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NOCTUID.E. 
defined by black, small, elliptical ; two indistinct sinuous black 
medial lines ; an elliptical black annulus below end of cell ; 
postmedial line black, oblique and sinuous to vein 5, angled 
outwards at veins 4, 3, 2, inwardly oblique from vein 3 to sub- 
median fold at the medial line and excurved to inner margin ; 
an oblique wedge-shaped reddish brown shade from costa 
before the subterminal line to vein 5 above which there is 
some reddish brown extending to termen ; subterminal line 
indistinct, black, waved, excurved below vein 7 ; a series of 
small black spots before termen to vein 3, then a waved line 
to submedian fold. Hind wing black-brown, the base and 
inner margin greyish brown ; an oblique wedge-shaped white 
band from middle of costa to vein 1 ; the termen rather broadly 
and cilia white from apex to vein 6 ; a waved white subterminal 
line between veins 3 and 1 ; cilia whitish at tips towards tornus. 
Underside of fore wing brownish white, the costa and terminal 
area brown irrorated with bluish white, an oblique dark post- 
medial line from costa to vein 4, the interspaces of terminal 
area to vein 2 with short white streaks interrupted by black 
points before termen : hind wing white, the costal and terminal 
areas brown irrorated with white, a black discoidal lunule, 
a slight curved brown postmedial line from costa to vein 2, 
followed by a black- brown shade ending at tornus and a 
subterminal shade ending at vein 2. 
Hah. Br C Africa, Mt. Mlange ( Neave ), 3 $ ; Transvaal, 
Kaapmenden {Cooke), 1 $ type. Exp. 00 millim. 
Nagia hieratica, n. sp. 
Head and thorax dark brown with a cupreous gloss and 
irrorated with a few whitish scales ; pectus and legs greyer 
brown, the tarsi slightly ringed with whitish ; abdomen greyish 
brown, the basal crest and ventral surface darker. Fore wing 
red-brown irrorated with a few blue-white scales ; a subbasal 
blackish striga from costa ; a darker shade on antemedial 
area ; antemedial line black-brown, incurved in the cell and 
excurved below it, then oblique ; a blackish point in middle of 
cell ; two curved slightly sinuous black-brown medial lines 
with a dark shade beyond them ; postmedial line black-brown, 
obliquely excurved to vein 4, then incurved and excurved 
below vein 2 and above inner margin ; a dark shade beyond it 
and an oblique fascia from it at vein 5 to termen at vein 4 ; 
an indistinct dark subterminal line, excurved below vein 7, 
then waved ; a series of small lunulate black marks before 
termen ; cilia dark brown. Hind wing black-brown ; an 
oblique sinuous white band from middle of costa to vein 1, 
expanding into a patch at discal fold and narrowing to a point 
at vein 1 ; the termen and cilia white from just below apex to 
