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Habitat. Masongaleni, 1911, 24th March, 1 S ; 29th December, 

 1 <3 . Expanse 24 mm. 



This form is near to Lacipa sexpunctata Distant, but is with- 

 out the black spots and yellow ante- and postmedial lines. 



Family Geometric. e. 

 Subfamily Boarmiasle. 



275. Xylopteryx arcuata Walker. 

 Habitat. Masongaleni, 21st June, 1911, 1 S • 



276. HONORANA EREBARIA Guen. 



Habitat. Kedai, 30th December, 1911, 1 $ . 



277. Hylemera lepta, sp. n. (PI. I. fig. 29.) 



Description. — <$ . Head and pectus yellow. Thorax and first 

 three somites of abdomen white above, yellow below, and con- 

 colorous with the terminal somites which are yellow. Fore wing 

 white ; the costa fuscous, and a broad apical fuscous fascia the 

 inner margin of which is angled outwardly between veins 3 and 4. 

 Hind wing white, with a very narrow fuscous border, which is 

 almost linear, between veins 2 and 6. 



Underside as on upperside. 



Habitat. Kedai, 1911, 1st December, 1 S ; 12th December, 

 1 9 • Expanse 36 mm. 



This species differs from doleris Plotz, accra Swinhoe, and 

 ansorgei Warr., from Uganda, in the black band of the hind wing- 

 being narrow and continuous, the above forms having a large 

 black spot on the apex of the hind wing : from dexithea Druce, it 

 differs in not having the inside of the fascia of the fore wing 

 evenly curved, and a black spot below apex of hind wing. 



278. Eurrantiiis penntgeraria Hiibner. 

 Habitat. Meru, B. E. Africa, taken by Lady Colvile. 



Subfamily AcidaliintE. 



279. Acidalia sagittilinea Warr. Nov. Zool. iv. p. 219 (1897). 

 Habitat. Kedai, 8th April, 1912, 1 <$'. 



280. Microloxia ruficornis Warr. 

 Habitat. Kedai, 29th December, 1912, 1 



Subfamily Geometrix/e. 



281. Trimetopia ^etheraria Guen. 



Habitat. Kedai, 1911, 4th January, 1 £ ; 23rd November, 

 1 cS ; 25th November, 1 $ ; ] 7th December, 1 J . 

 One of the most beautiful forms of Geomett-ida?. 



