512 NOCTUII)^. 



below vein 7 and bent outwards to termen. above tornus, and traces 

 of a pale waved subterminal line from vein 4 to inner margin ; a 

 series of minute black points just before termen ; cilia dark brown. 

 Hind wing fuscous brown, the terminal area black-brown except 

 towards tornus ; an oblique j'ellow band from middle of costa to 

 below vein 2 where it narrows to a point ; a small j^ellow spot on 

 costa at apex, a patch of yellow on termen and cilia below apex, and 

 an oblique yellowish striga from vein 2 to termen at vein 1. 

 Underside grey-brown irrorated with dark brown ; fore wing with 

 oblique pale yellowish band from below middle of costa to tornus 

 enclosing a black discoidal spot, its outer edge incurved at middle 

 and with blackish patch beyond it from vein 6 to termen at sub- 

 median fold ; hind wing with two oblique dark postmedial lines, 

 the outer line expanding into a dark patch near tornus. 



Hah. SiEERA Lbone (Cafof), 1 c? ; Gold Coast, Kumasi (White- 

 side), 3 J ; S. NiGEKiA, Old Calahar (CocJcbuni, Grompton, Sampson), 

 6 c? 5 7 $ , Sapele (Sam2)son), 2 $ ; Camekoons, 1 c? ; Uganda, 

 Entebbe {Mincliin), 1 5 ; Br. E. Africa, Pemba I. {Burtt), 1 $ . 

 Hab. i(sn., 1 cJ type exTiibens. Exp. 56-68 millim. 



7636. Achaea obvia, n. sp. (Plate CCXVII. fig. 14.) 



Head and tegulae dull reddish brown, the latter greyish brown at 

 tips ; thorax and abdomen grey-brown ; tibiae and tarsi whitish 

 irrorated with brown. Pore wing dark brown, the medial area 

 whitish tinged and irrorated with brown, the terminal area grey- 

 brown except at apex ; subbasal line double filled in with whitish, 

 excurved below costa and ending at submediau fold ; antemedial 

 line double, blackish filled in with yellow-brown, oblique and 

 slightly sinuous ; a small black -brown spot at upper angle of cell 

 with a striga from its lower extremity ; a faint double medial line, 

 very slightly excurved beyond the cell, then very slightly incurved ; 

 postmedial line double, blackish filled in with whitish towards costa 

 then with yellow-brown, oblique, straight and ending at tornus ; 

 some minute white points on postmedial part of costa ; a pure white 

 apical spot : the inner edge of the grey terminal area oblique from 

 termen below apex, angled outwards at vein 4, then oblique to the 

 postmedial line at vein 2 ; a series of black and white points just 

 before termen ; a fine whitish line at base of cilia. Hind wing dark 

 brown ; a small pure white apical patch with sinuous inner edge, 

 extending as a line on termen to vein 4 ; the cilia with a fine pale 

 line at base below vein 4. Underside greyish brown; fore wing 

 with broad oblique white band from below middle of costa to tornus 

 with slight brown discoidal striga on it, a faint sinuous whitish 

 subterminal line arising from the apical spot ; hind wing with 

 slight discoidal point, faint postmedial line and slight waved 

 whitish subterminal line from the apical patch to termen at vein 1. 



Hah. S. Nigeria, Ilcsha {Humfrey), 2 cT , 2 $ type. Exp. 50- 

 54 millim. 



