MOTHS FROM B. E. AFRICA. 727 



196. Semiothisa lataria Walker. 

 Habitat. Kedai, 19th Dec. 1911, 1 $. 



197. Semiothisa obliquilineata Warren. 

 IJahitat. Kedai, 18tli Nov. 1911, 1 ?. 



198. Semiothisa semialbida Prout. 

 Hahitat. Kedai, 17th Dec. 1911, 1 $. 



199. Peridela berexgaria, sp. n. (PI. I. fig. 26.) 



Desci'iption. — S . Reddish grey irrorated with fuscous, with a 

 broad postmedial ochreous baud striated with fuscous across both 

 wings. Palpi, pectus, legs, aud underside of abdomen pale yellow ; 

 anterin.ie pectinated. Fore wing : antemedial line virtually 

 obsolete ; an oblique red-brown medial band from costa to inner 

 margin. Hind wing with red-brown antemedial line. A dark 

 red-brown point at end of cell, and red-brown patches at anal angle 

 between veins 3 and 4. Underside pale yellow striated with 

 fuscous, and with medial and subterminal fuscous bands ; cilia 

 reddish ochreous. 



Hahitat. Kedai, 22nd Nov. 1911, 1 S ; 25th Jan., 191.3, 1 6 

 (type). Exp. 42 mm. 



This foi-m is nearest to P. arJioparia Swinhoe, but differs 

 in the aijte- and postmedial lines being obsolete on the fore 

 wing. The November specimen is paler and has only a faint 

 indication of the subterminal band, the other markings being 

 obsolete. 



200. Peridela novaria, sp. n. (PI. I, fig. 17.) 



Description.— ^ . Pale ochreous, irrorated and striated with 

 fuscous. Palpi^pectus, legs, and underside of a.bdomen pale yellow. 

 Antennfe filiform. Fore wing : antemedial line obsolescent be- 

 tween red- brown spots on costa and inner mai'gin. Reniform 

 defined inwardly by a dark red-brown striga, starting from, costa. 

 Indications of a postmedial line between veins 3 and 4 and on 

 inner margin. Subterminal line represented by red-brown spots 

 on costa, between veins 3 a,nd 4 and 1 arid 2, connected by an 

 obsolescent fuscous band. Hind wing with a fuscous antemedial 

 band and a black point at end of cell. An indistinct fuscous sub- 

 terminal band with dark red-brown spots between veins 3 and 4 

 and above anal angle. 



Underside pale yellow irrorated and striated with fuscous ; an 



indistinct reddish medial line, Avhich is antemedial in the hind 



wing ; subterminal line fuscous and prominent, enclosing some 



' indistinct grey patches ; a black point at end of cell. Cilia 



ochreous. 



Hahitat. Kedai, 12th April, 1912, 1 $ . Exp. 42 mm. 



This form is also nearest to P. arhoparia Swinhoe, but differs 

 in its paler coloration and in the bands being more or less 



