Genera and Species of Noctuidae. 599 



black points on costa and vein 1 and an oblique striga above 

 inner margin ; orbicular and rcniforra small, incompletely 

 denned by black, the former very narrow and elongate, a 

 black streak between them in lower part of cell and beyond 

 the re ni form to the postmedial line with a diffused dark 

 shade below it; postmedial line black, rather interrupted, 

 bent outwards below costa, then strongly dentate, oblique 

 below vein 4 ; subterminal line indistinct, pale, somewhat 

 dentate, defined on inner side by diffused black-brown ; a 

 terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing whitish 

 suffused with pale red-brown, the cilia white ; the underside 

 white faintly tinged with red brown, a small brown dis- 

 coidal spot, a slight postmedial line excurved below costa, 

 then oblique and ending at vein 4, a terminal series of 

 blackish lunules from apex, to vein 2, then a dark liuc. 



Hab. N. Zealand {Hamilton), 1 $ } 1 ? type. Exp. 

 32 mm. 



1797 a. Aspidifrontia pulverea , sp. n. 



Head and thorax rufous mixed with blackish, the hinder 

 part of thorax with some whitish ; antennae with the shaft 

 whitish above ; abdomen whitish tinged with rufous, the 

 ventral surface suffused with black-brown. Fore wing 

 greyish suffused with rufous and irrorated with black ; 

 traces of a double slightly sinuous dark antemedial line, the 

 two lines well separated ; postmedial line indistinct, dark, 

 slightly sinuous, oblique below vein 4, a series of minute 

 black streaks beyond it on the veins ; faint traces of a dark 

 subterminal line with blackish points at the veins ; a ter- 

 minal series of small black lunules. Hind wing white 

 tinged with rufous ; a fine dark terminal line ; the under- 

 side with the costal area suffused with red-brown, a minute 

 dark discoidal spot and postmedial striga from costa. 



Hab. N. Nigeria, Minna (Macfie), 1^,1? type. E.rp., 

 $ 22, ? 26 mm. 



1827 a. Dasyyaster albiviata, sp. n. 



<$ . Head and thorax ochreous brown; palpi with blackish 

 patch at side of second joint; frons with lateral blackish bars; 

 vertex of head blackish ; tegula? with three blackish lines on 

 basal half and a shade before tif>s ; patagia with some black 

 scales on upper edge and blackish outer edge; fore femora 

 black-brown on inner side, the mid and hind legs with slight 

 black-brown marks at femoro-tibial joint, the tarsi ringed 

 black and white at extremities ; abdomen reddish ochreous 

 with sublateral black-brown spots on medial segments. Fore 



