TATI A. 
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Tavia nyctombra, n. sp. 
cJ. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark grey-brown, the last 
with slight whitish segmental lines ; palpi white at extreme 
tips ; ventral surface of abdomen whitish suffused with brown. 
Fore wing dark grey-brown with a faint purple gloss ; sub- 
basal line blackish, waved, from costa to submedian fold ; 
antemedial line double, blackish, waved ; a diffused sinuous 
blackish medial line ; postmedial line blackish defined on 
outer side by grey, slightly waved, excurved below costa, 
incurved at discal fold and below vein 4, some whitish points 
beyond it on costa ; subterminal line whitish defined on inner 
side by diffused blackish, waved, excurved at vein 7 ; a 
terminal series of whitish points defined by a waved blackish 
line. Hind wing dark greyish brown ; a rather diffused 
sinuous blackish medial line ; postmedial line double, blackish 
filled in with grey, dentate, excurved beyond the cell ; sub- 
terminal line grey defined on each side by diffused blackish, 
waved, ending at tornus ; a terminal series of whitish points 
defined by a waved blackish line. Underside grey-brown ; 
both wings with indistinct medial and postmedial lines and 
traces of subterminal shade. 
Hab. Sierra Leone, 1 type. Exp. 50 millim. 
Tavia liana, n. sp. 
Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous brown mixed with 
some grey ; palpi white at extreme tips ; tibiae with the 
spurs ringed with white. Fore wing fuscous brown with a 
greyish tinge and slight dark irroration ; a faint whitish 
subbasal striga from costa ; an indistinct curved brown 
antemedial line with a white point at costa ; a slight dark 
discoiclal striga ; postmedial line very indistinct, dark with a 
white point at costa, excurved below costa, then oblique and 
sinuous, some white points beyond it on costa ; traces of a 
waved whitish subterminal line with more distinct white 
striga on it below costa. Hind wing fuscous brown tinged 
with grey and with slight dark irroration ; traces of a curved 
dark antemedial line ; an indistinct curved slightly waved 
dark line just beyond middle ; faint traces of a curved dark 
subterminal line. Underside fuscous brown tinged with 
grey ; fore wing with white points on postmedial half of 
costa and a diffused whitish subapical mark ; hind wing with 
faint curved dark antemedial, postmedial and subterminal 
lines. 
Hab. S. Nigeria, Vivet [Dudgeon), 1 £ type. Exp. 30 
millim. 
