LYCOPHOTIA. 



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white postraedial line strongij^ bent outwards below costa, excurved 

 to vein 4, then incurved ; an indistinct dentate whitish subterminal 

 line, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle, with a 

 quadrate black patch on costa before it. Hind wing semihyaline 

 white, the costal area sometimes tinged with brown and some dark 

 points on termen ; the underside with the costal area irrorated with 

 brown, a slight discoidal point and curved series of points on the 

 veins. 



Ab. 1. albifrons. Fore wing without the green tinge. 



Ab. 2. decipiens. Thorax purple-brown, the tegulfe white with 

 seniicircular black patch, the metathoracic tuft white ; fore wing 

 with the quadrate antemedial, medial, and subterminal black patches 

 on costa much more prominent. 



Ab. 3. amatura. Thorax as in c?ecijj/c«5 but black ; fore wing with 

 the ground-colour white instead of green, the costal patches very 

 j^rominent, a white streak in base of cell. 



Hab. SoMALiLAND, Galla country (Gillctt), 1 5 ; Br. E. Africa, 

 Nairobi (Crawshay), 1 $, Kikuyu (Craiushay), 1 5 , Eb Urru 

 (Bettoii), 1 2 '-, Transvaal (i^oss), 1 $ ; Natal, Estcourt (//ttic/iwison), 

 Durban {Gooch, Leigh), 2 c5' , 5 5, type amatura; Bastjtoland, 

 Masite, 1 5 ■, Khamalani {Crawshay), 1 2 ; C. Colony, Transkei {Miss 

 P. Barrett), 2 c5", 11 5? Knysna, Cape Town (Smith, Gaeinzius, 

 Trimen), 2 c? , 5 5 ? types vfflria and cumulata ; MadaGxISCAR, Betsileo 

 {Cowan, Cory), 3 5 . Exp. 3G-42 millim. 



957. Lycopliotia bitriangula. (Plate LXXIV. fig. 2S.) 

 Agrotis Mtriaugiila, Hiupsn. Ann. S.-Afr. Mas. ii. p. '261 (1902). 



Grey ; palpi black except at tips ; antennge blackish ; tegulao 

 black, edged with grey. Fore wing purplish grey, irrorated with 

 a few black and red scales ; an indistinct subbasal line from costa 

 to submedian fold ; an indistinct sinuous antemedial line bent out- 

 wards to inner margin ; claviform rejDresented by a black point at 

 extremity ; truncate triangular deep black spots in cell before the 

 orbicular and reniform, which have Avhitish annuli and their centres 

 defined by reddish, the former V-shaped, open above, the latter with 

 black points on its outer edge and below it ; an indistinct oblique 

 waved line from lower angle of cell to inner margin ; the postmedial 

 line indistinct, double, minutely waved, bent outwards below costa, 

 incurved at diseal fold and below vein 4 ; a pale subterminal line 

 slightly defined on each side by fuscous. Hind wing semihyaline 

 white. 



Hah. Cape Colony, Transkei {Miss F. Barrett), 1 d" , 1 5 type. 

 Exp. 36 millim. 



958. Lycopliotia isopleura. (Plate LXXIV. fig. 29.) 

 Agrotis iso'pleura, Hmpsn. Ann. S.-Afr. Mus. ii. p. 261 (1902). 



5 . Grey mixed with brown ; palpi black except at tips ; tegulte 

 black at tips ; abdomen brownish grey. Fore wing grey irrorated 



