704 



arctiad,t.. 



whitish suffused with brown ; the underside with the costal area 

 browner, a brown discoidal spot. 



Hab. Br. E. Africa, Kikuyu Escarpment (Doherfg), 3 S , 

 1 2 type. ISocp. 24 millim. 



S33 a. Siccia microsticta, n. sp. 



Antenna- of male with the shaft dilated near base, then sen-ate 

 and fasciculate ; hind wing with veins 3 and 5 stalked. 



6 ■ Head, thorax, and abdomen chalky white; antennae yellowish 

 towards tips ; frons yellowish ; palpi blackish ; legs tinged with 

 yellow and the tibia? and tarsi streaked with fuscous in front ; 

 abdomen ventrally tinged with yellowish. Fore wing chalky 



Fig. 227. — Siccia microsticta, J . i. 



white ; the costal edge black towards base ; subbasal and ante- 

 medial black points in submedian fold; black points in middle of 

 cell and just beyond the discocellulars ; a postmedial black point in 

 submedian fold; a small terminal black spot at vein 4 and a point 

 at submedian fold. Hind wing chalky white. Underside of fore 

 wing suffused with fuscous brown except the inner area; hind wing 

 faintly tinged with brown and with fuscous discoidal spot. 



Hab. Gold Coast, Bibianaha (Spurrell), 1 6 type. Exp. 

 1G millim. 



833 b. Siccia gypsia, n. sp. 



Antenna? of male ciliated; hind wing with veins 3 and o 

 stalked. 



Fig. 228. — Siccia gypsia, cS • !• 



Head and thorax chalky white ; antenna 1 yellowish ; palpi and 

 lower part of frons black; pectus and legs yellowish, the fore legs 

 and mid tibia* and tarsi black in front; abdomen yellowish. Fore 



