•102 Sir G. F. lliimpsoii on new 



postmoilial line, exourvod and slightly waved between veins 5 and 2, 

 wlu're it torniinates ; cilia whitish. 



Hub. Gold Coast, Kumasi {S(inders), 1 5 type. Exj). 28 mm. 



(55 «) Pyrausta fulvilinealis, sp. n. 



<S . Head and thorax white mixed with some fulvous ; ahdomon 

 white ; antenuie pale fulvous ; frons with black bars at sides ; 

 palpi fulvous mixed with some blackish, white below towards base ; 

 pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen white, the fore femora 

 red-brown above, the tibi* black on inner side and the tarsi ringed 

 with black. Fore wing creamy white, the costal area tinged with 

 fulvous and the costal edge black-brown to end of cell ; antemedial 

 line fulvous, oblique, slightly excurved below costa ; a small fulvous 

 spot in the cell towards extremity and discoidal lunule defined by 

 fulvous ; postmedial line fulvous, interrupted, angled outwards 

 below costa, then incurved to vein 5 where it is interrupted, obliijue 

 to vein 2, then represented by a bar below angle of cell and oblitpie 

 line from vein 2 to inner margin ; subterminal line fulvous, rather 

 interrupted, oblique to vein 5, excurved between veins 5 and 4, and 

 angled inwards at vein 2 to near the postmedial line ; the costa 

 fulvous towards apex ; a fine fulvous terminal line. Hind wing 

 creamy white ; a fulvous discoidal bar ; postmedial line fulvous, 

 slightly bent outwards between veins 5 and 2, then retracted and 

 obsolete to lower angle of cell, then oblique to inner margin ; sub- 

 terminal line fulvous, slightlv excurved between veins 6 and 2 and 

 ending at tornus ; a fine fulvous terminal line and slight line near 

 base of cilia. 



Hah. Uganda, Mbale-Kumi Rd. {Neave), 1 6 type. Exjj. 

 32 mm. 



(58 a) Pyrausta distictalis, sp. n. 



d . Head and thorax whitish suffused with fulvous ; abdomen 

 creamy white faintly tinged with rufous ; pectus, legs, and ventral 

 surface of abdomen creamy white, the fore legs tinged with rufous, 

 the femora, tibia?, and base of t;\rsi blackish above. Fore wing 

 very jxile yellow, the base suffused with fulvous, the costal edge 

 blackish ; a minute black spot in the cell towards extremity and 

 another at lower angle. Hind wing uniform very pale yellow. 

 Underside of fore wing tinged with brown except on inner area. 



Hub. Br. C. Afuica, Mt. Mlanje {Neave), 2 J type. Ex^i. 

 24 mm. 



(Gl c) Pyrausta leucoplacalis, sp. n. 



6 . Head and thorax cupreous brown with some white on meta- 

 thorax ; abdomen white indistinctly banded with cupreous brown ; 

 antennas whitish tinged with cupreous brown ; sides of frons and 



