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(8) fCOMMOTRIA PHYCITELLA. 



Tolirna phycitella Rag. Nouv. OJen. p. 41 (1888); id. Rom. Mem. 

 viii. p. 341, pi. 44. f. 17. 

 Gold Coast. 



Sect. III. (Mangala.) Antenna? of male laminate and ciliated. 



(9) fCoMMOTRIA TRIPARTELLA, Sp. 11. 



$ . Head and thorax purple-pink ; abdomen white, dorsally 

 fulvous yellow towards base ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of 

 abdomen white tinged with purplish pink ; anal tuft yellow 

 below. Fore wing with white costal fascia narrowing to apex 

 leaving the costal edge dark towards base, then pinkish, defined 

 below by a dark reddish-brown fascia, the inner half of wing 

 rose-pink, whiter towards inner margin. Hind wing white. 

 N". Chiwa, Pekin (Hughes), 1 $ type. Exp. 20 mm. 



(10) fCOMMOTRIA NEURIAS, Sp. 11. 



Head and thorax white suffused with red-brown ; abdomen 

 white, dorsally tinged with fulvous yellow towards base ; pectus 

 and legs white tinged with brown. Fore wing white tinged with 

 reddish brown, the veins white defined on each side by slight 

 dark brown streaks ; the costal area, defined below by a brown 

 shade ; obliquely placed almost medial dark brown points in 

 submedian fold and on vein 1 ; a dark point just above lower 

 angle of cell ; obliquely placed postniedial dark points on veins 6 

 to 2 and in submedian fold and a point nearer the termen 

 on vein 1 ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing white 

 slightly tinged with ochreous brown. 



N. Nigeria, Zungeru (Mac/is), 1 S ; Br. C. Africa, Mt. Mlanje 

 (J¥eave), 1 6 , 1 $ type. Exp. 16 mm. 



(11) fC/OMMOTRIA ERYTHROGRAPTA, Sp. n. 



i . Head and thorax white tinged with rufous ; abdomen 

 white tinged with ochreous yellow ; pectus and legs white mixed 

 with red-brown. Fore wing white tinged with rufous, the veins 

 and submedian fold white defined on each side by slight rufous 

 streaks ; the costal area defined below by a dark brown streak 

 and a dark streak below basal half of median nervure ; obliquely 

 placed almost medial dark points below the cell and on vein 1 ; a 

 dark point just above lower angle of cell and obliquely placed 

 postniedial dark points on veins 6 to 2. Hind wing white with 

 a slight ochreous tinge. 



Br. C. Africa, Katungas (de Jersey), 1 <$ type. Exp. 20 mm. 



(12) fCOMMOTRIA RUFIMEDIA, Sp. 11. 



S . Head and thorax white tinged with red-brown; abdomen 

 creamy white. Fore wing white faintly tinged with rufous and 

 irrorated with fuscous ; a rufous shade below median nervure ; 



