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and excurved to the margin, which it meets below vein 3 ; 

 beyond this line the marginal area is paler. Hind wing ochreous, 

 with a red-brown submarginal band, the inner edge of which 

 runs straight from costa .before apex to anal angle. Cilia brown. 

 Underside pale ochreous. 



Habitat. Kedai, 10th July, 1912, 1 <S ] 18th Nov. 1911, 1 c? . 

 Exp. 30 mm. 



137. Athetis pentheus, sp. n. (PI. I. fig. 27.) 



Description. — S . Head, palpi, and tegulae red-brown ; thorax 

 yellow, abdomen ochreous. Fore wing yellow, a red-brown spot 

 on costa before apex, and a black point at end of cell ; a red- 

 brown submarginal band from a.pex to near tornal angie, in 

 which is a row of white spots on the veins. Hind wing pale 

 ochreous, with a pale fuscous submarginal band, in which is a 

 marginal row of whitish spots. Cilia pale red-brown. Under- 

 side pale red-brown except inner margin of fore wing below 

 vein 1 and inner margin of hind wing, which are pale ochreous. 



Habitat. Kedai, 12th April, 1912,1 c? • Exp. 24 mm. 



Subfamily Sarrothripin^. 



138. GiAURA astarte, sp. n. (PI. I. fig. 6.) 



DescriptiG7i. — c? . Head and thorax grey, antennae fuscous, 

 abdomen pale ochreous. Fore wing with the basal area grey, 

 and on it a red- brown irregular spot between costa and sub- 

 median fold, defined outwardly by an irregular black line.. Ante- 

 medial line black, irregular. Medial area of wing brown, darkest 

 inwardly. An elongated grey patch along the costa to before 

 apex, on which are placed three costal black strigse. The post- 

 inedial line defines the inner edge of this spot, and runs sharply 

 oblique outwardly to vein 4, is incurved on vein 2, and then 

 straight to inner margin, being defined outwardly by a white 

 line below vein 4. Subterminal area darker brown, on which is 

 placed a grey spot, dentate outwardly on veins 2 and 3. Margin 

 greyish, with a black terminal line. Hind wing white, with a 

 narrow fuscous border from apex to vein 2, with the outer ends, 

 of the veins dark brown ; a dark marginal line. Cilia of both 

 wings white. Underside of fore wing pale fuscous, of hind wing 

 as on upperside, with an indistinct fuscous spot on middle 

 of costa. 



Habitat. Meru, B. E. Africa. Taken by Lady Colvile. 



This form is nearest to Giaitra minor Hmpsn., from Ceylon. It 

 is quite a diflferently coloured insect from G. leucotis Hmj^sn., 

 from B. E. Africa, which is, perhaps, nearest in structure. 



139. RisoBA OBSTRUCTA Moore, P. Z. 8. 1881, p. 328. 

 Habitat. Kedai, 27th Nov. 1912, 1 cj . 



The specimens in the B. M. Collection are all from India. 



