572 NOCTUIDJi. 



sabmedian fold ; antemedial line double filled in witb grey, 

 excurved below the cell ; orbicular defined by black, round ; reni- 

 form represented by a pale striga on upper discocellulars and white 

 point at lower angle of cell, both defined by black ; postmedial line 

 double filled in with grey, bent outwards below costa, slightly 

 incurved at discal fold, incurved and sinuous below vein 4, some 

 white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line with dark 

 suffusion on inner side, minutely waved, excurved at middle ; a 

 terminal series of small black lunules defined by whitish on inner 

 side. Hind wing red-brown with a greyish tinge. 



Hah. Madagascar. Exp. 30 millim. This species is unknown 

 to me. 



3438. Eriopus nephrosticta, n. sp. (Plate CXXI. fig. 9.) 



S . Head and thorax rufous mixed with ochreous and a few dark 

 brown scales ; tarsi blackish ringed with white ; abdomen rufous, 

 the crests with some dark scales. Fore wing rufous mixed w^ith 

 some ochreous and irrorated with black ; subbasal line black, 

 waved, from costa to submedian fold : antemedial line double, black 

 filled in with pale rufous, waved, bent inwards to inner margin, 

 some slight black marks before it ; claviform represented by a faint 

 blackish mark ; orbicular slightly defined by black, small, 

 elliptical ; reniform incompletely defined by black, with some 

 blackish on inner side of centre and white points at upper and lower 

 extremities ; a dift'iised waved blackish medial line from vein 6 to 

 inner margin, excurved beyond lower angle of cell; postmedial line 

 formed of small black lunules defined on outer side by pale rufous, 

 double towards costa, bent outwards below costa, oblique to vein 4, 

 then incurved, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal 

 line defined on inner side by slight dentate blackish marks, formed 

 by three white lunules below costa, angled inwards at discal fold 

 and outwards at vein 4, then almost obsolete and incurved ; a 

 terminal series of small black spots defined by patches of white 

 scales on inner side ; cilia with a fine whitish line at base. Hind 

 wing purplish red, the terminal area rather darker ; traces of a 

 medial line oblique to vein 4 and ending at vein 2 ; cilia whitish 

 with a brown line through them ; the underside whitish thickly 

 irrorated with rufous, a black discoidal lunule, two small spots 

 below middle of costa, a crenulate postmedial line bent inwards to 

 costa, and terminal series of small lunules from apex to vein 2. 



Hab. S. Nigeria, Old Calabar (Sampson), 1 c? type. Exj). 32 

 millim. 



3439. Eriopus strigilineata. (Plate CXXI. fig. 10.) 



Callopistria strigilineata, Ilmpsn. Moths Ind. li. p. 254 (1804). 



J . Head and thorax dark red-brown mixed with white ; lower 

 part of frons white ; vertex of head with black spot ; tegula) 



