all 

 prominent are an oblique one from the costa at a quarter 

 from the apex and a short oblique one from the centre of 

 vein 2 to the inner margin at a third from the tornus ; these 

 and all the other reticulatory lines are fine; a short, broad, 

 dark basal dash below vein 1 : secondaries pale grey, finely 

 reticulated. The reticulations in both wings are very 

 irregular. 



Expanse 34 mm. 



Hub. Kamililo, Nandi Country, January. 



Type in my collection. 



Metarbela obliqualinea, sp. n. 



(^ . Head and thorax ochreous grey ; abdomen dirty pale 

 grey. Primaries pinkish ochreous, with a dark greyish line 

 along the lower part of the cell to beyond vein 2, from where 

 it descends obliquely to the tornus, the oblique part being 

 edged internally with creamy white ; the usual Arbelid 

 dotted lines are more or less present, less in the postmedian 

 area and condensed into the basal area, so that it has a very 

 pinkish shade : secondaries pale creamy white. 



Expanse 30 mm. 



