408 NOCTUIDJE. 



brown; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen white irrorated 

 with brown, the tarsi black ringed with white. Fore wing grey 

 irrorated with blackish, the postmedial area tinged with red-brown 

 and the terminal area with fuscous ; subbasal line slight, double, 

 sinuous, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line double, 

 angled inwards in cell and escurved below it ; a slight black point 

 in middle of cell ; reuiform with slight white anmilus escept above, 

 defined on inner side by an oblique black bar and on outer by small 

 black spots and minute streaks ; an oblique black medial line, 

 somewhat diffused on outer side and with black fascia from it to 

 postmedial line above vein 1 ; postmedial line double filled in with 

 whitish, expanding and filled in with yellowish at costa, angled out- 

 wards below costa, then oblique, defined on outer side by yello'wish 

 at costa, then by rufous with an oblique dark shade beyond it, 

 some white and black points on postmedial part of costa ; subter- 

 minal line whitish, excurved at middle and angled inwards at vein 2 ; 

 a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia with white lines at 

 base and near tips. Hind wing whitish suiSused and irrorated 

 with brown ; cilia white mixed with brown and with white line at 

 base • the underside yellowish white irrorated with brown, a dark 

 discoidal spot and curved postmedial line, 



Eah. Bk. E. Afeica, Eb Urru (Betton), 1 c? , 1 $ , Machakos 

 (Craivshmj), 1 cJ , 1 2, Kikuyu (Crawshay), 1 $ ; MiDAGAsCAK. 

 Ea^p. 22 millim. 



5612. Ozarba corniculans. 



Erastria corniculans, Wllgrn. Wien. Ent. Mon. iv. p. 173 i,1860j. 



Erastria figurata, Wlk. xxxiii. 793 (18(35). 



Erastria nyanza, Feld. Eeis. Nov. pi. 120. f. 6 (1874). 



Head and tegulse reddish brown ; thorax and abdomen fuscous 

 brown with a greyish tinge, the basal crest tipped with black ; 

 pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen whitish irrorated with 

 fuscous, the fore tibise and the tarsi black ringed with white. 

 Fore wing with the basal half grey-brown with slight dark irro- 

 ration, the terminal half purplish brown with some grey before 

 postmedial line and a pale patch on inner half before subterminal 

 line ; subbasal pale rufous and black points on costa ; antemedial line 

 indistinct, double, excurved below the cell and above inner margin, 

 a black point in middle of cell ; reniform grey with slight whitish 

 annulus, defined on inner side by black and on outer and below by 

 small black spots and points ; postmedial line double, black filled in 

 with whitish, oblique from costa to vein 6 where it is angled outwards, 

 incurved and defined by whitish on outer side below vein 4, a 

 black patch before it above vein 1 and some pale rufous points 

 beyond it on costa ; subterminal line whitish, nearly straight from 

 costa to vein 4 where it is angled outwards, then incurved and 

 ending at tornus ; a terminal series of minute black lunules ; cilia 

 pale rufous with dark lines near base and tips. Hind wing dark 



