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SIR GEORGE HAMPSON ON THE 



dorsally fulvous yellow towards base ; antennae fulvous yellow ;: 

 pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen ochreous yellow 

 suffused with brown. Fore wing deep rose-red, the costa and 

 veins strongly' streaked with white, the interspaces of costal 

 area tinged with brown. Hind wing ochreous white slightly 

 tinged with brown. 



Hab. Uganda, Mulema (Doggett), 1 dVKetoma (Doggett), 



1 <$ ; Br. C.Africa, Mt. Mlanje (JVeave), 7 g , 3 $ type ; Trans- 

 vaal, White R. (Cooke), 1 $ ; Natal, Estcourt (Hutchinson), 



2 S • Exp. 20-28 mm. 



(12) fHYPSOTROPA ALBIVENALIS. 



Ambala cdbivencdis Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc\ xxu 

 p. 1250 (1912). 

 Ceylon. 



b. Antennae of male without sinus at base of shaft containing a ridge of scales. 

 a 1 . (Hypsntropa). Palpi long; antennae of male with the shaft thickened 

 at base. 



(13) *Hypsotropa luteicostella. 



Rypsotropa luteicostella Rag. N. Am. Phyc. p. 19 (1887) ; id. 

 Rom. Mem. viii. p. 376, pi. 39. f. 9 ; Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. 

 p. 439. 



U.S.A., Florida. 



(14) fHYPSOTROPA OCHRICOSTELLA, Sp. 11. 



$ . Head and tegulae dark red-brown ; thorax purplish red 

 abdomen fulvous yellow ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of 

 abdomen red-brown. Fore wing deep purple-red ; a pale ochreous 

 yellow costal fascia narrowing to a point at apex, the costa 

 tinged with purple-red and irrorated with a few dark scales to 

 beyond middle, the costal fascia defined by diffused dark brown 

 below. Hind wing reddish brown. 



Mashonaland (Bobbie), 1 $ type. Exp. 20 mm. 



(15) fHYPSOTROPA CHIONORHABDA, Sp. n. 



Head and thorax black-brown mixed with some purple-grey, 

 especially on dorsum of thorax ; antennae whitish tinged with red- 

 brown ; abdomen pale reddish brown with darker segmental 

 lines ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen grey suffused 

 with blackish, the tibiae and tarsi in front white. Fore wing 

 purplish grey irrorated with black-brown ; a silvery white costal, 

 fascia narrowing to a point at apex and leaving the costal edge 

 black towards base, defined below by a broad black-brown fascia 

 with diffused lower edge. Hind wing grey suffused with reddish 

 brown and with darker terminal line. 



S. Nigeria, Yorubaland (Sir G. Carter), 1 6 , 1 $ ; N. 

 Nigeria, Zungeru (Macfie), 1 J ; Uganda, Gondokoro (Reymes- 

 Cole), 1 6 , Ketoma (Doggett), 2 <$ ; Br. C. Africa, Mt. Mlanje 



