Lepidoptera from Tropical Africa. 513 



to vertex of liciul, thickly scaleil, third segment shortish. 

 Antenmv; pectinated with cilia. Frons, lower part naked, 

 upper part roughly scaled ; head roughly scaled ; collar 

 spreading, with a central pencil crest ; patagia spreading 

 into crests; nietathorax crested; abdomen smooth. Pri- 

 maries with costa slightly liollowed in centre, apex weakly 

 rounded ; termen evenly rounded. Neuration : vein 3 from 

 just before the angle, 4 from the angle, 5 from midway be- 

 tween angle and middle of discocellulars, 6 from upper angle, 

 1, 8, and 9 stalked, 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the 

 areole, 11 free from cell. Secondaries with 3 and 4 very 

 shortly stalked, 5 from midway between angle and middle of 

 the discocellulars, 6 and 7 from the upper angle. 

 Type, Gortynodes holophcea, B-B. 



Gortynodes holophcea, sp. n. 



$ . Head, thorax, and abdomen darkish brown. Pri- 

 maries darkish brown, with all the cell, fold, and postmediau 

 areas darker brown up to the fine double postmedian line, 

 leaving the costa and subterminal and terminal areas slightly 

 paler ; across the middle of the cell is a slightly paler brown 

 band acutely angled externally and edged tinely on each side 

 with very pale brown ; reniform palely edged ; termen tinely 

 blackish. Secondaries palish brown, with an obscure dark 

 spot at the end of the cell and an obscure postmediau line. 



Expanse 28 mm. 



llab. Gunnal, W. Africa ; November. 



Type in my collection. 



Elydna brunneaplagata, sp. n. 



$ . Head, thorax, and abdomen dull brown. Primaries 

 dull brown, the basal half of a mottled appearance ; a trace 

 of an irregular antemedian line; postmediau line oblique for 

 the costal half edging the costal patch, then descending in 

 waved crenulations to the inner margin ; a large wedge- 

 shaped, reddish-brown, subapical costal patch, with an irre- 

 gular outline on its external edge ; a trace of a subterminal 

 spotted line ; termen very finely cream-coloured, preceded by 

 a fine reddish-brown line. Secondaries dull brown. 



Expanse 31 mm. 



Hab. Gunnal, W. Africa ; November. 



Type in my collection. 



Near E. plagiata, Wlk. 



