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at costa, then by slight nitons marks, and witli some rufous 

 suffusion beyond it, cxcurvcd below vein 7 and at middle ; a 

 terminal series of minute bhick lunules. Hind wing pure 

 white ; the underside witli the costa irrorated witli a few 

 bhu'k scales. 



Hub. Tkansvaai,, ^Vhite U. {Cooke), 1 c?, I ? type. 

 K.ijt., J ;31-, ? 38 mm. 



971 0. Lijcophotla macrostiijiim, >j». u. 



(^ . Head and thorax dark red-brown mixed with a few 

 white and blaek scales ; palpi l)lackislij rufous at tips ; tegulse 

 \\'\i\\ black medial line ; tarsi blaek ringed with white ; abdo- 

 men whitish suttused with brown, especially ou dorsum. 

 Fore wing dark purplish red-brown, sparsely striated with 

 blaek on basal and terminal areas; subbasal line double, 

 black, minutely waved, from costa to vein 1 ; antcmcdial 

 line double, blaek, minutely waved, almost obsolete below 

 the cell ; claviforui represented by a slight black streak ou 

 its upper edge ; orbicular and rcniforra large, defined by 

 blaek, the former round, incomplete above, with black point 

 in centre, the latter with its centre slightly defined by black; 

 postmedial line represented by double black stripe from costa, 

 then by a double series of points on the veins, bent outwards 

 below costa, exeurved to vein 4, then oblique, some white 

 points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line represented by a 

 diitused dark patch ou costa, then by diffused blackish s|)ots ; 

 a terminal scries of small black lunulcs ; cilia with a fine 

 white line at base, liind wing white, the veins and inner 

 margin tinged with brown ; a brown terminal line ; cilia 

 w ith a slight brown line through them ; the underside with 

 the costal area irrorated with black, a small discoidal spot, 

 postmedial series of points on the veins, and terminal scries 

 of stria?. 



Hub. S.E. Peru, Agualani (Ockenden), 1 J type. Exp. 

 38 mm. 



1055 fl. Mythimna sinensis, sp. n. 



9 . Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown tinged with 

 grey. Fore wing dark brown, tinged with giey and slightly 

 irrorated with white ; antcmcdial line itidistinct, blackish, 

 slightly waved, oblique from costa to median nervure ; orhi- 

 cuiar hardly traccaldc, round ; claviform and reniform obso- 

 lete ; a laint dark medial shade oblique from costa to lower 

 angle of cell, then inwardly oblique ; a minute white point 

 just bcyoiul lower angle of cell ; postmedial line indistinct, 



