New Lepidoptera collected by Mr. T. A. Barns 151 



dark postmedian line (curved nearly parallel with termen) little beyond ; 

 a thick median shade arising at abdominal margin in contact with the 

 postmedian, touching the proximal side of celldot, becoming obsoles- 

 cent anteriorly ; the subterminal line and its dark shadings only well 

 developed from tornus to R 1 ; terminal line and fringe as on fore wing. 



Fore wing beneath pale brown, with dark cloudings as far as the 

 postmedian and proximally to the subterminal, but less strong than 

 above ; terminal line more slender, more punctiform or macular ; fringe 

 sharply chequered. Hind wing beneath with similar markings to 

 upperside but rather weaker. 



Lufira Valley, November and December, 1918. (T. A. Barns.) Type 

 in coll. Joicey. 



16. Pitthea sospes sp. nov. (pi. XVIII, fig. 13). 



$ , 42 mm. 



Face white, with the overhanging tufts black. Palpus black, the 

 first joint bright orange beneath. Vertex and antenna black, the 

 pectinations rather heavy. Thorax black, beneath with some orange 

 admixture. Abdomen above black, beneath mostly orange. Fore coxa 

 and all femora with conspicuous white spot at base, that of hind femur 

 the smallest. 



Fore wing rather broader than in neavei Prout ; black, with the 

 bands deeper orange at their borders than in neavei; antemedian 

 much broader, reaching base between the black costal edge and cell, 

 its breadth throughout approximately 5 mm., its distal edge minutely 

 dentate outward on SC, M and fold ; outer band also broader than in 

 neavei, reaching costal margin. 



Hind wing with the band deep orange, on upperside nearly as 

 ample as on underside, where it resembles that of neavei ; beneath, in 

 addition, with an orange line along a great part of SM 3 . 



N. Ehodesia : Chambezi Valley, Karunga River, 4,500 ft., January, 

 1917. (T. A. Barns.) Type in coll. Joicey. There are also two examples 

 in the British Museum, collected by the late Mr. H. C. Dollman, in the 

 Solwezi district, N.W. Rhodesia. 



17. Pitthea neavei aurantifascia subsp. nov. (pi. XVIII, fig. 2). 



$ 2 , 37—40 mm. 



Only distinguishable from n. neavei Prout (Nov. Zool. xxii, 374, 

 Nyassaland), by the colouring of the bands, but this quite constant. 



