1898.] FKOM BRITISH EAST AFRICA. 427 



175. SlMPLICIA INFLEXALIS. 



Simplicia injlexalis, Guenee, Delt. et Pyral. p. 52 (1854). 



Samburu, 31st October, 1896; between Voi and Ncli, 19th May, 

 1897. 



New to us from East Africa. 



One other Noctuid was obtained at Taru on December 1st, 

 1896, but it is headless and rubbed, so that its identification is 

 impossible. 



LTMANTBIIDiE. 



176. Eedoa crocipes. 



Cypra crocipes, Boisduval, Taime Ent. de Madag. p. 87, pi. 12. 

 fig. 2. 



$ , Maungu lukubwa, 21st March, 1897. 



The female is quite new to us ; unfortunatel)' only one example 

 was obtained. 



177. Cropera testacba. 



Cropera testacea, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. iv. p. 826 (1855). 

 2 2 , Mgana, 18th & 30th June, 1896 ; Voi, 7th May, 1897. 

 New to us from East Africa. 



178. Ogoa simplex. 



Ogoa simplex, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. vii. p. 1764 (1856). 



2 , Taru, 19th December, 1896. 



The type (the only other example which I have seen) is from 

 Natal ; this is therefore a welcome addition to the Museum 

 collection. 



179. Lacipa iMPUiSroTA, sp. n. (Plate XXXII. fig. 6.) 



Allied to L. gracilis : silvery white ; primaries of the male with 

 a pale buff spot and black dot near base of costa, and angular 

 series of orange spots before the middle, of which the four lower 

 ones are conspicuous, and a slightly sigmoidal ((jescJiumnr/en ') 

 oblique series of seven spots across the disc ; head, collar,- and 

 pterygodes pale buff; antennal pectinations testaceous; abdomen 

 golden buff. Expanse of wings 23 milhm. 



The female, which I formerly supposed to be a variety of 

 L. gracilis, was obtained in the 8abaki Valley by Dr. Gregory : it 

 has no basi-costal spots on the primaries ; the inner series of orange 

 spots is reduced to two, and the outer series to six, all small ; 

 the body is white, with blackish anal tuft. Expanse of wings 

 35 millim. 



d" , Mgana, 31st August, 1896. 



The absence of all the black spots characteristic of L. gracilis, 

 the nearer approach of the discal series of orange spots to the 



^ We have no English equivalent for this word, which exactly expresses the 

 barely perceptible S-oharacter of a line ; ' sinuous ' might mean more than 

 S-shaped. 



