478 Sir G. F. ITampson ow the Moths collected 



Zehrom'a pheiiice, Cr;im. Pap. Exot. iv. p. 185, pi. ccclxxxii. 

 fig. G (17^3). 



Mayotta, 1 ? . 



Pyhaustinje. 



Zinvkenia fascialis, Cram. Pap. Exot. iv. pi. cccxcviii. fig. O 

 (1783). 



Mayotta, 1 S- 



Lygropia quaternaUi>, Zell. Lep. CafFr. p. 44 (1852). 

 Mayotta, 1 S- 



Nacoleia argyropalis, sp. n. 



S . Bright yellow ; palpi white, with dark brown bars at 

 extiemitics of first and second joints, the third joint and 

 irons brown ; shoulders with brown streaks ; pectus, legs, 

 and ventral surface of abdomen white, the fore tibiae with 

 black band at extremity. Fore wing with tlie costal area 

 tinged with rufous to beyond middle; a dark brown sub- 

 basal striga from costa ; a straight erect antemedial line 

 conjoined to a brown spot with silvery-white centre in cell ; 

 a brown discoidal bar with silvery-white line in middle ; a 

 slightly sinuous postniedial brown line erect from costa to 

 vein 2, then retracted to lower end of discoidal bar, and erect 

 to inner margin ; a brown terminal line ; cilia yellow. Hind 

 wing with brown discoidal bar ; postmedial line fine, 

 sliahtly sinuous, erect to vein 2, then retracted to lower 

 angle of cell and oblique to inner margin ; a brown terminal 

 line ; cilia yellow, with a slight brown line near base. 



Mayotta, 1 ^ type. Exj). 20 mm. 



Sylepta melanopalis, sp. n. 



? . Fuscous brown, with a slight cupreous gloss ; palpi 

 white at base and with the third joint Avhite ; sides of frons 

 with slight whitish streaks; pectus and legs white, the fore 

 tibite with black band at extremity; abdomen with slight 

 white segmental lines and the ventral suiface white. Fore 

 wing with dark antemedial line, with white band on inner 

 side, excurved from costa to submedian fold, then slightly 

 incurved ; a black spot in middle of cell and discoidal lunule, 

 with white spot before the former and rather quadrate spot 

 between them ; postmedial line dark, with white band on 

 outer edge expanding into a triangular patch towards costa 



