202 KOCTUID.'E. 



ochreous bar from costa, then black, waved, at vein 3 retracted to 

 lower angle of cell, then again excurved, some whitish points 

 beyond it on costa ; subterminal line blackish, incurved below 

 costa, incurved and sinuous below vein 6, and with a dark shade 

 beyond it below vein 4 ; a series of minute blackish striae faintly 

 defined on inner side by ochreous before termen, with slight dark 

 streaks from them towards termen. Hind wing red-brown suffused 

 with darker brown except on apical ai^ea ; a slight sinuous dark 

 postmedial line, obsolescent on costal area ; subterminal line 

 blackish, obsolescent on costal area, somewhat incurved between 

 discal and submedian folds, excurved at vein 1 whei'e there is a 

 prominent black spot on it with minute white streak towards its 

 outer edge ; a series of slight brown striae faintly defined on inner 

 side by ochreous before termen with slight dark streaks from them 

 towards termen ; the underside brown irrorated with white. 



5 . Fore wing suffused with dark brown to the subterminal line, 

 the reniform pure white. 



Hah. Jamaica {Mart In), 1 $ ; Haiti {Tioeedie), 2 cT, 

 1 $ type. Exp. 48-52 millim. 



7997. Safia meroleuca, n. sp. (Plate CCXXVIII. fig. 12.) 



5 . Head and thorax white mixed with some reddish brown ; 

 antennaj brown ; palpi blackish irrorated with white ; sides of frons 

 blackish ; pectus and legs white mixed with brown, the tarsi 

 fuscous ringed with white ; abdomen grey-brown, the base white. 

 Fore wing white slightly irrorated with brown^ the terminal area 

 suffused with pale brown from costa at subterminal line to middle 

 of inner margin ; the basal part of costa blackish brown interrupted 

 by white marks at the lines ; subbasal line slight, black, angled 

 outwards below costa and ending at submedian fold ; antemedial 

 line very indistinct, dark, excurved below the cell, then sinuous ; 

 a triangular black-brown patch at middle of costa, the indistinctly 

 double dark medial line arising from it, oblique and slightly 

 sinuous below the cell ; reniform with very indistinct white 

 annuhis ; a triangular black-brown postmedial patch on costa, the 

 slight blackish postmedial line arising from it, excurved below 

 vein 7 and between veins 5 and 3, then oblique and somewhat 

 dentate, a greyish fuscous shade beyond it from vein 7 to inner 

 margin ; the costa towards apex with alternating black and white 

 streaks ; subterminal line very indistinct, dark defined on outer 

 side by white, waved, angled outwards below vein 4 ; a series of 

 blackish striae defined on inner side by white before termen ; a 

 slight waved dark terminal line ; cilia white at veins 5 and 2. 

 Hind wing white suffused with pale reddish brown except at base ; 

 an indistinct double dark medial line ; postmedial line slight, 

 brown, sinuous and minutely waved ; subterminal line blackish, 

 sinuous and minutely waved, a greyish fuscous shade before it ; a 

 -sei'ies of blackish striae before termen defined on inner side by 



