NOVITATES ZOOLOlilCAE XXIII. 191G. 271 



Hindwing semihyaline pale sulphur yellow, much more thickly scaled ou outer 

 third of wing. 



?. Similar, but thorax darker, basal two-thirds of forewing not even quite 

 semihyaline, and abdomen glossy black, ringed with grey and practically without 

 scales on anal half and clothed on dorsal part of basal half with long dark brown 

 hairs. 



Length of forewing : c? 33-35-5 mm. ; ? 35-36 mm. Expanse : c? 75-80 mm. ; 

 $ 78-80 mm. 



Hab. Monte Tolima, 3200-3500 metres = 10,400-11,375 ft., Colombia, 

 January— February 1910 (A. H. Fassl). 



27. Halisidota cirphoides spec. nov. 



c?. Palpi brown ; antennae amber-brown ; head and thorax dark golden buff, 

 patagia suffused with pale brown ; abdomen brownish golden buff. 



Forewing straw-yellow, veins darker ; a shadowy violet grey-brown somewhat 

 broken line from base through middle of cell to vein 6 before subterminal row of 

 dots, where it is abruptly angled upwards and proceeds to apex as a wide brown 

 band, a subterminal row of shadow dots leaden grey, termen brown. 



Hindwing satiny semihyaline buff. 



Length of forewing : 22'5 mm. Expanse : 51 mm. 



Hab. Monte Tolima, 3800 metres = 12,300 ft., Colombia, February 1910 

 (A. H. Fassl.). 



28. Diacrisia decemmaculata spec. nov. 



cJ. Pectus golden ; palpi yellow with black tips ; antennae testaceous buff; 

 head golden yellow ; thorax buffish grey; tegulae golden, a black spot on the 

 patagia ; abdomen buffish golden, two basal segments buffish grey. 



Forewing grey, a black spot at end of cell and a somewhat smaller one 

 above vein 4. 



Hindwing more thinly scaled greyish white, a black spot at end of cell and a 

 minute black dot above vein 5 ; a similar dot is present on the underside below 

 vein 2, but only faintly shows through above ; buff hairs in abdominal area. 



Length of forewing : 16 mm. Expanse : 36 mm. 



Hab. Ubanghi River, Congo Free State. 



29. Estigmene stygioides spec. nov. 



$ . Antennal shaft dark brown, long pectinations black ; head orange ; thorax 

 cinnamon orange-brown ; abdomen orange ringed with black, black patch on anal 

 segment. 



Forewing brownish cinnamon-orange. 



Hindwing semihyaline whitish grey on basal two-thirds, outer third and 

 abdominal area sooty grey-black. 



Length of forewing : 135 mm. Expanse: 31mm. 



Hab. Abiusi, River Benue, Nigeria, September 9, 1912. 



The types of all the 29 species described above are iu the Tring Museum. 



