718 LT.-COL. J. M. FAVVCETT ON 



it, 6 from upper angle ; 9, 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the 

 areola. Hind wing : cell half the length of wing ; veins 3, 4 

 from lower angle of cell, 5 from just above it, 6 from upper end 

 of cell, 8 anastomosing with cell near base. 



168. GiRIA BUBASTIS, sp. n. (PI. I. fig. 14.) 



Bescrijition. — 5 . Head and thorax red-brown ; abdomen 

 reddish ochreous dorsally, underside pale oehreous with a lateral 

 series of black spots. Palpi ochreous, the third joint long, 

 fuscous, with a white spot at extremity. Tibia3 ochreous, with 

 long hair ; tarsi brown banded with ochreous. Fore wiiig with 

 the space between the base and the postmedial line dark red- 

 brown, tl e outer area beyond this line ochreous, thickly irro- 

 rated with red-brown atoms, on which the ochreous veins show 

 up prominently. A red-brown subapical patch on the costa, 

 outwardly bordered with grej^ Two basal dark brown spots 

 defined outwardly by a gi^ey line', one on eosta, and one just 

 below it at base of cell. Antemedial line fuscous, defined in- 

 wardly by a grey line, waved to inner margin. Stigma repre- 

 sented by a black point ; reniform indistinctly defined by a black 

 line, Postmedial line pale ochreous, outwaxdly obliqvie to vein 6, 

 then angled sharply inwards and straight to inner margin. Two 

 black spots in submedian interspace close to tornal angle. Cilia 

 red-brown. Hind wing fuscous, darkest towards apex ; outer 

 margin and cilia ochreous. Underside pale ochi'eous, irrorated 

 with black atoms. Fore wing with a large svibmarginal black 

 patch between veins 2 and 5. 



Habitat. Mombasa, 3Lst March, 1911, 1 $ . Exp. 46 mm. 



This form is not very near to anything I could find in the 

 B. M. Collection ; pei'hapb the nearest is Plecopiera lacinia 

 Saalm., from Madagascai'. 



Genus Taveta, nov. 



Type, T. >iyrhrx, sp. n. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi npturned, long, third joint 

 reaching well above vertex of head ; mid and hind tibia? spined, 

 without long hair. Abdomen with hairy crests on first three 

 segments only. Wings with the outer margin crenulate. Fore 

 wing with a tuft of long hair on underside of cell. Yeins 2, 

 3, 4 from lower angle of cell, 5 almost touching the origin of 4, 

 6 and 7 from upper angle, 8 and 9 stalked to form the areole. 

 Hind wing : cell one-third the length of wing ; veins 2, 3, 4 as in 

 fore wing, 6 and 7 from upper angle of cell, 8 meeting cell close 

 to base. 



169. Tayeta syrinx, sp. n. (PI. T, fig. 13.) 



Bescription. — d" . Head, body, abdomen, and wings bright 

 ferruginous hi-own ; palpi fuscous. Underside of body and legs 

 oelireoiis. Fore wing striated profusely before antemedial line. 



