22L) ^\r. Li. T. Botluinc-Baker on new 



blackish. The primaries arc finely irrorated with browu 

 over the costal half of tlie wing, very densely in the apical 

 area ; a subterminal, narrow, marginal scalloped line, followed 

 by a paler one; termen brown, interrupted finely on the 

 veins : secondaries finely irrorated all over wuth brown, 

 rather more densely in the apical area ; termen finely white, 

 ])receded by a brown scalloped line finely interrupted at the 

 veins ; below the cell there is a small dark spot. 



Expanse, <^ , 27-ol' mm. 



This species is nearly allied to ilma, Hew., but it is much 

 larger, the underside is quite different, the brown irrorations 

 present a marked distinction, and it has none of the very 

 definite dark pattern as in Hewitson's species. My insect 

 flies, moreover, in December, whilst ihna flies in April and 

 June. It would be interesting to discover by breeding 

 whether or not this may be the early brood to ilnia. 



Micro2)entila mahangi, sp. n. 



(J . Head, thorax, and upper part of abdomen blackish, 

 abdomen below pale brown ; palpi blackish above, cream- 

 coloured below and laterally; legs black, ringed with cream- 

 colour. Primaries blackish brown, with a postniedial, 

 obscure, angled, yellowish stripe : secondaries blackish 

 brown, with a broad, medial, transverse, orange band from 

 the inner margin to below vein 7. Underside : both wings 

 blackish grey, with yellowish stripes and spots : primaries 

 with three cell-spots, the first tw^o almost linear, the third at 

 the end of the cell larger, distinct, and cream-coloured ; 

 inner margin cream-coloured, from which a pale orange- 

 yellow, curved, postmedial stripe ascends to the costa, 

 tapering as it ascends and broken at vein 6 ; a trace of a very 

 fine interrupted spotted submarginal line followed by another 

 distinct line, with a blotch between veins 5 and 6 uniting 

 the two. Secondaries with two basal spots, followed by a 

 series of three, which is again succeeded by two or three 

 spots, that on the costa much larger than the others; up to 

 this spot the costa is broadly scaled with ochre scales ; a 

 broad, irregular, postmedial band from the inner margin to 

 the costa, beyond which is a fine line interrupted at the veins, 

 with another very irregular submarginal stripe followed by a 

 fine line of the ground-colour ; termen itself finely ochreous. 



Expanse 28 mm. 



This species is somewhat near M. Alberta, Stgr., but is 

 evidently distinct. 



