88 NOCTUID.^. 



2178. Empusada pyrostrota, n. sp. (Plate XCVIII. fig. 15.) 



2 . Head blackish with a white bar above frons ; thorax brownish 

 white ; abdomen brownish white. Fore wing pale yellow, the 

 costal area irr orated with fuscous ; the cell and areas just beyond it 

 and below it to origin of vein 2 suffused with fiery red, the area 

 below its extremity grey-white ; the median nervure streaked with 

 black ; the veins and interspaces of terminal area streaked with 

 brown ; a slight blackish streak above inner margin before middle ; 

 three black points in upper extremity of cell. Hind wing white, 

 the veins and term en tinged with brown. 



Hah. Tkansyaal, Johannesburg {Cliolmley), 1 5 type. Exp. 

 44 millim. 



2179. Empusada ruficeps, n. sp. (Plate XCVIII. fig. 16.) 



2 . Head and thorax brownish grey, the vertex of head tinged 

 with rufous ; abdomen brownish grey irrorated with fuscous. Fore 

 wing grey-brown, the cell suifused and streaked with bright rufous ; 

 the area below the cell to origin of vein 2 suffused with rufous with 

 a curved pale yellow streak below it ; three slight dark points in 

 upper extremity of cell ; traces of a Avaved postmedial line bent 

 outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4 ; the veins and 

 interspaces of terminal area slightly streaked with brown ; a 

 terminal series of black points. Hind wing white, the veins and 

 terminal area suffused with brown. 



Hah. Madagascak, Betsileo (Cowfm), 1 $ type. J5a;27- ^0 millim. 



2180. Empusada chrysota. (Plate XCVIII. fig. 17.) 



CucuUia chrysota, Hmpsn. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 277 (1902). 



Head rufous with a yellowish bar above frons ; thorax grey, the 

 tegulse with fine dark lines ; abdomen brownish white. Fore wing 

 with the costal area pale golden yellow irrorated Avith brown and 

 tinged with brown towards apex; the cell and area below it to 

 origin of vein 2 red-brown, a curved golden fascia below the latter ;, 

 the rest of wing purple-grey with darker irroration ; three black 

 points in upper part of cell : the veins and interspaces of medial 

 part of terminal area streaked with brown. Hind wing white, the 

 veins and termen tinged with brown. 



Hah. Germ. E. Afeica ; Natal, Estcourt (HutcJdnso))), 1 (j' , 

 Durban (Innes), 1 c? , 1 2 ■ Exp. 36-38 millim. 



2181. Empusada pallidistria. (Plate XCVIII. fig. 18.) 

 Cmulliapcdiidisiria, Feld. Eeis. Nov. pi. 108. f. 54 (1874). 



S . Head, thorax, and abdomen grey irrorated with fuscous. 

 Fore wing grey slightly irrorated with fuscous ; a yellow-brown 

 fascia below base of cell to origin of vein 2 with pale golden-yellow 



