Genera anl Species o/Noctuida?. •4?)3 



then witli small black lunnlcs on its inner edge, incurved at 

 tliscal fold, incurved and waved below vein 4, some whitish 

 points beyond it (mco><ta ; subtenninid line double, blackish, 

 waved, incurved at discal I'oltl and below vein 4 ; a diffused 

 dark mark at middle of terminal area and a series of black 

 striaj just before teruun defined on inner side by white. 

 Hind wing cupreous red-brown, the cilia with a whitish liuc 

 at base and whiti>h tips ; the underside whitish irrorated 

 with brown, a small brown discoidal luuulc and cicuulatc 

 postm; dial line incurved below vein 3. 



H(il>. S. Nigeria, Ilesha {Huinphrcy), 1 (J type. Exp. 

 XJG mm. 



3137 6. Eriopus nana, sp. n. 



5 . Head and thorax red-brown mixed with some ochreous ; 

 pectus and legs with more ochreous, the tibiae aud tarsi w^ith 

 (hirk brown and ochreous bands ; abdomen fuscous brown 

 with pale rings, the crests ochreous and rufous, the veutral 

 surface whitish. Fore wing dark red-brown mixed with 

 some greyish ochreous; subbasal line double filled in with 

 wliitish, waved, from costa to vein 1 ; aritemedial line double 

 filled in with whitish, sinuous, a white spot before it above 

 vein 1 J orbicular an oblique pale bar with black point in 

 centre ; reniform pale with black striga in centre, constricted 

 at middle; postmcdial line double filled in with whitish, 

 bent outwards below costa, incurved at discal fold aud below 

 vein 4, slightly cxcurved at vein 1, some white points beyond 

 it on costa ; traces of a waved whitish subterminal line with 

 a series of rather lunulatc dark patches before it, an oblique 

 white dash beyond it above vein 4 ; a terminal series of small 

 black spots defined on inner side slightly by white. Hind 

 wing dark cupreous brown ; cilia with a fine whitish line at 

 base and whiti!>li tips; the underside grey-white irrorated 

 and suffused with brown, a brown discoidal luuulc, curved 

 postmcdial line slightly defined on outer side by whitish, 

 aiul terminal scries of slight dark lunides. 



Hub. S. Nigeria, Ilesha {Humphrey), 1 J type. Exp. 

 22 mm, 



3438 a. Eriopus cyanopera, sp. n. 



? . Head and thorax purplish red-brown mixed with 

 some ochreous ; palpi in front and lower part of frons 

 whitish ; tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen red-brown, the 

 dorsal crests daik brown and white at tips, the veutral surface 

 purplish red-brown irrorated with ochreous. Fore wing 



