Genera and Speciis o/Xoctui(la\ -^37 



underside wiili blackish striga from middle ol' costa and 

 oljli(|ucly placed blackish postmedial spots on and below 

 costa. 



Hub. Transvaal, Barbcrton, Noord Kaap {h'ffer!/), 1 (^ 

 type. Exjj. 2S mm. 



4020 a. Athelis strignta, sp. u. 



? . Head and thorax ochrcous white with some l)rown 

 scales especially on tcguLx; i)alpi blackish at sides ; antennaj 

 black ; prothoiax with small black spot ; tarsi brownish witii 

 pale rings ; abdomen whitish iirorated with brown except 

 at base atul on ventral surface. Fore wing ochrcous white 

 irrorated with brown, forming diffused streaks in tlie inter- 

 spaces except on costal area, the terminal area suffused with 

 brown; a subbasal blackish point on costa; traces of an 

 oblique sinuous antemedial line ; a medial brownish spot on 

 costa and traces of an oblique line from lower angle of cell 

 to inner margin ; postmedial line with brownish spot at 

 costa, bent outwards below costa, then excurved and 

 minutely waved, defining the inner edge of the dark terminal 

 area ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing pure 

 white ; a slight brownish terminal line fi'om apex to vein 2 ; 

 the underside with the costal area slightly irrorated with 

 brown. 



Hub. Br. E. Africa {Coryndon), 1 ? type. Exp. ^0 mm. 



40.20 b. Athelis poliophcea, sp. n. 



? . Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-brown, the pectus 

 and ventral surface of abdomen whiter. Fore wing grev- 

 brown, the terminal area cupreous brown except towards 

 apex, the costal area slightly irrorated with white ; traces of 

 a sinuous dark antemedial line ; a curved blackish medial 

 line ; postmedial line indistinct, minutely dentate, excurved 

 to vein 4, then incurved, some whitish points beyond it on 

 costa ; two slight subtermiual white spots below costa ; a 

 terminal series of black points with white points before 

 them. Hind wing fuscous brown ; the cilia wliitish with a 

 dark line at base ; the underside brown thickly irrorated 

 Avith white. 



Hub. W. Colombia, R. Dagua, Naranjito, 1 $ type. 

 E.rp 34 mm. 



4061 a. Ariathisa nyctimesa, sp. n. 



cJ . Head and thorax bluish grey irrorated with fuscous ; 

 palpi black, white at tips; lower part of frons while, the 



