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black; abdomen pale brown. Forewing grey-brown, with white- 

 edged antemedial black patch on inner margin extending into the 

 cell and with strongly hamate outer edge ; a white-edged black point 

 in middle of cell ; the terminal area suffused with black becoming 

 greyish towards termen and with whitish line on its inner edge 

 which is obliquely curved from costa to vein 5, then retracted to 

 upper angle of cell, then obliquely curved to outer margin ; an in- 

 distinct postmedial line bent outwards below costa, excurved to 

 vein 5 where it crosses the sinus of dark area, then incurved ; a 

 terminal series of black points. Hindwing fuscous brown with fine 

 dark terminal line ; cilia whitish ; the under side whitish irrorated 

 with brown. 



? . Darker ; the thorax and forewing suffused with purple. 



Bah. British Central Africa, Likoma (de Jersey) ; Natal, Victoria 

 District (Gooch), Durban (Leigh). Exp. 26-30 mill. Type in B.IM. 



(7) BoNiANA ARVOEUM, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 258 (1852). 



recussa, Dist. A.M.N. H. (7) i. p. 230 (1898). 

 Hah. Transvaal, Pretoria (Distant); Natal, Victoria District 

 (Gooch) ; Cape Colony, Transkei (Miss F. Barrett). Exp. 

 30 mill. 



(8) Baniana flaviceps, n. sp. 



? . Head and palpi rufous, the vertex yellow ; antennge blackish ; 

 tegulse fuscous pencilled with grey and edged with yellow ; thorax 

 purphsh fuscous pencilled with grey; abdomen blackish irrorated 

 with grey. Forewing purplish fuscous irrorated with a few black 

 scales ; an indistinct waved dark antemedial line with some grey 

 scales on it ; a small black discoidal spot with some grey scales on 

 it ; a sinuous postmedial dark Une with some grey scales on it, 

 strongly bent outwards below costa, erect to vein 4, then incurved ; 

 an indistinct dentate subterminal line ; a terminal series of black 

 points. Hindwing fuscous brown ; the under side ochreous thickly 

 irrorated with dark brown; a dark discoidal point and diffused 

 medial line. 



Hah. Mashonaland, Sahsbury (Marshall). Exp. 32 mill. Type 

 in B.M. 



(9) Baniana pallidicosta, n. sp. 



? . Head and thorax black mixed with ochreous ; abdomen 

 ochreous brown irrorated with black especially on ventral surface. 

 Forewing ochreous brown suffused with black except on costal area 



