498 arctiad.e. 



Fore wing with vein G from below angle of cell ; 11 anastomosing 

 with 12. 



Hab. S. Nigeria, Ilesha (Humfrey), 1 $ type. Exp. 20 

 millim. 



304c. Ilema distigmata. (Plate XXVII. fig. 9.) 



Ilema distigmata, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) viii. p. 181 (1901). 



5 . Ochreous yellow; fore legs with the extremity of femora and 

 the tibia above fuscous. Fore wing with black spot in end of cell 

 and another rather nearer base in submedian fold. Hind wing 

 paler. 



The W. African specimen is shorter winged than the one from 

 E. Africa. 



Fore wing with vein shortly stalked with 7,8,9; 11 anasto- 

 mosing with 12. 



Hab. S. Nigeria, Old Calabar (Sampson), t $ type; Br. E. 

 Aertca, Kikuvu, Nairobi Plains (Betton), 1 $ . Exp. 32-3S 

 millim. 



300(7. Ilema similipuncta, n. sp. (Plate XXVII. fig. 10.) 



9- Head and teguhe yellow; antenna} except at base and 3rd 

 joint of palpi fuscous; thorax leaden grey; fore coxse and femora 

 behind and mid and hind coxa? in front yellowish ; abdomen grey, 

 the base yellow, the extremity orange. Fore wing leaden grey, the 

 costal area yellow, narrowing to apex ; a small postmedial black 

 spot below eosta and point in submedian fold; cilia pale yellow. 

 Hind wing yellow. 



Hab. Masiioxalaxd (Debbie), 1 $ type. Exp. 42 millim. 



*300 b. Ilema costimacula. (Plate XXVII. fig. 11.) 



Eilema, costimacula, Auriv. Sjost. Kilimanjaro-Meru Exp. ii. 9, p. 27, pi. 1 . 

 f. 12 c (1910). 



9 . Head and thorax whitish suffused with red-brown ; fore 

 tibia 1 and tarsi black ; abdomen ochreous yellow. Fore wing whitish 

 tinged with pale red-brown ; a rather diffused black spot at middle 

 of costa and slight spot in submedian fold rather nearer the base 

 with some dark scales between it and inner margin. Hind wing 

 pale yellow. 



Hab. Germ. E. Africa, Kilima'njaro, Kibonoto (SjosteJ/), 

 type t $ in Mus. Stockholm. Exp. 31 millim. 



*30S a. Ilema cirrocliroa. 



IAihosia cirrochroa, Mab. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1899, p. 726. 



$ . Grey-brown ; palpi and tibiae and tarsi above blackish. Fore 

 wing rather sparsely irrorated with black scales; a black spot on 



