Is'OCTUIDiE. 
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tinge ; a faint oblique brown medial line ; postmedial line 
brown defined on outer side by whitish, slightly incurved 
below discal fold ; a diffused brown subterminal line, arising 
at apex and incurved below discal fold. Underside ochreous 
whitish suffused with rufous ; fore wing with two obliquely 
placed black points in cell before middle and white discoidal 
striga with black points on its outer side at upper and lower 
angles of cell, postmedial line brown defined on outer side by 
white, excurved below costa then oblique ; hind wing with 
two black discoidal points, a faint brown medial line excurved 
beyond the cell and oblique brown postmedial line defined 
on outer side by white. 
Hab. S. Nigeria, Sapele (Sampson), 1 $ type. Exp. 40 
millim. 
Taviodes fulvescens, n. sp. 
Head dark brown irrorated with white ; tegulse red- 
brown irrorated with white ; thorax and abdomen ochreous 
suffused with rufous ; antennae grey-brown, white in front 
towards base ; palpi rufous irrorated with white ; pectus 
and ventral surface of abdomen white tinged with rufous ; 
fore femora dark brown and white, the tibiae red-brown ; 
mid and hind femora white, the tibiae rufous, the tarsi ochreous 
white. Fore wing ochreous suffused with rufous ; a curved 
red-brown antemedial line, incurved in the cell where there 
is a whitish point on its outer side ; a whitish discoidal 
striga ; medial line red-brown, oblique to vein 6, then inwardly 
oblique and slightly incurved below vein 4 ; postmedial line 
dark brown, oblique to vein 6, then inwardly oblique and 
more oblique below vein 4 ; a dark reddish brown patch 
on costa before apex ; cilia dark reddish brown. Hind wing 
ochreous suffused with rufous ; two oblique brown medial 
lines angled outwards above inner margin ; an oblique brown 
shade from apex to discal fold ; a rather diffused brown 
subterminal line, excurved to discal fold, then incurved ; a 
series of slight diffused brown spots before medial part of 
termen and of dark striae on termen ; cilia white at tips 
towards tornus. Underside ochreous suffused with rufous, 
the inner areas white ; fore wing with silvery white irroration 
below basal part of costa, a black point in middle of cell, 
curved white discoidal striga defined by dark scales, a slight 
brown medial line, excurved beyond upper angle of cell, 
then oblique and intersecting the discoidal striga, postmedial 
line dark brown defined on outer side by white, excurved 
below costa, then oblique, some white suffusion beyond it 
except towards costa ; hind wing with dark discoidal point, 
brown medial line slightly excurved beyond the cell, oblique 
black-brown postmedial line defined on outer side by white 
