044 NOCTUID^. 



vein 1, then bent inwards to base ; a minute brown spot at upper 

 angle of cell ; postmedial line pale fuscous, oblique from costa to 

 vein 6 where it is met by an oblique streak from apex, tlien 

 oblique to middle of inner margin and defined on outer side bj'' 

 white ; traces of a brownish subterminal line, excurved below 

 vein 7 and at middle. Hind wing yellowish white, the terminal 

 area more strongly tinged with ochreous. 



Hah. Rhodesia, Zambesi, Victoria Falls {Longstaff), 1 $ type. 

 EcVp. 26 millim. 



7095. Arcyophora longivalvis. 



Arcyophora longivalvis, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 379, pi. 12. f. 9 (1852), 

 Chloephora lohidors/s, Zell. Stctt. Ent. Zeit. 1863, p. 139, pi. ii. f. 2 ; Kirby, 



Cat. Lep. Het. p. 280. 

 Cal2Je apicalis, Wlk. xxxiii. 848 (1865). 



(S . Head and thorax bright rufous sometimes tinged with grey- 

 brown ; palpi white tinged with brown ; pectus and legs white, 

 the fore and mid tibise and the tarsi tinged with brown ; abdomen 

 white tinged with ochreous, the basal crest rufous. Fore wing 

 bright rufous sometimes tinged with yellowish or brown and with 

 numerous more or less prominent pale striae, the median nervure 

 and vein 1 to postmedial line with pale streaks ; antemedial line 

 pale yellowish slightly defined on outer side by brown, oblique 



Fig. 262. — Arcyophora lovgivalvis, (^ . \. 



and slightly curved from middle of costa to inner margin before 

 middle ; postmedial line pale yellowish slightly defined on inner 

 side by brown, oblique from costa to below vein 7 where it is 

 acutely angled, then inwardly oblique ; an oblique black streak 

 from apex and sometimes some points beyond the postmedial line 

 below veins 5, 4, 3, 2. Hind wing semihyaline white, the veins of 

 terminal half and the termen ochreous. 



2 . Fore wing usually much more ochreous and with the strise 

 dark, the lines more prominently defined by dark brown. 



Ab. 1. Fore wing with small dark spots with white centres 

 beyond the postmedial line below veins 5, 4. 



Hah. Bechuanaland, L. N'Gami (Zugard), 2 c? , 4 $ ; Rhodi'sia, 

 Bulawayo (MarsJiall), 1 c? ; Transvaal, Warmbad (Janse), 1 $ ; 

 Natal, Durban {Gueinziits, Leigh), 1 c? , 2 $ type apicalis; Adeij 

 (Mathew), 1 $ . Eap. 34-48 millim. Zeller's type is said to be 

 from Yenezuela. 



