ACH^A. 



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striae just before termen ; cilia fuscous, ochreous at base. Hind 

 wing fuscous brown, the base and costal area to beyond middle 

 whitish ; some whitish on termen towards tornus ; a dark terminal 

 line except towards apex ; cilia ochreous white tinged with rufous. 

 Underside wliite irrorated with black ; fore wing with discoidal 

 striga, postmedial point in discal fold and fuscous patch between 



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Fig. 117. — Ach(Ea fectinicornis, c?. |. 



veins 5 and 2 ; hind wing with discoidal point, postmedial series 

 of points, and fine crenulate terminal line with points at the 

 veins. 



Hah. Congo Free State, Mekala Distr. {Powell- Cotton), type f J 

 in Coll. Powell-Cotton. E.vp. 48 millim. 



Sect. II. Antennae of male ciliated. 



A. Mid tibiae of male dilated, with a groove containing a tuft of long hair, 

 the 1st joint of mid and bind tarsi fringed with long hair above. 

 a. Antennae of male with the basal half of shaft fringed with hair above. 



7622. Achaea nubifera. 



Achcea nuhifera, Moore, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 609, pi. 59. f . 9 ; Hmpsn. Moths 

 Ind. ii. p. 495. 



S . Head and thorax greyish brown ; pectus and legs white 

 tinged with fulvous yellow, the tibise and tarsi grey-brown ; 

 abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing grey-brown, the terminal half 

 suffused with fuscous black ; antemedial line fuscous, somewhat 

 diffused, erect, waved ; traces of a sinuous medial line defining the 

 dark area ; traces of a curved waved postmedial line ; cilia grey- 

 brown with a whitish line at base. Hind wing deep fuscous 



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