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Catephia abrostolica, n. sp. 
$. Head and thorax brownish grey tinged in parts with 
rufous and the thorax with some black scales ; antennae 
fuscous brown ; tegulie with black medial line ; pectus whitish ; 
legs rufous, the tarsi tinged with blackish ; abdomen grey 
suffused with brown, the crests rather darker, the ventral 
surface white ringed with rufous. Fore wing grey suffused 
with reddish brown ; subbasal line black, waved, from costa 
to submedian fold ; antemedial line black, slightly angled 
outwards below costa and strongly at submedian fold, in- 
curved at vein 1, dark marks before it at costa and in and below 
the cell ; claviform defined by black, large and extending to the 
cell ; orbicular and reniform large, defined by black and with 
slight dark marks in centres, the former round, the latter 
with its very short black streaks from its outer edge, an 
oblique blackish shade from costa to between their upper 
parts ; postmedial line black ; strongly bent outwards below 
costa, then oblique to below vein 4 and slightly excurved 
below vein 7, angled outwards below vein 4, then strongly 
incurved and slightly angled inwards at submedian fold, a 
black streak from it to termen below vein 4 and a blackish 
fascia below vein 2 interrupted by a white spot ; the veins and 
interspaces of terminal area streaked with blackish ; sub- 
terminal line indistinct, brown, rather diffused, excurved 
below vein 7 and at middle ; a fine waved black terminal line. 
Hind wing with the basal half white with some brown suffusion 
on inner margin, the terminal half black-brown with a cupreous 
gloss ; cilia white, with a dark line through them and some 
brown at tips at middle. Underside of fore wing white to 
beyond middle with some brown suffusion on costa, a minute 
black spot in middle of cell, black discoidal lunule and oblique 
postmedial striga from costa, the rest of wing black-brown 
with some grey on termen ; hind wing white to middle of costa 
and tornus with some red-brown irroration on costa, the rest 
of wing black-brown. 
Hab. Br. E. Africa, Tanga (Hollis), 1 $ type. Exp. .‘1C> 
millim. 
Catephia melanica, n. sp. 
Catephia acronyctoid.es, Hmpsn. Moths. Ind. ii. p. 482 (part.), nec Guen. 
$. Head and thorax black-brown glossed with leaden grey, 
the tegulse with black medial line ; tarsi ringed with white ; 
abdomen reddish brown with the crests dark brown. Fore 
wing black-brown glossed with leaden-grey ; subbasal line 
black, sinuous, from costa to submedian fold ; some dark 
marks before the antemedial line which is black, incurved in 
cell, excurved below the cell and above inner margin and 
