242 Sir G. F. Ilnmpson on t}tit' 



cllipticnl depression. Fore wing deep cliocolate-Lrown 

 sufl'iised with silvery blue to the subtcrniinal line ; the base 

 of inner margin black-brown ; a waved aiitenicdial black bar 

 from costa to median nervure and an almost medial waved 

 bar from snbmedian fold to inner margin ; blue stii^mat-i 

 strongly defined by black in end of cell and on discocellulars, 

 flic former obliqne elliptical and conjoined at lower ex- 

 tremity to the latter, which is lunulate and dilated at lower 

 extremity; postmedial line strong, black, excurved below 

 costa and at middle, angled inwards at discal fold, strongly 

 incurved below vein '6 to lower edge of reniform, then 

 waved ; the outer edge of the blue area dentate, with small 

 blackish spots in the intersj)aces, angled outwards at 

 veins G, 4, 3, then incurved; a terminal series of small 

 black spots and a fine waved terminal line ; cilia bluish 

 fuscous with a slight pale line at base. Hind wing deep 

 Oiange with black- brown terminal band, its inner edge in- 

 curved at discal fold, narrowing to a point at tornus ; cilia 

 with a fine pale line at base. Underside of fore wing orange, 

 except costal area and the broad terminal area, a black sjjot 

 in end of cell and broad oblique discoidal bar to the terminal 

 land at vein 2; hind wing with golden-brown suffusion on 

 Cfstal half except at base, and before the terminal band 

 ixcept towards tornus. 



JJah. Br. E. Africa, Njoro (Cholmlei/), 1 ? type. Ej:p. 

 4Q mm. 



Noctuidae. 



A GEOTIX^. 



58 a. Chloridea flavigerGf sp. n. 



? . Head, thorax, and abdomen yellow, the thorax 

 suffused with pale pink, the abdomen pale at base with two 

 j)ink crests; jjalpi sufiused with purplish red, tibias and 

 ventral surface of abdomen irrorated with red. Fore wing 

 yellow with a slight greenish tinge ; the costa suffused witli 

 jed-brown, a subbasal red-brown striga from costa and point 

 below cell ; an antemedial red-brown striga from costa and 

 traces of a waved line; clavilorm with its extremity taintly 

 defined ; orbicular with brown point in centre and a faint 

 round circumference ; renitorm with grey centre defined by 

 red-brown and traces of brown circumference, confluent with 

 a brown maik trom costa above it; postmedial line very 

 indistinct, bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved, 

 incurved below vein 4 ; subterminal line with brown tri- 



