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



Habitat. — Kissenji River, Lake Kivu, September, 1919, one 3 

 (type) ; Mikeno Forest, Kivu, 2,000 m., October, 1919, one 3 . 



5. Maenas nigrilinea sp. nov. 



Unlike any other known African species. 



? . Upperside of fore wing pale buff, with brownish-black stripes 

 between the veins. An interrupted cell-stripe along upper margin, the 

 proximal half thinner than distal half ; a short triangular stripe in base 

 of cellule 6 ; a subapical spot from costa to below vein 7 ; a short stripe 

 on vein 6 ; a little scaling below vein 5 ; stripe along 4 filling base of 

 cellule 4, extending along 3, filling base of 3, extending along margin 

 of cell and two-thirds along vein 2, thence below this along edge of 

 cell half-way between 2 and the base; a long stripe above submedian, 

 not reaching base nor tornus ; a series of black marginal dots between 

 the veins. Hind wing pure white without markings. 



Underside paler. Fore wing with markings showing through, costa 

 edged with orange. 



Head and thorax pale buff. Antennae white above, black beneath. 

 Tegulae edged with orange behind. Shoulders with a black spot. 

 Patagia with a black spot pointed behind. Palpi pale buff, orange 

 beneath, and black at sides. Abdomen with basal white hair, orange 

 above, pale buff beneath with two rows of black lateral dots ; anal 

 tuft pale buff. 



Length of fore wing : 21 mm. 



Habitat. — Niansa, Euanda District, August, 1919, one ? . 



6. Maenas paucipuncta sp. nov. 



Allied to affinis Roths., but differs in the unspotted abdomen and 

 differently-spotted fore wing. 



3 . Upperside pure white. Fore wing with a slight yellowish 

 tinge, more marked along costa, which is edged with orange, and inner 

 margin. A small elongate black dot in cell at base, a black dot at 

 upper and one at lower angle of cell, a black point on costa beyond 

 cell, black dots in pairs on veins 2-4 and one on the submedian 

 forming a post-discal line incurved at vein 2, a dot on vein 2 beyond 

 its base, a larger black dot below it on submedian. Hind wing without 

 markings. Underside with dots of the fore wing showing through. 



Head and thorax white with yellow tinge. Antennae black, shaft 

 white above. Palpi yellowish-brown, black at sides. Tegulae edged 



