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236 LT.-COL. J. M. FAWCETT ON 



Family NocTUiLii. 

 Subfamily Agrotin.e, 



253. Cladocerotis ceneus, sp. n. (PI. I. fig. 12.) 



description. — 3 . Head, thorax, abdomen, and fore wing pale 

 red-brown. Head and thorax densely covered with thick long 

 hair ; abdomen with lateral tufts of hair. Fore wing with the 

 veins, orbicular and reniform pale ochreous ; reniform defined 

 outwardly by black lines. Interior of cell dark red-brown, with 

 a black line below costa from base to middle. Olaviform very 

 elongated and black, from base to beyond middle. An irregular 

 series of black wedge-shaped spots subterminally between veins 4, 

 5, and 6, double the size of those between the other veins. A 

 fine black terminal line. Cilia ochreous on both wings. Hind 

 wing with the basal area ochreous and the terminal area pale 

 fuscous. 



This form seems to be allied to C. optahilis Boisd., from Europe,' 

 but is larger tl;an the figure in C. L. P. and much darker, the 

 claviform is black, not ochreous defined by black, the marginal 

 spots are irregular, and the hind wings ochreous and pale fuscous 

 instead of white as in that species. 



Habitat. Meru, taken by Lady Colvile, 2 c?, 1 2 . Expanse 

 36 mm. 



The 2 specimen is darker in colour, the markings are more ill- 

 defined, and the antennae are not so highly pectinated. 



254. Porosagrotis caffra Hampson, C. L. P. iv. p. 658, 

 pi. lxxvii. fig. 29 (1903). 



Habitat. Meru, taken by Lady Colvile, 1 2 • 



255. Adisura atcinsoni Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 368, pi. xxxvii. 

 fig. 6. 



Habitat. Kedai, 6th March, 1912, 1 J . 



This form is very variable, and the specimen under notice has 

 darker hind wings than some specimens in the B. M. from 

 British East Africa. 



256. Chloridea obsoleta Fabricius, Ent. Syst. 3, i, p. 546 

 (1793). 



Habitat. Kedai, 16th March, 1912, 1 <$ . 



Formerlv known as annigera Hiibner, Samml. Eur. Schmett. 

 fig. 370 (1827). 



Subfamily Hadeniisle, 



257. Odontestra avitta, sp, n, (PI. I. fig. 15,) 



Description. — <$ . Head, thorax, and abdomen pinkish brown. 

 Fore wing pinkish brown, chestnut in the medial area. Sub- 

 basal and antemedial lines represented by a single thick black 



