new Species of Ileterocera. 79 



filmded with grey tVoni the middle to the iiinor margin ; :i 

 dark brown spot at tlie end of the cell and a dark brown 

 elongated stn-ak close to the anal angle ; the fringe dark 

 brown : secondaries white, broadly bordered with brown. 



Expanse 1^ inch. 



Hah. East Africa, Dar-cs-Salaam {}fiis. Druce). 



Fam. Noctuidae. 

 Gadirtha cri'sUit'i, sp. n. 



Male. — The head, antennae, collar, teguht, thorax, and 

 abdomen dark grey ; the under.sido of the abdomen and legs 

 whitish grey ; the first joint of the palpi black, the second 

 and third pale grey. Primaries grey, thickly irrorated with 

 black scales ; a black streak in the cell, two below the cell, one 

 beyond the <;ell, and one close to the apex ; a zigzag black line 

 crosses the wing beyond the middle from the costal to the inner 

 margin close to the anal angle, two golden-green streaks on the 

 costal margin, and one near the anal angle ; the inner margin 

 near the base is irrorated with golden-green scales ; a mar- 

 ginal row of small black dots extends from the apex to the 

 anal angle ; the fringe alternately grey and white : second- 

 aries semihyaline white, slightly dusky at the apex, the fringe 

 white. — Female very similar to the male. 



Expanse, cJ 2-^, ? 2^ inches. 



Hab. Venezuela, Merida {Mus. Druce). 



Gadirtha similis, sp. n. 



Female. — The head, collar, and antennce black ; palpi, 

 tegulffi, thorax, and upp-rside of the abdomen brown; the 

 underside of the thorax, abdomen, and legs black. Primaries 

 greyish brown, palest about the middle ; three black bands 

 near the base, the tirst on the costal margin, the second in the 

 middle, and the third on the inner margin ; a fine ring-shaped 

 black mark in the cell and an oval-shaped mark at the end of 

 the cell ; below the cell extending to the inner margin are 

 several zigzag dark brown lines ; a curved black line irro- 

 rated with golden-green scales on the outer side crosses the 

 wing beyond the middle from near the apex to the inner 

 margin; near the apex are several black streaks; the mar- 

 ginal line black; the fringe alternately black and brown: 

 secondaries dark brown, paler at the base and along the inner 

 margin; three small black lines close to the anal angle; the 

 fringe dark brown. 



Expanse 2| inches. 



Hah. Venezuela, Merida {Mas. Druce). 



