80 Lord Walsingham on 



[PL iv., fig. 20.] 

 Phy codes albitogata, sp. n. 



(Antenna and palpi broken). Head whitish grey, speckled. 

 Thorax whitish grey, speckled with bronzy fuscous above, white 

 beneath. Fore wings whitish grey, with delicate transverse bronzy 

 fuscous striae throughout, and with two distinct straight transverse 

 fasciae ; the first one at one-third from the base, bronzy black, con- 

 taining two shining metallic brassy yellow bars, reaching throughout 

 from costal to dorsal margin ; the second at two-thirds from the 

 base, narrower than the first, slightly interrupted above the fold, 

 and containing one shining metallic brassy yellow bar ; the apical 

 portion of the wing beyond the second fascia is slightly shaded as 

 well as striated with bronzy fuscous, and groups of shining metallic 

 brassy yellow scales lie along the apical margin from the apex 

 nearly to the anal angle ; there is a small bronzy fuscous streak on 

 the extreme costal margin at the base ; cilia shining bronzy brown. 

 Under side unicolorous brown. Hind wings shining semi- 

 transparent white, with a strong lilac hue, and having a broad 

 brown band along the costal margin ; cilia delicate white, with a 

 more opaque white line along their base, merging into brown at the 

 extreme apex. Under side lilac-white, with a broad brown band 

 along the costal margin, widening from the base outwards. Abdo- 

 men shining greyish white above, white beneath. Legs white. 

 Exp. al. 16 mm. 



Hob. Bathurst (Gambia), one specimen (Carter). 



Type, ? , Mus. Wlsm. 



This species differs from Nigilgia adjectella, Wkr., in 

 the second fascia having but one metallic line or bar 

 instead of two, in the absence of a metallic line from this 

 fascia to the apex, and in its paler colour and white 

 hind wings. 



Phy codes adjectella, Wkr. 



Nigilgia adjectella, Wkr , Cat. Lp. Ins. B. M., XXVIII., 

 512. (1863). 



I am unable to separate Nigilgia from Phycodes, Gn., 

 a genus which has hitherto been confined to the Indian 

 region, but which is apparently equally well represented 

 in Africa. Walker's type was received from Sierra 

 Leone. I have in my collection a specimen, also a 

 female, received from Mr. F. J. Jackson, who met with 

 it at Tangani, Kolumbi Creek (East Africa), in August, 

 1885. 



