66 NOCTUJI»,E. 



banded wibli fuscous"; abdomen greyisb tinged with rufous, the dorsum 

 irrorated with fuscous except towards extremity, the ventral surface 

 whitish with black segmental bands. Fore wing whitish suffused 

 with rufous topostmedial line, the inner margin pale grey ; the base 

 deeper rufous and bounded by a sinuous dark line bent outwards to 

 inner margin ; antemedial line double, blood-red on costal area, 

 then waved and widely separated, filled in with blackish below the 

 cell; claviform defined by black, extending to cell; orbicular 

 ■whitish defined by black except below, elliptical ; reniform defined 

 by black except above, rather irregular and concave towards base ; 

 two reddish stria3 from medial part of costa and a waved reddish 

 line from lower angle of cell to inner margin ; a diffused black- 

 brown line beyond the cell ; poslmedial line black, oblique from 

 costa to vein 6, slightly bent inwards below discal fohl, angled out- 

 wards at vein 3, then incurved, the area beyond it white tinged 

 wilh yellow to vein 3, the apical area white ; subterminal line 

 black, oblique to vein 6, angled inwards at discal fold and excurved 

 to termen at submediaij fold, the area beyond it black below vein 6 

 and a black patch before it from vein 3 to tornus ; a terminal 

 series of black striae ; cilia black with slight yellowish striae at base. 

 Hind wing fuscous brown, the termen whitish ; traces of a post- 

 medial line defined by greyisli on outer side and with whitish mark 

 at inner margin ; a terminal series of black striae : cilia white with 

 series of fuscous marks ; the underside bluish white irrorated with 

 fuscous, a slight discoidal spot, medial shade from costa to discal 

 fold, waved blue-white postmedial line with fuscous band on inner 

 side and black line on outer from costa to discal fold, then a fuscous 

 band and terminal series of small black lunules. 



Hah. Br. JN". Guinea, Ekeikei (Pratt), type t $ in Coll. Bethune- 

 Baker. Exj). 24 millim. 



6275. Chlumetia altenians. 



Chlumetia alternans, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 147 (1SS2); Hmpsn. Moths 

 Inrl. ii. p, 3'76. 



S ■ Head white mixed with brown ; palpi with black rings on 

 2nd and 3rd ji)intfc t tegulaa brown with blackish anuuli ; thorax 

 blackish mixea with brown and grey ; pectus and legs brown and 

 whitish, the tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen fuscous brown with 

 obscure triangular whitish dorsal patches except at base, the ventral 

 surface white suffused with brown at extremity. Fore wing with 

 the basal area chocolate-brown, the rest of wing greyish suffused with 

 red-brown ; a faint waved subbasal line from costa to submedian 

 fold ; antemedial line double, slightly waved towards costa, traces 

 of a line formed by a few black scales beyond it from discal fold 

 to vein 1 ; the discal and submedian folds with whitish streaks to 

 subterminal line; reniform with whitish annulus slightly defined 

 by black, somewhat constricted at middle ; medial line represented 



