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295. Dysodia intermedia Walker. 

 Habitat. Kedai, 5th January, 1912, 1 S . 



The* above example agrees with B. E. African specimens in 

 the B. M. Collection which were collected at Taveta by Rogers in 

 October and at the end of December, and named flavillula by 

 Warren, and which Sir George Hampson evidently regards as 

 forms of Walker's South African species. 



Family P Y r a l i d m. 

 Subfami'y CrambiN/E. 



296. SURATTHA RUFISTRIGALIS, Sp. n. (PI. I. fig. 3.) 



Description. — S- Head, body, and legs ferruginous. Fore 

 wing brownish ochreous, ferruginous on costa. Highly dentate 

 medial and postmedial ferruginous lines from costa to inner 

 margin, angled outwardly at vein 5. A ferruginous terminal 

 line with dark wedge-shaped spots between the veins. Median 

 nervure and inner margin defined by bright ferruginous bands ; 

 the interspaces between the veins defined with fuscous irroration. 

 Hind wing ochreous, with ferruginous irroration in the subapical 

 area : cilia ochreous. 



Habitat. Kedai, 18th November, 1911, 1 <$ . Expanse 24 mm. 



The figure is slightly larger than natural size. 



This form is nearest to S. africalis Hampson, but has no dark 

 medial area ; the postmedial line is more dentate, and the 

 coloration is brighter ferruginous. 



297. Ancylolomia simplella De Jaan. 



Habitat. Meru, B. E. Africa, taken by Lady Colvile, 1 £ . 



298. Ancylolomia pectinifera Hampson. 



Habitat. Kedai, 9th January, 1913, 1 

 Also recorded from Somaliland. 



299. Ancylolomia chrysolinealis, sp. n. (PI. I. fig. 2.) 



Description. — c? . Head, thorax, abdomen, and fore wing very 

 pale ochreous. Fore wing with eight golden stripes in the inter- 

 spaces between the veins in the distal area beyond the cell, of 

 which those in interspaces 1 and 7 are shorter than the remainder. 

 Each golden stripe is defined beneath by a yellow fascia with 

 streaks of black scales on it. A minutely dentate silvery sub- 

 marginal line on which are some dusky points. Cilia silvery. 

 Hind wing pure white ; cilia white. Underside as on upperside, 

 with silvery suffusion. 



Habitat. Masongaleni, 26th December, 1911, 1 <5 . Expanse 

 34 mm. 



This form is nearest to A. chrysographella Kollar, from India, 



