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above and below vein 1 ; a very irregular patch in and below end of cell, emitting a 

 streak between veins 4 and 3 to the subterminal series where it forks ; a small spot 

 in upper end of cell, spots above and below base of vein 6 and a spot above them on 

 costa ; a postmedial spot on costa with slight mark below it, spot above vein 4 and 

 spots above and below vein 1 ; an oblique subterminal series of spots from costa to 

 vein 4, a spot on vein 2, and spots above and below vein 1 ; short streaks before 

 termen above and below vein 5, above vein 4 and below 3 ; a series of small spots 



on termen and cilia. -Hindwing semihyaline white, with a small blackish dis- 



coidal spot and snbterminal spots above vein 5 and below 2; the underside with 

 spot or wedge-shaped mark from middle of costa and sometimes a slight postmedial 

 bar from costa. 



Hab. Somaliland (Drake-Brockman), 2 ? ? type. Exp. 46-52 mill. 



1730 e. Diacrisia yemenensis n. sp. (Lep. Phal., PL 58./. 17) 



8. Head white tinged with yellow, a slight brown streak on vertex, the 

 antennae brown, the sides of frons and palpi black ; thorax fulvous yellow with 

 black spots on the tegulae, curved stripes on shonlders and patagia, and three 

 streaks on prothorax ; legs brown and whitish, the femora orange-yellow above ; 

 abdomen orange with dorsal and lateral series of blackish spots, the ventral surface 



whitish. Forewing creamy white ; an irregular subbasal maculate black-brown 



band ; an antemedial maculate black -brown band from costa to below the cell, a spot 

 above vein 1, and elongate spot below it; a large conical patch with waved edges 

 from costa above end of cell to below the cell, and obliquely placed spots below origin 

 of vein 2 and above vein 1 ; a large conical patch irrorated with white and with 

 waved edges from apical part of costa to vein 4 and an oblique band with waved 

 edges from vein 3 to inner margin ; an incurved snbterminal series of spots from 

 vein 5 to tornus ; a series of spots on the termen and cilia. Hindwing semi- 

 hyaline, yellowish white, the inner area golden yellow ; a small blackish discoidal 

 spot, subterminal spot in discal fold, and terminal spot at vein 1 ; the underside 

 with small medial blackish spot below vein 8. 



Hab. Arabia, Yemen (Bury), 1 <? type. Exp. 42 mill. 



1739 a. Diacrisia geminipuncta n. sp. {Lep. Phal., PI. 58./ 20) 



<5. Head and thorax ochreous, the tegulae and shoulders with black spots ; the 

 patagia and prothorax with short black streaks ; antennae black ; palpi with black 

 spot on first joint, the second and third black at sides ; fore coxae with blackish 

 patches, the fore femora and fore and mid tibiae striped with black, the hind tibiae 

 with black spots at base and near extremity, the tarsi black ringed with ochreous 

 white ; abdomen ochreous white with dorsal, lateral, and sublateral series of black 



spots. Forewing ochreous ; a black point at base of cell ; rather elongate 



subbasal spots on costa and below the cell, a small spot above veiii 1 and spot 

 nearer the base on vein 1 ; antemedial spots on costa, in cell, above vein 1 and on 

 inner margin ; a similar series of medial spots, the spots below the cell and on inner 

 margin rather elongate ; a spot on costa above end of cell, spots in and beyond 

 upper angle, points in lower angle and beyond it above and below vein 3, points 

 above and below median nervure near origin of vein 2, and small spots above and 

 below vein 2 and above vein 1 ; a wedge-shaped postmedial black mark on costa 

 with point below it, and spots or points above and below veins 5, 4, 2, and 1 ; an 



