2 Sir G. F. Hampson on new 



(5) Criophthona aridalis, sp. n. 



? . Head and thorax ochreous tinged with brown ; palpi 

 rufous, white below : abdomen ochreous white. Fore wing 

 ochreous white irrorated with dark brown and tinged with 

 rufous towards costa, the costal edge white ; a faint dark 

 discoidal spot ; postmodial line dark, rather diffused, cx- 

 curved from costa to vein 3, then retracted to below angle of 

 cell ; cilia white, with dark lines near base and at tips. 

 Hind wing white ; the underside with the costal area irro- 

 rated with brown, a slight dark spot at upper angle of cell 

 and punctiform postmedial line from costa to vein 3. 



Hub. Cai i- COLONY, Zuurberg (Bairstuiv),! ? type. Exp. 

 20 mm. 



i 7 in Mi tasia arida, sp. n. 



Frons slightly produced. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen grey- white tinged with brown. 



Fore wing grey-white tinged with brown ; an indistinct 

 curved antemedial brown line; postmedial line brown, 

 slightlv sinuous towards costa, exeurved from discal fold to 

 below Vein 3, then bent inwards to below angle of cell, and 

 slightly sinuous to inner margin; a terminal series of dark 

 points.* Hind wing grey-white tinged with brown ; post- 

 medial line slight, brown, exeurved from discal fold to 

 below vein 3, then obsolete; a terminal series of dark 

 points. 



Hab. Sierra Leone [Clements), I ?; N. Nigeria, Borgu, 

 Yelwa Lake [Migeod), 1 ? type. Exp. 11 mm. 



(7 b) Mettuia eremialis, sp. n. 



Frons produced to a long process rounded at extremity. 



J. Head, thorax, and abdomen white mixed with some 

 brown; palpi and frontal process at sides dark brown. 

 Fore wing white sparsely irrorated with brown, the costal 

 area tinged with red-brown : an indistinct obliquely curved 

 antemedial brown line j a brown annulus in middle of cell 

 and elliptical discoidal annulus ; postmedial line brown, 

 straight from costa to vein 2, then retracted to below angle 

 of cell and again exeurved ; a fine brown terminal line and 

 a line through the cilia. Hind wing white slightly irrorated 

 with brown; postmedial line slight, brown, oblitjue and 

 slightly sinuous to vein 2, then retracted to below angle of 

 cell and exeurved to inner margin ; a fine brown terminal 

 line and a line near tips of cilia. 



