92 Sir 0. F. Ilumpscn on new 



(Off) Bostra rusinalis, sp. n. 



c? . Head and thorax rufous with a few daik hrown scales ; 

 ahdomon whitisli tinged with rufous. Fore wing rufous spai'sely 

 irrorated with dark bro^\^l, the basiil costal area suffused with 

 blackish ; traces of a waved dark anteiuedial line ; the medial part 

 of costa with whitish points with dark brown between them ; a 

 small dark discoidal s])ot ; postmedial line indistinct, dark, slightly 

 excurved to vein 4 then slightly incurved. Hind wing whitish 

 tinged with rufous, the termen and bases of cilia rather deeper 

 rufous ; the underside with the costal area suffused with rufous 

 and irrorated with dark brown. 



Hub. Gold Coasst, Appan, 2 6 type. jE".)-^. 22 mm. 



(10 ff) Bostra pnUidicoloi', sp. n. 



6 . Head and thorax whitish tinged with pale red and irrorated 

 •with a few dark brown scales ; abdomen wdiite faintly tinged with 

 red and slightly iiTorated with brown ; palpi and pectus in front 

 redder. P^ore wing whitish tinged with purplish red and irrorated 

 with brown, the red rather deeper on basal costal area and forming 

 diffused streaks in discal and submedian folds; a very faint diffused 

 dark aiitemedial line angled outwards at submedian fold ; a black 

 discoidal spot ; postmedial line indistinct, dark, diffused, oblique 

 below vein 4 ; a terminal series of minute blackish spots. Hind 

 wing ochreous white ; a tenuinal series of slight brown points i'rom 

 apex to vein 2. Underside white ; fore wing with the costal area 

 bright rufous with the costal edge white, then tinged with ochreous 

 and irrorated with brown except on inner area ; hind wing with tb,e 

 costal area tinged with rufous and UTorated with brown, a blackish 

 spot at upper angle of cell. 



$ . Head and thorax greyish tinged Avith piirjilish red ; abdomen 

 whitish thickly iiTorated with brown ; fore wing greyish uniformly 

 tinged with purplish red ; hind wing suffused with pale reddish 

 brown ; underside of fore wing suffused with broAvn except on 

 costal area, the hind wing tinged Avith broAvn and Avith curved 

 brown postmedial line fi'om costa to submedian fold. 



Hah. Tbaxsvaal, Pretoria {Distant, Junse), 1 J , 1 $ tA'pe. 

 Exp., 6 30, 2 2G mm. 



(10 c) Bostra denfilinealis, sp. n. 



Head and thorax whitish tinged with red-broAvn and irrorated 

 with a few black-brown scales ; abdomen suffused Avith fiery red 

 and irrorated Avith black. Fore Aving Avhitisli suffused Avith pale 

 red-brown, sometimes tinged Avith olive-green and in-orated Avith 

 black-broAvn ; an indistinct dentate blackish postmedial line some- 

 Avliat incurved at submedian fold ; a terminal seines of black striaj ; 

 cilia Avith reddish-brown lines near base and at tips. Hind Aving 

 Avhitish suffused with fiery red and slightly iiTorated with brown : 

 a curved dentate blackish postmedial line, rather diffused on inner 



