736 LT,-COL. J. M. FAWCETT OX 



dorsal streaks. Fore \\iiit;- : base of costa dark lirown to ante- 

 medial line. Two basal brown spots, one below costa and on 

 inner margin. Antemedial line dai-k bi'ovvn, straight to inner 

 margin, where it meets an oblique brown line from the large 

 discocellular reniform mark. Postmedial line straight to vein 2, 

 where it is met by an outwardly oblique line from the disco- 

 cellular reniform spot. A brown terminal line enlarged to a spot 

 at tornal angle ; cilia white. 



Inner area of hind wing white. Antemedial line prominent, 

 from a black spot in end of cell to inner margin at middle. Post- 

 medial line angled outwardly at vein 4, and stopping at vein 2, 

 below which there is a dark spot on the brown terminal line. 



Underside iridescent white, marked as on upperside, but much 

 fainter. 



Habitat. Masongaleni, 1911, 5th Dec, 1 S . Kedai, 1911, 

 13th Dec, 1 cT; 1912, 4th April, 1 $ . Exp. 18 mm. 



This form difiers from ainyntusalis in its much smaller size 

 and j)f-le coloration. Fore w^ing without the apical and tornal 

 brown patches ; hind wing without the apical patch, and the 

 antemedial line meets the inner margin at middle and is not 

 oblique towards the tornus. 



243. PlONEA NIGRIPUXCTALIS, Sp. n. (PI. I. fig. 2.) 



Description. — S . Bright yellow. Fore wing angled at apex, 

 but not acute. Costa with a black basal spot, a black antemedial 

 spot, and a black subapical spot. A black spot at end of cell. 

 Hind wing with indications of postmedial and subterminal lines. 

 Underside paler, unmarked except for a black spot at end of cell. 



Habitat. Masongaleni, 2nd June, 1911, 1 (^ . Exp. 22 mm. 



244. PlONEA XANTHALIS, Sp. n. 



Descrijytion. — S • Bright orange-yellow ; fore wing rounded at 

 apex. An indistinct fuscous spot at end of cell, and two on sub- 

 median fold, of which one is antemedial and one postmedial. 

 Hind wing paler ; the cilia verj^ long and pale ochreous. Under- 

 side of fore wing with a fuscous spot at end of cell and a curved 

 joostmedial fuscous band. Hind wing unmarked. 



Habitat. Kedai, 7th March, 1912, 1 <3 . Exp. 22 mm. 



245. Pyrausta incoloralis Guen. 

 Habitat. Masongaleni, 8th March, 1911, 1 S . 



246. Pyrausta sthexialis Hmpsn. P. Z. S. 1916. p. 176, pi. ii. 



fig. 47, r? . 



Habitat. Masongaleni, 6th June, 1911, 1 $. 

 Described from Somaliland. 



Famil}^ -^ G E R I D yE. 



247. Melfitia h.ematopis, sp. n. (PI. I. fig. 1.) 

 Description. — 6 . Head red-brown, hairy ; antenna? cilie.te in 



