1896.] MOTHS FROM ABBN AND SOMALILASX). 271 



Hbtbbo&eaphis oaenibasalis, n. sp. 



cJ . Maxillary palpi thickly scaled ; frons with a rounded pro- 

 minoQce ; atitennoB laminate. 



Head and thorax rufous and grey ; abdomen whitish. Fore 

 wing with the basal area rufous, deepening to the antemedial line, 

 which is straight, oblique, white, irrorated with black and inwardly 

 edged with black ; the medial, costal, and outer areas irrorated with 

 pink-brown scales, the rest of the medial area diffused with olive- 

 brown ; an oblique white posfcmedial line irrorated with black 

 scales. Hind wing whitish, suffused towards margin with pale 

 brown. 



Hah. Aden {Nurse). Exii. 12 mm. 



Hbtbeoseaphis peoniphba, n. sp. 



(S . Maxillary palpi minute ; frons rounded ; antennsB ciliated. 



Head grey ; thorax and abdomen pale rufous. Fore wing pale 

 rufous, suffused with vinous purple ; the costal area white, irro- 

 rated with purple, and tapering to base and apex ; a white spot on 

 vein 1 before middle ; an indistinct straight whitish submarginal 

 line. Hind wing pale brown ; the cilia white. 



Eah. Aden {Nurse). Exp. 16 mm. 



Anoylosis nigeitaesea, n. sp. 



iS . Antennae with slight sinus and roughened scales on base of 

 shaft. 



Grey ; palpi white, the extremity of 2nd and the 3rd joint 

 black ; legs white, the tarsi and extremity of hind tibias black ; 

 abdomen with pale rings. Fore wing suffused and irrorated with 

 fuscous ; the costal area white, irrorated with red scales, and 

 tapering to base and apex. Hind wing white, ■with pale brown 

 marginal line. 



Hah. Shaik Othman, Arabia {Nurse). Exp. 18 mm. 



Anotlosis fuscospaesbha, Zell. 



Aden. Most of the specimens have vein 4 of the hind wing 

 given off just before the margin. 



Nephoptbeix divisblla, Dup. Lep. Fr., Suppl. iv. p. 126, 

 pi. 60. f. ix. 

 Aden. 



Nephopteetx (Thxlocoptila) patjeosema, Meyr. Ent. Mo. 

 Mag. 1885, p. 106. 



• Lahej and Shaik Othman, Arabia. 



Nbphopteetx (Salbbeia) metamelana, n. sp. (Plate X. fig. 7.) 



Head, thorax, and abdomen grey, the last with the terminal 



segments blackish in male. Fore wing grey, diffused and irrorated 



with black ; the costal area whiter to the postmedial line ; a black 



basal speck ; an obliquely sinuous black antemedial Hue, with. 



