Pyralidse of the SuhfamiJy lljclrocumpinse. 3G7 



(31 c) Argyractls nyasalis, sp. n 



c^ . Head and thomx pale yellow mixed with black-brown and 

 some white ; abdomen pale red-brown with white segmental lines 

 and a blackish patch before extremity ; antennae dark brown ringed 

 with white ; palpi pale rufous ; pectus and legs white tinged with 

 rufous, the fore tibiae with black band near extremity ; ventral 

 sm-face of abdomen white. Fore wing white iiToi-ated with black ; 

 a blackish patch at base of costa ; a dilfused inwardl\^ oblique black 

 subbasal line ; a golden-yellow antemedial patch defined by black 

 scales from cell to inner margin ; a double inwardly oblique sinuous 

 black medial line ; postmedial line double, black filled in with 

 white, oblique to vein 3, then reti'acted with an upwards curve to 

 lower angle of cell, then strongly excurved above inner margin, 

 the area beyond it yellow irrorated wdth black ; a white subterminal 

 band defined by black lines from costa to vein 4 with some black 

 below it and an oblique black mark above tornus ; a terminal 

 yellow band to vein 2 ; cilia white mixed A\'ith black. Hind wing 

 white, the postmedial area to vein 2 and the terminal area irrorated 

 with black ; a small black spot on inner margin near base ; a broad 

 black antemedial band from below costa to inner margin with a 

 small yellow spot on it in lower angle of cell, defined on outer side 

 by a white line followed by a curved black line ; a double black 

 subterminal line filled in with white, excurved below costa, then 

 sinuous, the area beyond it yellow ; fom* rather diffused black ocelli 

 with silvery-blue points on them on termen between vein 7 and the 

 submedian fold, with a waved black line before them ; cilia blackish 

 at base, white at tips. 



Hah. Be. C. Afeica, Blantyre {Davey), 1 S type. Exp. 

 16 mm. 



(45 «) Argyractis melanograpta, sp. n. 



S . Silver}' white ; head with some black-brown behind ; abdo- 

 men with black-brown band on 2nd segment and slight bar near 

 exti'emity, the anal tuft brown at extremity ; palpi with the 3rd 

 joint black ; fore femora and fore and mid tibiae black-brown in 

 front, the tarsi banded with black-brown. Fore wing with oblique 

 black-brown subbasal band from costa to median nervure ; medial 

 line black-brown, double and oblique towards costa, then single, 

 inwardly oblique, rather diffused and bent inwards to inner margin ; 

 subterminal line black-brown, double toAvards costa and inner mar- 

 gin, bent outwards to costa wliere the inner line has a short streak 

 on its inner side at costa, excun'cd to near termen at middle and 

 with some black-brown suffusion beyond it at tornus : a black-brown 

 terminal line from below^ apex to vein 4 ; cilia tinged Avith yellow. 

 Hind wing with some black-brown in end of cell ; an obliquely 

 curved black-brown medial line, arising below costa and diffused on 

 outer side towards inner margin ; a rather intenaipted sinuous 

 black-brown subterminal line, diffused below discal fold ; cilia 



