MOTHS FROM B. E. AFRICA. 7-21 



reniform is a white spot partly irroratecl with ochreous. Post- 

 medial line black, of the usual form in Catephia. Subterminal 

 line obsolete, and only represented by some gi'ey spots. A fine 

 black terminal line. Cilia brown and ochreons chequered. 

 Hind wing white, with broad submarginal black band. Under- 

 side (both wings) white, with broad submarginal fuscous bands, 

 and a brown discoidal spot on the fore wing. 



Habitat. Kedai, 13th Jan. 1912, 1 ?. Exp. 42 mm. 



This form is nearest to C. iricliocosma Beth. -Baker, Ab. 2. 



175. Oatephia serapis, sp. n. (PI. I. fig. 34.) 



Description. — $ . Head, thorax, and abdomen fulvous brown ; 

 antennaj filiform. Patagiawith some grey hairs. Palpi fuscous, 

 pectus and legs whitish. Fore wing fulvous, thickly irrorated 

 with fuscous and grey atoms to the postmedial line. Subbasal 

 and antemedial lines obsolete. Orbicular black with a white 

 ring. Reniform indistinct, defined by an interrupted white 

 line and with a white spot above it on the costa. Between it 

 and the postmedial line is a bi-ight fulvous patch ; the post- 

 medial line of the usual Catephia form. Beyond this line, the 

 subterminal area is suffused with bright pinkish fulvous. Sub- 

 terminal band represented by a few brown spots. A fine 

 marginal black line. Cilia ochreous and brown chequered. 

 Hind wing white, with a broad submarginal black band ; cilia 

 white. Underside of both wings white, with broad subterminal 

 fuscous bands ; fore wing with a black discoidal spot. 



Habitat. Kedai, 16th Jan. 1912, 1 $ . Exp. 32 mm. 



This form is nearest to C. oligomelas Mab., from Madagascar, 

 which is nearly black and without fulvous suffusion on the 

 fore wing. Of four specimens in the B. M. Collection, three 

 have no white on the hind wing and the fourth hardly any. 



176. Catephia mesonephele Hampson, P. Z. S. 1916, p. 131, 

 pi. i. fig. 48, 6 . 



Habitat. Kedai, 3rd and 16th Jan. 1912, 2 S ■ 



Described from Somaliland. The Kedai specimens are more 

 fulvous on the disc and much darker below it, perhaps owing 

 to the difference in climate. 



177. Catephia p^ramidalis Hampson, P. Z. S. 1916, p. 129, 

 pi. i. fig. 45, S . 



Habitat. Kedai, 26th Nov. 1911, 1 S . 



The Kedai specimen has an elongater] black band from ante- 

 to postmedial lines m interspace 1, which is not shown on the 

 figure. 



178. Lyncestis amphix Cramer, Pap. Exot. ii. pi. cxxxiv. fig. C 

 (1779). 



Habitat. Kedai, 25th Nov. 1911, 1 d. 



