512 Mr. G. T. Bethune-Biiker on new 



stigma sliglitly paler, but obscure. Secondaries ratlier paler 

 than primaries, but lustrous in like manner as they are. 



Expanse 29 mm. 



JIab. Nairobi ; April [Jackson). 



Type in my collection. 



Ethiopica melanopa, sp. n, 



$ . Head and thorax sooty black, abdomen grey. Pri- 

 maries sooty black, with a restricted grey base darkly irrorated ; 

 reniform stigma grey, with a small grey costal spot above it ; 

 postmediau line broad, grey, very irregular, very obscured in 

 the lower radial area ; termen with pale points. Secondaries 

 pale greyish. 



Expanse 21 mm. 



J/ab. Lokoja District (100 miles north). 



Type in my collection. 



Ethiopica leucosiigmata, sp. n. 



(J. Head, thorax, and abdomen brown. Primaries dark 

 brown, tinged with chocolate-colour; a small white dot at 

 the base of the cell ; orbicular stigma white, with a cream- 

 coloured pupil having a fine dark iris ; reniform white, 

 broken up by fine dark lines into many small spots, the 

 nnddle being cream-coloured; a trace of an obscure pale 

 interrupted subterminal line ; a preterminal row of fine white 

 jjoints. Secondaries white. 



Expanse 26 mm. 



Hab. N'Dalla Tando, 2700 feet; November [Ansorge). 



Type in my collection. 



Near to -£". poli/astra, Hmpsn. 



Ethiopica apiceslriata, sp. n. 



(J. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown. Primaries 

 dai-k burnt brown, with a few fine white scales below the 

 middle of the cell and also about the lower angle of the cell ; 

 n dark, waved, subcrenulate postmediau line ; a shortish, 

 broad, oblique, buff-coloured dash from the apex to the post- 

 median line. Secondaries darkish brown. 



Expanse 24 mm. 



Ilab. Gunnal, W. Africa; November. 



Type in my collection. 



GORTYNODES, gen. nov. 

 Proboscis absent, palpi upturned, second segment reaching 



