New Forms of African Lepidoptera 563 



PSYCHIDAE. 



36. Mojida nigroapicalis sp. nov. 



$ . Upperside white, hind wing more thinly scaled. Fore wing 

 with discal area to the cell and vein 2 fuscous-black, the costa similarly 

 coloured though more thinly scaled. 



Antennae, head, thorax, and abdomen black : frons white, legs dark- 

 brown with slight fringes of white hairs. Abdomen with sparse white 

 vestiture. 



Length of fore wing : 13 mm. 



Habitat. — Lukuga Eiver, West Tanganyika, June, 1919, one $ 

 (type) ; Kundelunga Plateau, South Katanga, 4,000-5,200 feet, June, 

 1922, one $ . 



The latter specimen has the fuscous-black area reaching only to 

 vein 3, and the costa has only very slight dark scaling. 



37. Monda immunda sp. nov. 



$ . White, wings rounded. Fore wing with blackish-brown apical 

 suffusion extending to near middle of cell, thinly to vein 2 and along 

 the margin. 



Antennae with shaft white, branches fuscous. Head, thorax and 

 abdomen blackish-brown, some white vestiture on ventral surface. 

 Femora dark brown, tibiae and tarsi dirty-white. 



Length of fore wing : 10 mm. 



Habitat. — Western slopes of Euwenzori, 2,500 metres, December, 

 1919, two $ $ , taken in the daytime. 



This species appears allied to junctimacula Hmpsn. 



Chaeideidae. 



38. Charidea semiaurata orbiculata subsp. nov. 



$ $ . Distinguished from the West African semiaurata Walk, by 

 the narrower band on the fore wing, and the more rounded spot. In 

 one specimen the band does not reach vein 7 nor vein 2, and is pale- 

 yellow. The band is anteriorly rounded as in vicaria Walk., and not 

 cut straight at upper edge of cell as in semiaurata. 



Habitat. — Kivu district : Kissenji, September and October, seven 

 $ $ , three $ $ ; Kabati, one $ ; Kissenji, Euanda district, 

 5,000 feet, November, one t ■ 



