96 Lord Walsingham on 



white line, starting at the basal third below the fold, crosses the 

 fold beyond the middle, and is somewhat dilated towards its apex, 

 opposite to the middle of the apical margin and on a level with the 

 apex of the upper line ; this third line gives off a short oblique 

 branch beneath, which commences on and follows the fold to near 

 the anal angle ; there are three short outwardly oblique costal 

 streaks immediately before the apex, and two minute ones above 

 the apex itself in the apical cilia ; the ends of the cilia are brown 

 at the extreme apex, with a minute spot of blackish scales lying 

 beneath the projected point ; cilia on the apical margin white, with 

 a brown line along their base, within which is a slender parallel 

 white one ; cilia at the anal angle tinged with brown. Hind wings 

 deeply emarginate below the pointed apex ; brownish grey ; cilia 

 pale greyish brown, faintly touched with whitish below the apex. 

 Abdomen brownish. Legs brown, touched with whitish spots on 

 the posterior tarsal joints. Exp. al. 12 mm. 



Hal. Bathurst (Gambia) ; " Three specimens taken 

 in November and December " (Carter). 



Type, $ , Mus. Wlsm. 



This species differs but little from the South American 

 Copocercia crambinella, Z., except in the arrangement of 

 the costal streaks, and in the more conspicuous third 

 line of white crossing the fold. Polyhymno luteotactella, 

 Chamb., is very similar, but distinct. 



[PL iv., fig. 33.] 

 Polyhymno ? tennis, sp. n. 



Antenna with the basal joint elongate, narrow at the base, 

 slightly enlarged towards its apex ; white at the base, shaded with 

 brown beyond the basal third. Palpi long, slender, recurved ; 

 white. Read and Thorax shining white. Fore wings slender, 

 falcate at the apex ; shining white, with the apex, one costal, and 

 two dorsal oblique streaks, greyish brown ; the first dorsal streak 

 commences at one-fourth from the base, is short, stout, outwardly 

 oblique, and reaches to the fold ; the second dorsal streak com- 

 mences about the middle of the dorsal margin, is wide at its base, 

 tapering upwards in a very oblique outward direction, crossing the 

 fold, and attenuated to a slender line in the direction of the apex, 

 before which it meets the scarcely less oblique but much shorter 

 costal streak, which commences at about one-third from the apex ; 

 beyond and near the costal streak is a greyish brown shade 

 extending to the apex ; at the extreme apex is a dark brown spot, 



