

NOLA.. 409 



63 a. Nola mesotherma, n. sp. (Plate XXIII. fig. 22.) 



2 . Head and thorax white, the latter with a large pateli of 

 black-brown suffusion on dorsum ; palpi, antennae, pectus, and legs 

 red-brown ; abdomen white suffused with red-brown. Fore wing 

 white sparsely irrorated with black-brown and silvery scales, the 

 basal costal area, the area between the antemedial and medial lines, 

 and the terminal area except towards apex suffused with red-brown ; 

 antemedial line dark brown, sinuous, oblique to submedian fold, 

 then inwardly oblique ; medial line dark brown, oblique to lower 

 angle of cell, then erect, and diffused below vein 2 ; tufts of 

 blackish and silvery scales in upper part of middle of cell and at 

 upper angle; postmedial line dark brown, minutely waved, angled 

 inwards at discal fold and incurved in submedian interspace ; sub- 

 terminal line rather diffused, dark brown, waved, oblique to A r ein 6, 

 and angled inwards at discal fold ; cilia fuscous brown. Hind wing 

 pale reddish brown ; the underside with the costal area irrorated 

 with blackish, the inner area whitish tinged with brown. 



Sab. Gold Coast, Bibianaha (SpurrelT), 1 $ type. Exp. 24 

 millim. 



*63 b. Nola angola. (Plate XXIII. fig. 23.) 



Nola angola, Beth.-Baker, A.M.N. H. (8) vii. p. 534 (1911). 



2 ■ Head and thorax white with a few reddish brown scales ; 

 palpi, a bar across frons, and antenna? towards tips brown ; pectus 

 and legs suffused with brown ; abdomen white slightly suffused 

 with brown. Pore wing white ; the basal half of costal area 

 suffused with brown, the costal edge blackish ; a slight curved 

 antemedial line; the medial area suffused with brown with some 

 silvery scales above and below median nervure, conjoined by brown 

 suffusion except from eosta to vein 5 with the dark brown terminal 

 area narrowing to apex; a slight punctiform black postmedial line, 

 erect from costa to vein 5, then oblique to vein 2 where it ter- 

 minates ; an indistinct dark subterminal line, oblique to vein 7, 

 incurved at discal fold and excurved at middle. Hind wing white 

 tinged with brown especially on terminal area. 



This may be the female of iV. chionea. 



Sab. N. Angola, N'Dalla Tando (Ansorgc), type f $ in Coll. 

 Bethune-Baker. Exp. 21 millim. 



63 c. Nola chionea. (Plate XXIII. fig. 24.) 



Nola chionea, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (8) viii. p. 398 (1911). 



8 ■ Head and thorax white ; palpi and antennae except towards 

 base ochreous mixed with blackish ; pectus and legs suffused with 

 ochreous brown, the fore legs blackish, the tarsi ringed with white ; 

 abdomen white suffused with ochreous brown. Fore wing white, 

 the terminal area suffused with ochreous brown except at apex ; 



