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angular patch on costa, then very indistinct, angled outwards 

 at vein 7 ; cilia red-brown, with series of darker lunules and 

 prejijih line near tips. Hind wing yellow, with slight 

 discoidal liinule smd difriised sinuous subterniinal daik band, 

 extending to leruicn below apex. Underside of both wings 

 with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with rufous; 

 fore wing with a point in cell, dark discoidal spot, curved 

 postmedial and indistinct subterniinal lines ; hind wing with 

 slight discoidal lunule, curved postmedial line from costa to 

 vein 2 with minute dark streaks on the veins, and diffused 

 subterniinal band. 



IM>. KlIODESlA, Buluwayo [Marshall], 1 ? type. E.cp. 

 32 mm. 



175 a. Timora latim'gra, sp. n. 



Head and thorax bright rufous ; antennaB whitish at base, 

 blackish at tips; a tuft of blackish hair below patagia; 

 palpi, frons, tibiae, and tarsi black; abdomen greyish fuscous, 

 the anal tuft pale rufous. Fore wing ochreous tinged with 

 cupreous red, especially on costal area; the costal edge pure 

 •white ; a broad black fascia on median nervure, attenuate 

 towards base and extending to near termen ; an antemedial 

 black point on vein 1 ; a postmedial series of small black 

 sjiots except towards costa, oblique below vein 4 ; some 

 black on costa towards apex ; a terminal series of small 

 black spots ; cilia i»ale crimson. Hind wing ochreous white 

 tinged with brown, especially on terminal area ; a terminal 

 series of black points ; cilia pale crimson ; the underside 

 wliitish. 



IJab. Uganda, Mulema [Doggett), 17 J, 4 ? type. Exp. 

 30 mm. 



738 a. Agrotis elaiopis, sp. n. 



?. Head and tegulae red-brown; thorax fuscous; palpi 

 fuscous; pectus, legs, and abdomen whitish tinged with 

 brown. Fore wing red-brown with slight dark inoration ; 

 subbasal line slight, dark, from costa to submcdian fold ; 

 antemedial line indistinct, double, sinuous, rather punctitbrm ; 

 claviform absent; orbicular and reniform small, fuscous with 

 whitish annuli slightly defined by black, the former elongate, 

 acute at extremity, and touching the latter ; postmedial line 

 represented by a uouble series of black points, bent outwards 

 below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique ; subterniinal 

 line absent ; cilia rufous with a fine whitish line at base. 

 Hind wing white with dark discoidal point, postmedial series 

 of minute streaks on the veins and fine terminal line; the 



