Genera arid Species of NoctuliUe. 419 



veins and interspaces of terminal area uith slight blackish 

 streaks; an indistinct double dentate anteniedial line with 

 some yellowish scales on it ; orbicular and reniform small, 

 fcrey with slight yellowisli annuli incompletely defined by 

 black, the former round, a rather elongate black patch be- 

 tween them ; traces of a minutely dentate postmcdial line, 

 cxcurved from eosta to vein 4, then incurved, some yellowish 

 points beyond it on eosta ; cilia yellowish mixed with fuscous. 

 Hind wing pure white, the cilia fuscous at apex ; the under- 

 side with the costal area irroratcd with brown except towards 

 base. 



Hub. Natal, Durban [Leigh), 1 ^ type. E.v}). 31 mm. 



1009 a. Lycopliotia viridis, sp. n. 



? . Head white mixed witli reddish brown ; palpi black 

 at sides, red-brown in front and white at tips ; antenn;i3 

 br.>wn ; thorax red-brown mixed with grey, tlie tegul;e 

 white at base and with black medial line, the patagia Avith 

 pale green and blackish patches, the metathorax with white 

 patch ; pectus rufous, the tibite and tarsi with black and 

 white bands ; abdomen brown. Fore wing whitish sufl'used 

 ■with sap-green and irroratcd with dark brown, the basal half 

 of costal area and cell white ; subbasal line blackish defined 

 on outer side by white, waved, from eosta to submedian 

 fold, with short black streaks beyond it on eosta and below 

 the cell ; antemedial line blackish defined on inner side by- 

 white, waved ; claviform defined by blackish at extremity ; 

 orbicular white defined at sides by black, round, the reni- 

 form with its centre suffused with brown, defined on inner 

 side by a waved white line and on outer side and below by 

 black points, a quadrate black patch between them with 

 blackish mark aljove it on eosta ; an indistinct oblique dark 

 line from lower angle of cell to inner margin ; postmcdial 

 line whitish with two black points at eosta, bent outwards 

 below eosta, then dentate and with black points on its outer 

 edge, cxcurved to vein 4, then oblique ; subterminal line 

 faint, whitish, minutely waved, with blackish spots before it 

 at eosta, discal fold and above and below vein 2 ; a terminal 

 series of black points ; cilia whitish tinged with rufous. 

 Hind wing pale brown with a rufous tinge, the cilia white 

 faintly tinged with rufous ; the underside white tinged with 

 rufous, the costal area irroratcd with brown, a small dis- 

 coidal spot and slightly curved postmedial line. 



Hab, S. Nigeria, llesha {Humphrey), 1 ? type. Ea-p. 

 34 mm. 



