486 . SIR GEORGE F. HAMPSON ON [Mar. 1, 



Br. E. Africa, Machakos (Crawshay), 4 3 type ; N.E. Rhodesia, 

 Tipper Luangwa valley (JVeave), 1 <5 ; Gazaland, Mt. Chirinda 

 (Marshall), 1 6 • Exp.. 6 16-20, $ 18 mm. 



Gavara velutina Wlk. xii. 771 (1857). 

 N.E. Rhodesia, Fort Jameson. 



Zinaea discophora, sp. n. (PI. XXXIX. fig. 22.)' 



S • Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous tinged with rufous 

 and mixed with blackish. Fore wing ochreous suffused with 

 brown and irrorated with blackish ; a black line from sub- 

 costal nervure near base curved round to just above inner 

 margin, then upwards to subcostal nervure before middle, en- 

 closing a round pale patch ; the inner medial area rufous, with 

 an oblique sinuous whitish line from lower angle of cell to inner 

 margin, some slight black marks above it on discocellulars, and 

 a black point beyond it in submedian fold ; postmedial line 

 indistinct, pale, slightly excurved below costa, then incurved, 

 a rufous patch beyond it on costal area with three slight dentate 

 black marks on it; the apical area pale, with a black-brown 

 terminal band from apex to vein 5, angled inwards and forming 

 a triangular patch at vein 6. Hind wing ochreous whitish 

 suffused with reddish brown ; a faint oblique brown line from 

 below middle of costa to termen at submedian fold ; a slight 

 brownish terminal line ; the underside grey tinged with brown 

 and slightly irrora/ted with fuscous. 



Hah. N.E. Rhodesia, Chinsali distr. (Neave), 1 <-? type. Exp. 

 20 mm. 



Alpha lacides Druce, A. M. N. H. (7) iii. p. 474 (1899). 

 (PI. XXXIX. fig. 17.) 



Congo, S.E. Katanga. 



Altha tegula Dist. A. M. X. H. (6) xx. p. 209 (1897). 

 (PI. XLI. fig. 29.) 



N.E. Rhodesia, Bangweolo distr. 



Altha chionostola, sp. n. (PI. XXXIX. fig, 28.) 



Head, thorax, and abdomen silvery white, the branches of 

 antennae and disk of tegula? tinged with yellow ; palpi with the 

 second joint fuscous above ; tarsi tinged with fuscous ; abdomen 

 with blackish lateral bars. Fore wing silvery white ; a broad 

 olive-fuscous fascia with some silvery scales on it running inwards 

 from termen just below apex to below middle of costa, then as an 

 erect band to inner margin, an oblique black striga on its outer 

 edge at lower angle of cell, slight black streaks on extremity of 

 the veins at apex, and a black line on apical part of termen ; cilia 

 blackish at tips at apex. Hind wing silvery white. 



Hah. Congo, S.E. Katanga (Neave), 1 $ type; Transvaal, 

 Barberton (L'ooke), 1 J . Exp. 36 mm. 



