234 NOCTUID^, 



rufous lunule slightly defined by blackish ; an irregular pale spot 

 defined by blackish below end of cell ; an indistinct blackish medial 

 line, bent outwards below costa, excurved beyond the cell, then in- 

 curved ; postmedial line double, blackish, oblique, slightly sinuous 

 and with rufous before it to above vein 5 where it is angled out- 

 wards, then inwardly oblique and dentate; subterminal line in- 

 distinct, whitish, minutely dentate and defined on outer side by 

 slight dentate black marks, oblique from costa to below vein 6 ; a 

 series of black strite before termen connected by streaks with the 

 subterminal line between veins 6 and 3. Hind wing orange-yellow ; 

 a terminal black band, its inner edge oblique to vein 2, then 

 narrowing to vein 1 where it terminates ; a small yellow apical 

 patch ; cilia yellowish white at apex, then dark with [)ale tips, 

 chequered with fuscous at veins 5 to 3, wholly dark towards tornus. 

 Underside of fore wing with the basal half yellow, a narrow oblique 

 black medial band expanding towards costa, followed by an ochreous 

 white band, then a blackish band from costa to submedian fold, the 

 termen broAvnish white ; hind wing as above but with small yellow 

 spots on the terminal band between veins 5 and 2. 



Rah. Er. C. Africa, Fort Mangoche {Neave), 1 $ ; Natal, Durban 

 (Gooch, Leigh), 1 (^ , 2 J type. Exj). 58-60 millim. 



Genus HERMINIOCALA, nov. 



Type, H. daoiia. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi with tbe2nd joint upturned to near vei-tex 

 of bead and moderately scaled, the 3rd porrect, moderate, and thickly scaled ; 

 f rons smooth with tuft of hair above ; eyes large, round ; antenniB of male 

 with long fasciculate cilia ; fore tibise moderately fringed witii hair, the mid 

 and hind tibise smootiily scaled, the fore tibise not spined, the hind tibiffi 

 spined ; abdomen dorsally flattened, with some rough hair on basal segments 

 but without crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly 

 curved and hardly crennlate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from 

 upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. 

 Hind wing with the cell about half the length of wing ; veins 3 and 5 from 

 close to angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base 

 only. 



A. Fore wing with tlie patch beyond the cell reniform daona. 



B. Fore wing with the patch beyond the cell rather V-shaped, 



its lower extremity bent outwards. 



a. Fore wing without subterminal line 'pallida. 



b. Fore wing with subterminal line strongly incurved at discal 



fold '. atomosa. 



7356. Herminiocala daona. 



Ophiodes daona, Druce, A. M. N. H. (6) xiii. p. 362 (1894) ; id. Biol. 

 Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 516, pi. 97. f. 6. 



(S . Head and thorax pale ochreous slightly tinged with rufous ; 

 antennae rufous ; palpi red-brown, the 3rd joint ochreous ; shoulders 

 with red-brown streaks ; tibise and tarsi suflused with brown ; 



