1908.] AFRICAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA. 747 



with blackish-fuscovis ; second discal stigma distinct, moderate, 

 ■dark fuscous; an elongate suffused dai-k fuscous mark beneath 

 middle of disc, whence proceeds a shghtly curved series of shorter 

 similar marks to apex, sometimes obscured by the fuscous irro- 

 ration which tends to form a cloudy patch or suffusion in 

 posterior part of disc : cilia whitish-ochreous mixed with fuscous 

 and indistinctly barred with dark fuscous suffusion. Hind wings 

 whitish-ochreous suffusedly irrorated with fuscous except towards 

 base ; cilia whitish-ochreous, with a fuscous subbasal line. 

 S. Nigeria, Ogrugu ; Gambia, Bathurst ; thirteen specimens. 



Melasina dissoluta, sp. n. 



S 22-27 mm., $ 35-42 mm. Head light yellowish-ochreous, 

 with a few dark fuscous hairs. Palpi moderate, densely scaled 

 pointed, pale ochreous sprinkled with dark fuscous. Antennfe 

 whitish-ochreous sprinkled with dark fuscous, pectinations in (^ 4. 

 Thorax whitish-ochreous more or less suffused with fuscous and 

 sprinkled with dark fuscoiis. Abdomen fuscous. Fore wings 

 elongate, more so in § , costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen 

 obliquely rounded ; all veins separate ; whitish-ochreous, more or 

 less wholly irrorated with fuscous and strigulated with blackish- 

 fuscou,s ; the confluence of dark strigulation produces irregular 

 undefined markings, viz., a basal patch with angulated edge, a 

 fascia from ^ of costa to middle of dorsum, another fi'om ^ of 

 costa to tornus, connected with preceding in disc, and an inwardly 

 oblique patch from costa towards apex : cilia whitish-ochreous 

 mixed with fuscous and indistinctly barred with dark fuscous 

 suffusion. Hind wings fuscous, rather darker in c5' ; cilia whitish- 

 fuscous, with darker fuscous subbasal line. 



Nyassaland, Zomba, 3000 feet, in December ; six specimens. 



Melasina inimica, sp. n. 



cJ . 25 mm. Head and palpi pale greyish-ochreous mixed with 

 dark fuscous ; palpi moderate, densely scaled. Antenna? pale 

 greyish-ochreous, pectinations 6, lined with dark fuscous. Thorax 

 fuscous mixed with dark fuscous. Abdomen fuscous. Fore 

 wings elongate, moderately broad, costa moderately arched, apex 

 obtuse, termen obliquely rounded ; all veins separate ; fuscous 

 suffusedly strigulated with dark fuscous ; obscure oblique median 

 and postmedian fasciae indicated by confluence of strigulation 

 former marked with a patch of darker suffusion about fold : cilia 

 fuscous mixed with darker. Hind wings fuscous ; cilia whitish- 

 fuscous, with fuscous subbasal shade. 



Angola, Bihe ; one specimen. 



An obscure species, but differs from imtnanis and its allies by 

 the obviously broader fore wings. 



Melasina systol^a, sp. n. 



S 17-19 mm., $ 23-24 mm. Head pale fulvous; tongue 

 very short. Palpi very long, densely scaled, pale ochreous suffused 



