426 DB. A. G. BUTLEE OTS LEPIDOPTERA pMaj 17, 



170. Eapaena limbata, sp. n. 



2 . Primaries above pale coffee reddish, sericeous ; the costal 

 border vvhity brown ; external border narrowly and unevenly pale 

 grey-bro\\nish bounded internally by a partl}^ yAgzag, partly widely 

 sinuous, white submarginal line, the latter bounded internally towards 

 apex and towards external angle by a diffused dusky patch ; central 

 area of wing enclosed by two mdistinct crenulated grey lines, the 

 inner one interrupted in the cell by a white ' orbicular ' dot ; reni- 

 forin stigma also \Ahite, partly edged with leaden grey; a marginal 

 series of black dots : secondaries pale smoky brown, sericeous, 

 slightly greyer towards outer margin ; fringes of all the wings 

 grey inclining to blackish, with whity-brown basal line. Head 

 and collar whity bro\'i u, somewhat pearly ; thorax flesh-reddish ; 

 abdomen whity brown. Under surface sericeous whity brown, the 

 wings irrorated with greyish and with dusky marginal dots. 

 Expanse of wings 25 millim. 



Taru, 2nd February, 1897. 



Unfortunately only one example of this very distinct species 

 was obtained. 



171. HyPENA TULGATALIS. 



Hypena vulgatalis, "Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. xvi. p, 82 (1858). 

 Samburu, 2nd November, 1896. 



A single somewhat worn specimen, but new to us from Eastern 

 Africa. 



172. Ophiiiche masukialis. 



Hypena masurialis, Guenee, Delt. et Pyral. p. 38 (1854). 

 Samburu, 8th & 12th JSTovember, 1896. 



New to us from East Africa, though we have it from the North, 

 South, and West. 



173. Ehykchina taeuen-sis, sp. n. 



Intermediate in character between H. plusioides and R. anfiqualis, 

 nearest to the latter, shghtly larger and browner ; a black or dark 

 brown patch filling the interval betxAeen the black orbicular spot 

 and the linear white ' reniform stigma,' and a second smaller black 

 spot filhng the angle of the inner angulated white transverse liue ; 

 the costal and discal black spots of i?. antiquaUs almost or wholly 

 obliterated ; no irregular submai-ginal white liue as in that species, 

 but the external border faintly dusted with ash}^-white scales; 

 marginal line browu, scarcely discernible : in other respects the 

 two species are almost identical. Expanse of wiugs 25-26 millim. 



Taru, 27th & 29th November, 1st December, 1896. 



174. NODABIA EXTEENALIS. 



Nodaria externalis, Guenee, Delt. et Pyral. p. 64 (1854). 

 $ , between Voi and Ndi, IGth May, 1897. 



