320 NOCTtJID.^. 



above inner margin ; an elliptical diseoidal spot defined bj' rufous, 

 its centre also faintly defined by ruFous, placed on a large oblique 

 elliptical pale rufous patch which extends to submedian fold ; 

 postmedial line double, blackish, strongly bent outwards below 

 costa, then sinuous, angled inwards at vein 2 and outwards at 

 submedian fold ; subterminal line black, obliijuc towards costa, 



Fig. 114. — Mf.gathripa rufiraedia, J. \. 



angled outwards at vein 7 and slightly excurved at middle. Hind 

 wing white, the veins towards termen, apical area and termen 

 suffused with brown ; cilia white, brown at base from apex to 

 vein 2. 



Ab. 1. Fore wing without the rufous discal patch, the diseoidal 

 annulus defined by blackish ; hind wing with the terminal area more 

 strongly suffused with brown. 



Hah. MozAMBiauE, Shilouvane (Junod), 1 $ ; Ehodesia, Bala- 

 wayo (Eyles), 1 $ type. Ev2}. 30-36 millim. 



Genus (EDICRASPIS, nov. 



Type, (E. suhfervida. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2ad joint reaching 

 to vertex of head and with large tuft of scales behind at extremity, the 3rd 

 luoderate ; froiis smooth, with tuft of scales ; eyes large, round ; antennje of 

 female almost simple; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales, the pro- 

 thorax with hump-shaped crest, the metathorax with depressed crest ; tibite 

 slightly fringed witli hair ; abdomen without crests. Fore wing with the costa 

 slightly lobed just beyond middle ; the apex rectangular, the termen evenly 

 curyed and crenulate ; veins 3 and 6 from close to angle of cell ; 6 from upper 

 angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form a short areole; 11 from cell. 

 Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 fully developed from well 

 above angle; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell to middle. 



6625. (Edicraspis suhfervida, n. sp. 



5 . Head and thorax purplish grey mixed with black ; pectus, 

 mid femora, hind leg, and abdomen oeheous tinged with rufous 

 and slightly irrorated with brown. Fore wing purple-grey irrorated 

 with black and tinged in parts with brown ; a black streak below 

 base of cell ; a slight blackish subbasal spot on costa ; antemedial 

 line indistinctly double, with black spot on the inner line at costa, 

 slightly excurved to median nervure and strongly incurved at 

 vein 1 ; an oblique white diseoidal bar ; postmedial line arising at 

 middle of costa, almost obsolete and downcurved below the costa 



