131 



*lSSa. Eceselia fuscimarginalis. (Plate XXV. fig. 7.) 



Nola ■ fvscimarginalis, Wileman, Entom. xlvii. p. 161 (1914). 



S . Head and thorax white, the dorsum of thorax with red-brown 

 mixed; antennae with the branches red-brown ; palpi, pectus, legs, 

 and abdomen red-brown. Fore wing white slightly irrorated with 

 red-brown, the terminal area suffused with red-brown except at 

 costa; a subbasal red-brown patch on the eosta ; antemedial line 

 very indistinct, brown, dentate, oblique to median nervure ; a red- 

 brown discoidal mark with some red-brown above it on the costa; 

 postmedial line indistinct, red-brown, dentate, oblique to vein 6 and 

 incurved below vein 5; a very indistinct dentate brown subterminal 

 line, oblique towards eosta ; cilia deep red-brown. Hind wing 

 whitish suffused with red-brown. Underside red-brown, the inner 

 area of" bind wing whitish. 



Hab. Formosa, Garambi (JVileman), type f <S in Coll. Wileman. 

 Exp. 22 millim. 



135 a. Eceselia melauosticta, n. sp. (Plate XXIV. fig. 31 ) 



6 • Head, thorax, and abdomen white slightly tinged with brown ; 

 antennae brown ; palpi black, pure white towards tips ; pectus, legs 

 and ventral surface of abdomen pale brown, the fore legs black in 

 front. Fore wing white irrorated with black; a small triangular 

 snbbasal black spot on costa with a slight streak beyond it in the 

 cell ; antemedial line black, exeurved and waved, obsolete below 

 vein 1, a black spot with some fuscous suffusion below it beyond it 

 in the cell; a small black spot on middle of costa and three small 

 spots on postmedial part of costa ; a punctiform black postmedial 

 line, arising below the eosta, incurved beyond upper angle of cell, 

 then exeurved, and incurved below vein 1; a sinuous fuscous sub- 

 terminal shade with series of black points on the veins, exeurved below 

 vein 7 and at middle, and incurved at diseal and submedian folds ; 

 a fuscous shade just before termen and series of minute black streaks 

 on the extremities of the veins ; a fine black terminal line; cilia 

 chequered black and white at base. Hind wing pure white ; the 

 underside with the costal area faintly irrorated with brown, a faint 

 fuscous diseoidal spot. 



Hab. Br. E. Afkka. Nairobi (Anderson), 1 6 tvpe. Exp. 

 28 millim. 



135 b. Eceselia cretacea, n. sp. (Plate XXIV. fig. 32.) 



§. Head and thorax chalky white irrorated with a few brown 

 scales; antenna.' fuscous ; palpi black except towards tips: fore 

 legs black ; tarsi black ringed with white ; abdomen white suffused 



