442 DR. A. G. BUTLEB OS LEPIDOPTBBA [May 17, 



a whitish spot below base of cell ; a series of white costal points 

 between the two transverse stripes ; a more or less prominent 

 blackish renifortn stigma ; a whitish line at the base of the fringe : 

 secondaries paler than primaries, crossed beyond the middle by a 

 dusky bordered whitish line parallel to outer margin ; a whitish 

 line at base of fringe : body darker than ground-colour of wings. 

 Under surface of wings paler and more uniform than above, reddish 

 on costal and outer borders, whitish on internal area ; a dusky 

 median shade bounded by the outer whitish stripe of the primaries 

 and the postmedian whitish stripe of the secondaries ; inner 

 whitish stripe of primaries obsolete ; a blackish spot at the 

 anterior angle of each discoidal cell ; indistinct dusky marginal 

 dots followed by the whitish line at base of fringe : body below 

 somewhat darker and redder than the wings, the tibi^ and tarsi 

 paler. Expanse of wings 23 to 25 millim. 



Voi, 17th April ; between Voi and Ndi, 4th June, 1897. 



225. Pycnarmon cribrata. 



Plialmia cribrata, Fabricius, Enfc. Syst. iii. 2, p. 215 (1794). 

 Mgana, 12th August, 1896. 



New to us from East Africa ; indeed, we previously only 

 possessed one African example (from Sierra Leone). 



226. Lygropia amyntusalis. 



Botys amyntusalis, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. xviii. p. 662 (1859). 



Marago ya Fundi, 4th March, 1897. 



The satue observation applies to this as to the preceding species. 



227. SXNGAMIA ABRUPTALIS. 



Aso2na ? abruptalis, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. xvii. p. 371 (1859), 

 Mgana, 5th August, 1896. 



New to the Museum from Eastern Africa, though we have it 

 from Accra. 



228. Gltphodes stenocraspis, sp. n. (Plate XXXIII. fig. 10.) 



Wings pearly semitransparent white ; primaries with narrow 

 gilded brown costal border, very narrow darker brown outer 

 border excised below vein S ; fringe greyish brown, with slender 

 white basal line ; a small black spot at end of cell : secondaries 

 with narrow darlc brown border not reaching anal angle, fringe as 

 in primaries : body snow-white, the patagia silvery, the collar 

 slightly stained yellowish, front of forehead brownish testaceous ; 

 anal tuft black : wings below nearly as above, but the borders 

 paler, costal border confined to the extreme margin and a stain 

 towards apex. Expanse of wings 29 millim. 



Mombasa, 4th January, 1897. 



Nearest to the Western G. ehalis Walk, (of which PhaTcellura 

 ^eridromelJa Mab. is a synonym), but with the brown borders to 

 the \^ iugs considerably narrow er ; tlie excision uf the outer border 

 at apex of primaries also allies this species to 0. albifuscalis Hamps. 



