308 KOCTTJJD^. 



defined by fuscous ; medial line fuscous, excurved at middle ; post- 

 medial line double, oblique, filled in "with greyish ; subterminal 

 line black-brown defined on inner side by ochreous, waved, excurved 

 below veins 7 and 4 and incurved at veins 5 and 2. Underside of 

 both wings grey-brown ; fore wing with indistinct oblique pale 

 postmedial bar from costa to vein 6, oblique line from vein 6 to 

 inner margin, and subterminal series of pale lunules from below 

 vein 7 to submedian fold ; hind wing with indistinct dark medial 

 and postmedial lines and subterminal series of yellowish white 

 lunules incurved at discal fold. 



5 . Both wings with the basal area paler and with the post- 

 medial line filled in with yellowish, on hind wing defined on inner 

 side by fuscous brown; underside of fore wing with distinct oblique 

 yellow postmedial bar and maculate line. 



Ab. 1. Both sexes darker especially the male which has a slight 

 purplish gloss ; underside of male purplish fuscous brown, of 

 female rather paler, the hind wing with yellow postmedial line 

 giving off slight streaks in the interspaces, the subterminal spots 

 trideiitate. — Comoro Is. 



Hah. ? SiEEEA Leokp; Br. E. Africa, Teita {Wray), 1 $, 

 Masailand {Hunter), 1 $ , Taru (Betton), 1 c5' , 1 ? ; Matjeitius ; 

 Comoro Is., Mayotta (Meade-Waldo), 2d, 2 $. Exj). 76-88 

 millim. 



7428. Cyligramma limacina. 



Erehiis limacina, Gu&r. Icou. Eegn. Anim., Ins. p. 520, pi. 89. f. 2 (1829). 



Cyligramma argilloaa, Guen. iSloct. iii. p. 186 (1852). 



Cyligramma acutior, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 187 (1852). 



Bmjas bisigvata, Wlk. xiv. 1255 (1857). 



Cyligramma importuna. Kef. Jahrb Ak. Erfurt, vi. p. 15, f. 7 (1870). 



Cyligramma inter lecta, I\ef. Jabrb. Ak. Erfurt, vi. p. 16, f. 8 (1870). 



S . Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown, the neck with 

 yellow ring. Fore wing dark brown with a faint purplish gloss, 

 the terminal area irroratecl with grey scales, the outer half of 

 medial area suffused with black-brown ; antemedial line indistinct, 

 dark, waved, bent inwards to costa ; an inverted comma-shaped 

 discoidal mark with somewhat trilobate head, defined by black 

 and its outer side and head by silvery blue, its tail irrorated 

 with yellow and with a black-brown patch beyond it and a 

 rufous patch beyond the head ; medial line black, arising below 

 costa, obliquely excurved round the discoidal stigma and angled 

 inwards below it on vein 2, then waved to inner mai-gin ; an 

 indistinct oblique greyish postmedial line, bent outwards to costa 

 and slightly excurved beyond the discoidal stigma ; subterminal 

 line slight, black-brown, waved, excurved below veins 7 and 4 

 and incurved below veins 6 and 3. Hind wing dark brown, 

 the postmedial area irrorated with greyish ochreous ; an indistinct 

 discoidal lunule defined by fuscous and medial line excurved 

 at roiddle ; postmedial line oblique, double filled in with greyish ; 



