MOTHS FROM SOMALILAND. 177 



OORNIFRONS ALBIDISCALIS, Sp. n. (PI. II. fig. 49, 6 •) 



Antennfe of male bijoectinate with moderate branches to near 

 apex ; frontal prominence pointed at extremity, its lower edge 

 produced to a point before extremity. 



Head and thorax red-brown mixed with some Avhite ; antennsa 

 ringed brown and white, the branches blackish in male ; abdomen 

 pale red-brown. Fore wing pale red-brown ir-rorated with darker 

 brown especially on the veins ; an oblique whitish shade from base 

 of costa ; a narrow white antemedial band defined by dark scales 

 and with irregularly waved edges ; a small rather elongate white 

 spot defined by dark scales in middle of cell and a white discoidal 

 bar also defined b}^ dark scales, its lower extremity somewhat 

 curved inwards ; a narrow white postmedial band defined by 

 dark scales and with minutely waved edges, angled inwards at 

 veins 6, 3, 2 and outwards at submedian fold, excurved at middle 

 and incurved to inner margin ; a slight dark terminal line ; cilia 

 white at base followed by a dark line. Hind wing whitish 

 suft'used with brown especially in female ; a slight biown spot 

 at lower angle of cell and indistinct rather diffused curved 

 subterminal line ; cilia white with a brown line near base. 



1908: May 4,-1 $ ; Sept. 28,-1 d (type); Oct. 18,-1 S ; 

 Nov. 13,-1 $ ; Nov. 14,-1 6 . 1909 : Apr. 5,-1 d ; Apr. 7,— 

 1 cJ , 2 $ (1 in B.M.) ; Apr. 10,-1 d . Exp. 20 millim. 



Tegostoma comparalis Hiibn. 



1908: June 1,-1 $; Sept. 25,-1 $; Oct. 31,-1 $. 1909: 

 May 9,-1 S ; May 10,-4 2 . 



Tegostoma subditalis Zell. 

 1909 : May 8,-1 c? • 



Tegostoma bipartalis Hmpsn. 

 1908: Aug. 15,-1 $. 



NOCIUELIA GLOBULIFERALIS, Sp. n. (PI. II. fig. 50, 6 .) 



S . Head and thoi-ax white mixed with rufous ; palpi red- 

 brown ; fore tibiae with brown bands near extremities ; abdomen 

 white with slight rufous dorsal bands and streaks on anal tuft. 

 Fore wing white suffused with rufous ; an indistinct rufous sub- 

 basal line ; antemedial line red-brown, excurved above inner 

 margin, a round white spot defined by red-bi-own on its outer 

 side in and below the cell ; rounded white spots defined by red- 

 brown in and below end of cell ; a postmedial white patch defined 

 by red-brown except above below the costa, intersected by a red- 

 brown streak on vein 7 and its outer edge indented by a wedge- 

 shaped red-brown mark on vein 6, a white patch beyond it at 

 apex and oblique elliptical white spot defined by red-brown below 

 it ; a dark brown terminal line ; cilia white at base with a brown 

 line near base and brownish tips. Hind wing white : an elliptical 



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