106 NOCTUID.^. 



ochreous suffused with brown ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of 

 abdomen ochreous white. Fore wing black-brown mixed with grey- 

 white, some ochreous suffused with flesh-red on inner basal area, the 

 medial area ochreous suffused with flesh-red leaving a dark patch 

 on middle of costa and a patch on inner area beyond the medial 

 line ; subbasal line black defined on outer side by reddish from costa 

 to submediaii fold ; antemedial line black, sinuous, excurved below 

 cell, a reddish point before it on costa ; orbicular defined by 

 brownish, round, the reniform faintly defined by red, some rufous 

 in cell between them ; an oblique sinuous line from lower angle of 

 cell to inner margin, reddish on the pale area, black where it defines 

 the dark area ; postmedial line black slightly defined on outer side 

 by white, oblique and sinuous from costa to vein 4, then incurved 

 and slightly angled outwards at vein 1, some white points beyond 

 it on costa ; subterminal line black, minutely waved, defined on 

 inner side by reddish lunulate marks from vein 7 to inner margin ; 

 a terminal series of small black lunules with small reddish spots 

 before them except towards apex; cilia pale at apex. Hind wing 

 fuscous brown, the base and costa paler ; a blackish mark on inner, 

 margin at middle and double mark beyond the middle ; a waved 

 dark subterminal line from vein 4 to inner margin defined on inner 

 side by flesh-red; a terminal series of slight black lunules with 

 series of small flesh-coloured spots before them towards apex ; 

 the underside whitish suffused and irrorated with brown, a post- 

 medial series of minute black points on the veins. 



Hah. Congo (Marsden), 1 $ type; Be. E. Africa, Eb Urru 

 (Betton), 1 2 5 Nairowa (Beiion), 1 9 ; Tbansvaal, Johannesburg 

 (CooJce), 1 $ ; Natal, Durban (Clarl-), 1 $. Exjy. 22-26 millim. 



5126. Eiiblemma rubripimcta. (Plate CLI. fig. 19.) 



Meiachrostis ruhripimcta, Hinpsn. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 415 (1902). 



Head and thorax black mixed with some white ; pectus and legs 

 ochreous white, the fore and mid legs blackish in front, the tarsi 

 ringed with white ; abdomen ochreous white dorsally suffused with 

 blackish. Fore wing black mixed with some white ; a pale sub- 

 basal striga from costa ; antemedial line indistinctly double, black 

 slightly defined on outer side by ochreous white, waved ; orbicular 

 represented by slight black lunules at sides, the reniform by a 

 black lunula followed by an orange-red bar placed on an ochreous 

 white patch beyond the cell extending to costa ; an oblique waved 

 black line from lower angle of cell to inner margin with a small 

 orange-red spot before it in submedian fold; postmedial line black 

 slightly defined on outer side by white, angled ontwards at vein 6, 

 excurved at median nervules, then incurved, some white points 

 beyond it on costa ; a waved black subterminal line defined on 

 inner side by ochreous white except towards costa, excurved below 

 vein 7 and at middle ; a fine waved black terminal line defined on 

 inner side by ochreous white lunules except towards apex ; cilia 



