640 NOCTUIDJi). 



slight white segmental lines. Fore wing yellow suffused with 

 rafous and tinged with crimson especially on terminal area ; an 

 obliquely curved dark antemedial line from costa just before middle 

 to inner margin; a dark discoidal point usually present; post- 

 medial line dark, oblique from costa to below vein 7, then inwardly 

 oblique and slightly incurved ; traces of a subterminal series of 

 minute dark spots, excurved below costa. Hind wing semihy aline 

 white, the termen and cilia yellow. 



Hah. Rhodesia, Bulawayo (£■//?&?), 2 c? , 2 $ type; Transvaal, 

 Johannesburg (Coohe), 1 c? , Warmbad {Janse), 1 $ . Exp. 24- 

 millim. 



7088. Neaxestis mesogonia. (Plate CXCI. fig. G.) 

 Faraxestis mesogonia, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 585 (1905). 



S. Head and thorax ochreous tinged with rufous; pectus and 

 legs whitish ; abdomen ochreous, the ventral surface white. Fore 

 wing ochreous, the basal and costal areas to postmedial line 

 irrorated with brown, the medial area except towards costa and 

 the terminal area suffused with rufous ; a brown antemedial line 

 obtusely angled in cell, then oblique and slightly sinuous ; a brown 

 postmedial line angled at vein 6, then oblique ; traces of a sub- 

 terminal line towards costa and an ill-defined spot on inner 

 margin ; cilia rufous mixed with brown. Hind wing semihyaline 

 yellowish white with a slight rufous tinge towards termen. 



5 . Fore wing with the medial area suffused with dark brown, 

 the terminal area tinged Avith brown ; hind wing more ochreous, 

 the termen brownish. 



Hah. Gambia {Moloney), in Coll. Druce ; Abyssinia, Atbara R. 

 {Gerrard), 2 d , 1 ? type. Exp. S 24, $ 26 millira. 



7089. Neaxestis irrorata. 



Faraxestis irrora/a, Hmpsn. P. Z. S. 1910, p. 413, pi. xsxri. f. 10. 



J . Head and thorax whitish ochreous tinged with rufous and 

 irrorated with fuscous ; antennae tinged with rufous ; abdomen 

 ochreous dorsally suffused with rufous. Fore wing whitish ochreous 

 slightly tinged with rufous and irrorated with black ; antemedial 

 line very indistinct, angled outwards on median nervure ; a black 

 discoidal point ; postmedial line very indistinct and oblique from 

 costa to vein 6, then pale rufous, strongly incurved below vein 5 ; 

 a faint diffused rather maculate subterminal blackish shade, 

 excurved below costa ; cilia blackish at tips. Hind wing yellowish 

 white with slight rufous terminal line except towards tornus ; the 

 underside with the costal area white. 



Hah. N.E. Rhodesia, Luangwa R. (Neave), 1 c? type. Exp). 

 26 millim. 



