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Ilahitat. Masongaleni, 1911, 24th March, 1 c? ; 29th December, 

 1 c? • Expanse 24 mm. 



This form is near to Lac'vpa sexpuncUda Distant, but is witli- 

 out the black spots and yellow ante- and postmedial lines. 



Family Geometrid^. 

 Subfamily Boarmian^. 



275. Xylopteryx arcuata Walker. 

 Habitat. Masongaleni, 21st June, 1911, 1 c? • 



276. HONORANA EREBARIA Guen. 



Habitat. Kedai, 30th December, 1911, 1 5- 



277. Hyleme^a lepta, sp. n. (PI. I. fig. 29.) 

 Description. — S • Head and pectus yellow. Thorax and first 



three somites of abdomen white above, yellow below, and con- 

 colorous with the terminal somites which are yellow. Fore wing 

 white ; the costa fuscous, and a broad apical fuscous fascia the 

 inner margin of which is angled outwardly between veins 3 and 4. 

 Hind wing white, with a very narrow fuscous border, which is 

 almost linear, between veins 2 and 6. 



Underside as on upperside. 



Habitat. Kedai, 1911, 1st December, 1 c? ; 12th December, 

 1 5 . Expanse 36 mm. 



This species difiiers from doleris Plotz, accra Swinhoe, and 

 ansorgei WaiT., from Uganda, in the black band of the hind wing 

 being narrow and continuous, the above forms having a large 

 black spot on the apex of the hind wing : from dexithea Druce, it 

 differs in not having the inside of the fascia of the fore wing- 

 evenly curved, and ji black spot below apex of hind wing. 



278. EuRRANTHis PENNiGERARiA Hiibner. 

 Habitat. Meru, B. E. Africa, taken by Lady Colvile. 



Subfamily Acidaliix^. 



279. AciDALiA SAGiTTiLiNEA Warr. Nov. Zool. iv. p. 219 (1897). 

 Habitat. Kedai, 8th April, 1912, 1 J • 



280. MiCROLOXiA RUFicoRNis Warr. 

 Habitat. Kedai, 29th December, 1912, 1 $ . 



Subfamily Geometrin^. 



281. Trimetopia ^theraria Guen. 



Habitat. Kedai, 1911, 4th January, 1 $ ; 23rd November, 

 1 S ; 25th November, 1 2 ; J 7th December, 1 J . 

 One of the most beautiful forms of Geometridse, 



