248 NOCTUID-E, 



point and some blackish irroration iu, bej'ond, and below end of 

 cell; postmedial line black, bent outwards below costa, thenpuncti- 

 form, incurved below vein 4 ; submedian line rather diffused, 

 dentate, angled inwards at discal and submedian folds ; a ter- 

 minal series of small black spots. Hind wing white tinged with 

 brown especially on the veins and terminal area. 



Hah. SiERKA Leone {Morgan, Fo.vcroft), 3 $ type and type 

 acronyctella ; Br. E. Africa, Takaunga (Thomas), 1 5 ; ^^- C. 

 Africa, L. Nyassa (de Jersey), 1 (S type brunnescens. Exp. 22-30 

 millim. 



6516. Fardasena lativia, n. sp. (Plate CXCI. fig. 2Q.) 



5 . Head and thorax grey mixed with brown ; palpi blackish at 

 sides ; tarsi blackish ringed with white ; abdomen pale reddish 

 brown, the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing grey-white irrorated 

 with brown, the antemedial area whiter ; a black point in cell near 

 base ; subbasal line black, minutely dentate and inwardly oblique ; 

 antemedial line slight, double, black filled in with white, oblique, 

 sinuous ; postmedial line very indistinct, double, dark filled in with 

 whitish, oblique from costa to vein 6, then sinuous ; subterminal 

 line blackish, excurved below costa and at middle ; a punctiform 

 black terminal line. Hind wing whitish suffused with brown ; 

 a dark terminal line. 



Hah. Gold Coast, Bibianaha (Spun-ell), 3 $ type. Exp. 24-26 

 millim. 



6517. Pardasena punctata. (Plate CLXXX. fig. 2(5.) 

 Pardasena pimctata, Hmpsn. Ann. S. Afr. Mus, ii. p. 444 (1902). 



5 . Head and thorax brownish white ; palpi with some black 

 on 2nd and 3rd joints above ; back of head with pair of black 

 spots ; teg'ulse with slight dorsal blackish spot, patagia with slight 

 blackish spots, metathorax with slight paired tufts of black hair ; 

 abdomen white suffused with pale brown, the dorsal crest black at 

 tip. Fore wing white faintly tinged with pale brown and irrorated 

 with fuscous ; a black point at base of costa ; a subbasal black 

 striga from costa and point in cell ; antemedial line represented by 

 a small black spot on vein 1 and a few scales at middle of cell, 

 on vein 2 and inner margin ; a slight discoidal point ; a post- 

 medial series of small black spots, very obliquely excurved from 

 costa to vein 4, then oblique, some black irroration beyond it on 

 costa ; a rather diffused black subterminal line, excurved below 

 vein 7 and middle; a terminal series of minute black points. 

 Hind wing brownish white with diffused fuscous on veins 6 to 2 

 and on termen from apex to vein 2. 



Hah. Natal, Durban (Leigh), 1 $ type. Evp. 20 millim. 



