82 
NOCTUID.E. 
q. Fore wing with black streak in submedian fold between 
the subbasal and antemedial lines ; hind wing with slight dark 
terminal line only. 
Hub. Sudan, Port Sudan (Mrs. Waterfield), 3 $ type ; 
Aden, Duraimia ( Yerbury), 1 <J. Exp. 30 millim. 
Genus CRIONICA, nov. 
Type, C. cervicornis, Fawcett ( Pteronycta ), P. Z. S. 1917, 
p. 240, pi. 1. f. 21. 
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint 
reaching to about middle of frons, moderately scaled in front, 
the 3rd short and thickly scaled ; frons with rounded promi- 
nence, ribbed in front ; eyes large, round ; antennae of female 
minutely ciliated ; thorax clothed chiefly with scales (the 
pro- and metathorax ? Avith spreading crests) ; tibiae slightly 
fringed with hair ; abdomen with crests on two basal segments. 
Fore wing AA'ith the apex rectangular, the termen evenly 
curved and slightly crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle 
of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 
to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind Aving with the cell 
about half the length of Aving ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully 
developed from aboA 7 e angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anas- 
tomosing with the cell near base only. 
Genus HYP0PR0RA, nov. 
Type, H. tyra, SAvinh. ( Prorocopis ), A. M. N. H. (7) ix. p. 84 
(1902). 
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint 
reaching to about middle of frons and slenderly scaled, the 
3rd rather long ; frons with large pointed conical prominence ; 
eyes large, round ; antennae of male typically ciliated ; 
thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and Avithout 
crests ; fore tibiae fringed Avith rather long hair, the mid and 
hind tibiae smoothly scaled ; abdomen with flattened crest 
on basal segment and crests on 3rd, 4th and 5th segments, 
the crest on 4th segment large. Fore Aving rather long and 
narrow, the apex rounded, the termen obliquely curved and 
not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 0 from 
upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing Avith 8 to form the 
areole ; 11 from cell. Hind Aving with the cell half the length 
of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed from just 
above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the 
cell near base only. 
