392 AHCTIAD.K. 



brown ; a small black spot at base of costa, the costal edge black 

 to the antemedial line with a slight subbasal striga from it ; ante- 

 medial line black, curved, expanding into a small spot at costa ; 

 tufts of ochreous scales at middle of cell and on discocellulars, 

 slightly defined by blackish ; postinedial line black, angled outwards 

 below costa, then with a diffused black band before it forming slight 

 streaks at the veins and angled inwards at vein 2, the line incurved 

 below vein 4 ; subterminal line black, angled outwards at vein 6 and 

 excurved at middle, angled inwards at discal fold and vein 2. Hind 

 wing white tinged with brown, the underside with diffused dark 

 discoidal spot. 



Hab. Sikhim (Moller), 1 2 type. Exp. 18 miliim. 



7 b. Celama mesoscia, n. sp. (Plate XXII. fig. 12.) 



5 • Head and thorax white mixed with rufous ; abdomen white 

 tinged with brown. Fore wing pale rufous ; the costal area 

 irrorated with blackish towards base ; subbasal black points on costa 

 and median nervure ; antemedial line black, excurved below costa 

 and strongly at median nervure, then incurved, a patch of black and 

 silvery irroration beyond it on costal area; tufts of raised dark scales 

 in middle of cell and at upper angle, the latter placed on a broad 

 band of black suffusion with a few silvery scales mixed before the 

 postmedial line, which is black, excurved below costa, then sinuous, 

 two dark points beyond it on costa ; traces of a insinuate dark sub- 

 terminal line ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing white ; 

 a fine blackish terminal line from apex to vein 2 ; the underside 

 irrorated with brown, a black discoidal spot. 



Hab. Egypt, BeniSuef (Dadycoit ), 1 $ type. Exp. 20millim. 



8 a. Celama argyropasta, n. sp. (Plate XXII. fig. 13.) 



$ . Head and thorax white ; palpi, pectus, and legs brown, the 

 tarsi fuscous with pale rings; abdomen white suffused with brown 

 except at base of dorsum, the ventral surface brown. Fore wing 

 white ; a red-brown fascia irrorated with black on base of costa ; an 

 oblique red-brown medial band, irrorated with black scales especially 

 at edges and with some brilliant silver scales on it; postmedial line 

 brown, arising from the band at costa, excurved beyond the cell, 

 and joining the band again at vein 2 ; a rather diffused brown sub- 

 terminal line, oblique from costa to below vein 7, angled inwards at 

 veins 5 and 2, excurved and somewhat dentate at middle; the 

 tennen suffused with brown and irrorated with black and silvery 

 scales; cilia red-brown mixed with whitish and black. Hind wing 

 whitish suffused with brown. 



Hah. Gold Coast, Bibianaha (Spurrell), 1 $ type. Exp. 1 1 

 millim. 



