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



Antennae, head, palpi, thorax, legs and abdomen blue-black. 

 Tegulae fringed with yellow hair ; patagia with a yellow stripe down 

 the middle. 



Length of fore wing : 12 mm. 



Habitat. — Kabati, Lake Kivu, October, 1919, two 3 3 . 



15. Pedoptila nigrocristata sp. nov. 



Allied to catori B.-Bkr., but distinguished by the black anal tuft. 



2 . Fore wing with upper discocellular as long as the middle one, 

 more oblique than in other species and scarcely angled at vein 6. The 

 basal yellow area is broader costally than in catori and its outer edge 

 is concave. 



Hind wing as in catori, but the tail is black and not fringed with 

 whitish as in that species. 



Body and appendages as in catori, but with the difference that the 

 frons is black, the tarsi are black, and the anal tuft is blackish-brown. 



Length of fore wing : 14 mm. 



Habitat. — Chambezi Kiver, N. E. Bhodesia, April, 1917, one ? . 



16. Semioptila liifirensis sp. nov. 



Allied to hilaris Rebel and flavidiscata Hmps. Resembles the 

 latter in general appearance, but the two submedian veins of the 

 fore wing are strongly marked, as in hilaris. 



3 . Fore wing with cell-streak not reaching end of cell and not 

 touching the discocellular spot. Cellule lb is not entirely filled in 

 with yellow, the angle formed by the junction of submedian and 

 the margin being of the ground-colour. Cellule lc yellow in the 

 basal half. The allied forms have la-lc entirely yellow. Hind wing 

 larger than in the allied forms and with a longer and more spatulate 

 tail, which is broader than in any other species. 



Abdomen hairy as in hilaris, more so than in flavidiscata. 

 Length of fore wing : 15 mm. 



Habitat. — Lufira River, near Likasi Copper Mine, 4,000 feet, 

 September 30, 1918, five 3 3 . 



