638 NOCTUID.E. 



5969. Mimasura iniiotata. (Plate CLXVIIT. fig. 11.) 



Mimasura innof.ata, Hmpsn. P. Z. S. 1910, p. 412. 



S . Head, thorax, ani abdomen ochreous white slightly tinged 

 with brown ; palpi orange-yellow. Fore wing silky ochreous 

 white, the costal edge yellow. Hind wing whitish suffused with 

 fuscous brown. Underside of fore wing suffused with fuscous 

 brown. 



Rab. JST.E. Ehodesia, E. Luangwa Distr. (Mave), 1 J type ; 

 Transvaal, Johannesburg {Cregoe), 1 S ■ Exp. 20 millira. 



5970. Mimasura albiceris. (Plate CLXVIII. fig. 12.) 

 Xanthoptera albiceris, Turner, Tr. E. Soc. S. Austr. xxvii. p. 11 (1903). 



S . Head, thorax, and abdomen pale ochreous yellow ; fore and 

 mid tibise and tarsi tinged with brown. Fore wing yellowish white, 

 the costal edge brownish towards base. Hind wing yellowish 

 white. Underside of fore wiag tinged with brown. 



Hah. QuEEiTSLAND, Peak Downs, 1 d . Exp. 18 millin. Type t 

 in Coll. Turner. 



5971. Mimasura strigicostalis, n. sp. (Plate CLXYIII. fig. 13.) 



S . Head and tegulse yellow ; palpi blackish ; frons whitish ; 

 antennae brown ; thorax and abdomen whitish tinged with brown. 

 Fore wing whitish tinged with brown except on costal area ; the 

 costal edge yellow except towards apex, where it is dark brown 

 with four oblique white striae ; a distinct white spot at apex ; a 

 terminal series of slight dark poiuts defined on inner side by white 

 stri«. Hind wing whitish suffused with brown ; a fine brown 

 terminal line. 



Hah. Tratancore, Pirmad {Mrs. Imray), 2 cJ type. Exp. 

 20 millim. 



Genus FLAMMONA. 



Type. 



Flammona, Wlk. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. vii. p. 55 (1864) ... quadnfasciata. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint reaching 

 about to middle of frons and moderately scaled, the 3rd short and broadly 

 scaled ; frons smooth ; eyes large, round ; autennje of male strongly laminate ; 

 thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and without crests ; tibiae slightly 

 fringed with hair; abdomen without crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, 

 the termen evenly curved and not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of 

 cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 fiom 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 

 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3,4 from angle of cell; 5 nearly fully 

 developed, from just above angle; 6, 7 shortly stalked; 8 anastomosing with 

 the cell near base only. 



A. Fore wing with the postmedial line bent outwards to 



costa near apex irilineata. 



B. Fore wing with the postmedial line not bent outwards 



to costa quadrifasciaia. 



