METALEPTINA. 621 



a^. Fore wing two small discoiclal spots with white centres, 

 the postmedial line not definecl on outer side by 

 ochreous ohliteraia. 



III. Fore wing with black point at upper angle of cell, the 



postmedial line defined on outer side by ochreous ... nigribasis. 



ci. Fore wing with dark points at upper and lower angles 

 of cell, the postmedial line defined on outer side by 

 white alhilinea. 



7052. Metaleptina microcyma. (Plate CXC. fig. 15.) 



Urbona microcyma, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) x-pi. p. 588 (1905). 



(5 . Head and thorax grey-white largely suffused with rufous 

 or dark brown ; palpi with the 2ud jo.int blackish above ; tarsi 

 banded with fuscous ; abdomen brownish white. Fore wing 

 whitish tinged with rufous and more or less thickly irrorated with 

 fuscous ; a black point in middle of cell and two discoidal points or 

 small spots; an oblique minutely dentate brown line from costa 

 near apex to middle of inner margin, sometimes slightly defined by 

 white on outer side. Hind wing whitish tinged with brown ; the 

 underside whiter, sometimes with traces of postmedial line on 

 costal half. 



$ . Head, thorax, and fore wing much darker red- brown ; 

 abdomen fuscous ; fore wing with the discoidal jjoints conjoined 

 into a lunule. 



Hah. S. NiGEKiA, Akassa (Lur/ard), 1 (3" type, Sapele (Sam2:)son), 

 5 J , 3 ? , Old Calabar {Grompton), 1 S . Exp. 28-32 millim. 



7053. Metaleptina albibasis. (Plate CXC. fig. 16.) 



Mefaleptina a.lbibasis, Holl. Psyche, yi. p. 551, pi. 21. f. 12 (1893). 

 WesterniMinia selenitis, Hmpsn. A.M. IS. H. (7) xvi. p. 592 (1905). 



S. Head and thorax grey mixed with brown and fuscous; 

 palpi blackish above ; abdomen whitish dorsally tinged with 

 fuscous. Fore wing pale rufous sparsely irrorated with black ; 

 traces of an oblique, slightly sinuous antemedial line ; a small 

 blackish spot in middle of cell and crescentic discoidal spot ; post- 

 medial line arising from costa towards apex, fuscous defined 

 by whitish on outer side, slightly excurved from costa to vein 4, 

 then slightly incurved ; a fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind 

 wing whitish uniformly tinged with pale brown ; the underside 

 rather whiter. 



Hah. Gold Coast, Kumasi [Whiteside), 1 c? ; S. Xigeria, Sapele 

 (Sampson), 1 d" type selenitis ; Gaboon, Ogove E,., type f in Coll. 

 Holland. Exp. 30 millim. 



7054. Metaleptina obliterata, (Plate CXC. fig. 17.) 



Metaleptina obliterata, Holl. Psyche, vi. p. 551, pi. 21. f. 13 (1893). 



J . Head and thorax fuscous brown mixed with grey-white ; 

 pectus and legs white tinged with brown ; abdomen ochreous white 



