MOTHS FROM SOMALILAXD. 173 



Sept. 21,-1 c?; Sept. 23,-1 J; Sept. 24,-1 S ; Sept. 26,-1 S 

 (type) ; Sept. 27,-1 S ; Sept. 29,-1 c^ . 1909 : Jan. 18,-2 6 , 

 1 $ (type) ; Mar. 14,-1 d , 2 $ ; Apr. 1,-1 S ; Apr. 14,-1 6 ; 

 May 12,-1 S ; May 21,-2 d; Sept. 21,-1 c? ; Oct. 22,-2 S ; 

 Nov. 25,-1 $. 1910: Mar. 6,-1 S ; Mar. 9,-1 S ; Mar. 10, 

 — 1 J; Mar. 12,-1 J (B.M.). ^a,^^. d 36-40, $ 42 millini. 



Dattinia ornata Druce. 



1908 : Feb. 24,-1 J ; Sept. 24,-1 $ ; Sept. 29,-1 $ ; 

 Oct. 3,-1 c5. 1909: Mar. 14,-1 $; Mar. 18,-1 $; Mar. 19, 

 — 1 2; Mar. 26,-1 ? ; Apr. 16,-1 $ ; Oct. 8,-1 ? ; Oct. 11, 

 -1 ?. 



Dattinia peratalis, sp. n. (PL II. fig. 41, d .) 



Antennae of male bipectiuate, with long branches to two-thirds 

 length. 



cJ . Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreons tinged with rufous, 

 the thorax deeper rufous ; antennae with the blanches brown ; 

 frons and palpi deep rufous ; legs red-brown, the tibiae and tarsi 

 ringed with whitish. Fore wing with the basal area rufous, the 

 rest of wing silvery white with a creamy tinge suffused in parts 

 with rufous ; antemedial line creamy white defined on outer side 

 by rufous and with some black irroration before it, slightly 

 waved ; the medial area mostly suffused with rufous, with a 

 creamy-white patch in and beyond the cell extending to costa ; 

 an oblique black-brown discoidal bar and slight yellowish spot 

 below end of cell ; postmedial line creamy white defined on inner 

 side by rufous, excurved to vein 3, then incurved, a patch 

 of blackish scales bej-^ond it at middle ; a silvery whitish apical 

 patch defined by rather diffused black scales. Hind wing 

 ochreous white suffused with rufous ; cilia with a white line 

 at base followed by a rufous line. Underside whitish, the 

 fore wing and costal area of hind wing suffused and irr.oi-ated 

 with red- brown. 



1909: Mar. 14,-1 (^ (type). Exp. 14 millim. 



Dattinia costinotalis, sp. n. (PI. II. fig. 42, (S •) 



Antennae of male ciliated. 



c5' . Head, thorax, and abdomen grey mixed with reddish 

 brown and fuscous, the vertex of head whitish ; pectus whitish ; 

 tarsi brown ringed with white ; abdomen blackish brown 

 ventrally except towards base. Fore wing pale brownish grey 

 slightly iiTorated with blackish ; the costal edge black towards 

 base ; subbasal line black defined on outer side by whitish, 

 angled outwards below the cell and ending at vein 1 ; ante- 

 medial line black, oblique to below the cell, then incurved 

 a quadrate patch of blackish suffusion beyond it from costa 

 to median nervure ; a slight dai'k mark at lower angle of cell ; 

 postmedial line blackish, indistinct except towards costa, ex- 

 curved to vein 4, then oblique and sinuous, an oblique black bar 



