Neiv Lepidoptera collected by Mr. T. A. Barns 131 



the exception of the antemedial line and subterminal lunule ; the 

 inverted Y-mark rather broadened ; the fringe white towards tornus. 



Underside of both wings more variegated, irrorated with violet 

 scales — especially postmedially, and towards the hind margins with 

 darker-brown medial shading, and some dark-brown on fore wing 

 at costa and on subterminal area from costa to R 2 , and on hind wing 

 near tornus ; the pale markings of upper surface reproduced (with 

 the addition of a slight subterminal line), but the Y-shaped marks 

 less pure white and more sharply dark-outlined ; fringes as above. 



Congo-Beige : Avakuri, Ituri River, March, 1920. (T. A. Barns.) 

 One ? . 



HYPENINAE. 



13. ? Bleptina cryptoleuca sp. n. (pi. XVII, fig. 13). 



$ , 33 mm. 



Head, thorax, palpus above and antenna dark brown, the thorax 

 with some golden-brown scales in parts ; palpus below (to near end of 

 second joint), pectus and legs white, the tibiae and tarsi black above; 

 abdomen dark cinereous above, whitish beneath. 



Fore wing thickly irrorated with dark brown, the ante- and post- 

 medial lines ochreous-brown, and orbicular dot (close to antemedial 

 line), the reniform (except at middle), subterminal line and marginal 

 dots white, the lines defined by blackish, especially distally. Ante- 

 medial line suberect, waved, excurved behind cell ; reniform composed 

 of two subparallel white lunules ; postmedial line waved, bent out 

 behind costa, angled in behind R 1 and incurved from R 2 to hind margin, 

 with some proximal ochreous-brown suffusion except at costa ; sub- 

 terminal line bent out on SC 5 , angled in on R 2 and incurved behind 

 M 1 ; the marginal dots on the veins, with slight dark shading between 

 them. 



Hind wing irrorated with brown, more heavily towards termen, with 

 a diffused dark discal spot, pale, darkly defined postmedial and sub- 

 terminal lines (only visible on abdominal third of wing) and white 

 marginal dots on the veins, with dark shading between them. 



Underside of fore wing bluish-white with pale postmedial and sub- 

 terminal lines, a dark discal spot, slight dark medial shade and scattered 

 brown irroration (strongest at costa and termen) ; margin as above. 

 Hind wing shining white, tinged with bluish at termen, with sharply 

 marked discal spot and a diffused dark subterminal line broken into 



