1898.j erom british east africa. 443 



229. Gltphodbs sinuata. 



Phalcena sinuata, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. 2, p. 208 (1793). 

 Voi, 1st May, 1897. 



230. Lepxrodes geometralis. 



Lepyrodes geometralis, Grueuee, Delt. et Pyral. p. 278. 



British E. Africa (no exact locality or date on envelope). 



New to the Museum from Eastern Africa ; we have it from Acorn. 



231. Lepyrodes capensis. 



Lepyrodes capensis. Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. xxxiv. p. 1344 (1865). 

 Mgana, 1st August, 1896. 

 New to us from Eastern Africa. 



232. Zebronia phenice. 



Phalcena phenice, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iv. p. 185, pi. ccclxxxii. G 

 (1782). 



Mgana, 1st August, 1896 ; Mombasa, 4th January, 1897. 

 New to us from the Eastern coast ; we have it from Uganda. 



TlNEID^. 



233. MicROCossTis bettoki, sp. n. 



Nearest to M. maclcwoodi : sordid sericeous white ; primaries 

 transversely reticulated with brown lines, some of which are dotted 

 with black scales ; the reticulated lines are coarser on costal 

 border, especially towards the base and the apex, and form the 

 boundai-ies of slightly brownish quadrate spots, the best defined 

 of these spots is placed on the costa just above the end of the 

 cell ; antenufe bronze-brown, sericeous, with dull testaceous pectin- 

 ations in the male : under surface brownish ; primaries with ill- 

 defined darker brown patches. Expanse of wings 25 to 30 millim. 



c? ? , Samburu, 31st October, 1896. 



Only one pair of this obscure little moth was obtained, un- 

 fortunately not in perfect condition. 



234. A Micro-Lepidopteron of doubtful genus. 

 Taru, 16th December, 1896 ; Voi, 2nd May, 1897. 



A very beautiful little moth quite new to the Museum : the 

 primaries blue-green and glistening, the secondaries sericeous 

 purple ; anterior half of body black, posterior half golden ochreous. 

 Not having paid much attention to the Tineidai I will not pretend 

 to decide whei-e this insect should be placed ; it has antennae 

 which remind one of typical Zygcenidce, and, so far as I remember, 

 are only approached by Exodomorpha or Eretmocera. 



The following new genus, structurally, should be an Arctian, 

 and must therefore be placed in the Arctiida;, but it has much 

 more nearly the aspect of a Noctuid of the Plusia group of 

 genera ; it reminds one a little of Culasta and (in style of color- 

 ation) of lihyncliina. 



