MOTHS FROM B. E. AFRICA. 



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both sexes, much dilated before tlie tip, which is pointed ; 

 palpi brown above, white beneath. Thorax and pectus creamy 

 w^hite ; legs brown, the femora, tibise, and pai't of the tarsi — • 

 especially the hind pair, which are veiy long — covered with long 

 white hair, mixed with tufts of red and black hairs. Abdomen 

 creamy white, with brown transverse bands at the intersection of 

 the somites, except the two somites nearest the anal extremity, 

 which are entirely brown. A tuft of ferruginous hairs at the 

 extremity. Each somite is decoi-ated with j^i'ominent blood-red 

 spots (hence the name hreinatojjis), and also with some black spots, 

 all of irregular size and shape. 



Fore wing ochreous, the costa, veins, and inner margin red- 

 brown. Some black spots or patches on the basal area, especially 

 at base of inner inargin, and a few blood-red scales mixed with 

 them. Cell filled with large blood-red scales, and with a bunch 

 of black scales forming a patch at the apex. Another bunch of 

 black and blood-red scales mixed forms a second patch in » the 

 postmedial area. A brown marginal line along the cilia, which 

 are very long and red-brown. Hind wing hyaline, shot with 

 brilliant blue, the veins dark brown ; cilia long and red-brown. 

 Underside of fore wing pale fuscous without red scales ; hind 

 wing as on upperside. 



2 . Similar to male, but a good deal larger. 



Habitat. Kedai, 1911, 25th Kov., 2 " J ; 13th Dec, 1 $. 

 Exp., c^ 26-34, 2 50 mm. 



Considered by Mr. Durrant, who suggested the name 

 '■' hcematojiis" to be one of the most remarkable forms he has 

 seen. 



Family Ti^'EID.i. 



248. Melasixa recoxdita jDurrant, P. Z. S. 1916, p. 181. 



Habitat. Kedai, 1911, 19th Nov., 1 S ■ 



Another of the forms desci'ibed recently from Sbmaliland. 



EXPLANATION OF THE PLATE. 



Pic 



Jlelittia hffmatopis, $ . 

 Pionea nigripiuietalis. (J. 

 lEiipkiusa hermione, ^. 

 Lecasia otheUn^ $. 

 Foppcea sahina, ^. 

 G-ianra astarte, $. 

 Cidaria asteria, $ . 

 Cidaria procne, $. 

 Seterorachis idmon, (J. 

 Fulcaria striata, $ . 

 Deilemera glance, $ . 

 Stauropns critohulus, $ . 

 Taveta sj/riiix, $. 

 Giria biihastis, $. 

 G-alactomoia herenice. $. 

 Lijgropia pasithea. S- 

 Peridela iiovaria, 2 . 

 Sonrmia perse, J . 



Fig. 



19. PericaUia Jiecate, $. 



20. Plialera Javinia, $ ■ 



2L Ctenusa rectilinea psamatha, $ . 



22. Calpe cerne, $. 



23. Dattinia perstrigata tithonus, ^. 



24. Lebedodes ncevivs, $. 



25. Selagdia narses, $. 



26. Peridela herengaria, $, 



27. Athetis pentheus, $. 



28. Scrancia amata, $ . 



29. Dattinia aurora, S. 



30. Dattinia orion, $. 



31. Srevipecten clearchns, 9- 



32. Catephia sospita, ^. 



33. Catephia scijUa. ?. 



34. Catephia serapis, 2, 



35. Catephia sciras. $. 



36. Athetis horns, <J. 



