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a minute black spot at upper angle of cell and larger spot at lower 

 angle; medial line fuscous brown, oblique from costa to discal fold 

 where it is met by an oblique yellow streak from apex defined 

 below b}^ brown, then inwardly oblique and double ; postmedial 

 line oblique and dark from costa to the apical streak, then yellow 

 defined on outer side by brown and nearly straight to tornus ; 



Fig. 64. — Entomogramma -jjardus, c?. 



traces of a series of dark points before termen ; a fine yellow line 

 at base of cilia. B.ind wing greyish ochreous thickly irrorated and 

 striated with brown, the terminal area suffused with red-brown, 

 the costal area to beyond middle and the inner margin yellow ; a 

 double oblique fuscous antemedial line and traces of three waved 

 medial lines except on the yellow areas ; subterminal line yellow, 

 almost straight from costa before apex to tornus ; the veins of 

 terminal area with very slight pale streaks; a fine yellow line at 

 base of cilia which are greyish at tips. Underside of both wings 

 yellow ; fore wing with dark point in middle of cell and slight 

 discoidal lunule ; hind wing with discoidal point; botli wings with 

 slight punctiform curved medial line, postmedial series of small 

 dark spots excurved beyond the cells, double subterminal maculate 

 line, and series of points before termen. 



Ab. 1. venusta. Wings much more strongly striated with 

 brown. 



Ab. 2. pardalis. AVings more uniform brownish. 



Ab. 3. Similar but fore wing with large black discoidal lunule. 



Hah. SiERKA. Lkone (Foxcroft, Morgan), 2 J" , 2 $ type venusta ; 

 S. Nigeria, Jebba (Christy), 1 $ , 8apele (Sampson), 1 § ; iS". 

 Angola, Kibokolo do Zombo (Lnois), 1 $ ; Be.. E. Afeica, Mombasa 

 (de la Garde), 1 c? , Machakos (Crawsliay), 1 2 ) ^^lii Valley 



