170 
XOCTUID.E. 
spot in middle of cell ; reniform red-brown defined by ochreous 
and with some chocolate-brown at sides of centre, rather 
oblique ; postmedial line red-brown slightH defined on each 
side by ochreous, oblique and very slightly excurved to 
vein 3, then retracted and almost obsolete to lower angle of 
cell, then strong, deep chocolate-brown and erect to inner 
margin towards which it expands slightly ; a semicircular 
chocolate-brown patch on costa towards apex with three 
pale points at costa ; a chocolate-brown line just before 
termen ending at submedian fold ; cilia red-brown with a 
fine ochreous line at base. Hind wing red-brown with a 
darker terminal line except towards tornus. Underside 
ochreous white irrorated with red-brown, the disc of fore wing 
more suffused with red -brown ; both wings with some dark 
points on apical half of termen ; hind wing with slight red- 
brown striae on each side of discocellulars. 
Hub. S. Nigeria, Old Calabar (Crompton), 1 $ type, 
Ilesha (Humfrey), 1 $. Exp. 32 millim. 
Marcipa mediana, n. sp. 
o . Head and thorax red-brown mixed with some whitish 
and some dark brown scales ; abdomen grey suffused with 
brown and irrorated with dark brown ; antennae grey ringed 
with black, the branches blackish ; palpi and fore legs red- 
brown ; mid and hind legs grey-brown ; pectus and ventral 
surface of abdomen whitish suffused with brown. Fore wing 
grey tinged with red-brown except on terminal area and 
irrorated with black and some silvery scales ; antemedial 
line dark brown defined on inner side by whitish, oblique to 
median nervure, then inwardly oblique ; the medial area 
suffused with dark brown except towards costa ; a minute 
black spot in middle of cell ; reniform defined by black-brown, 
narrow, an obliquely downcurved brown line to it from 
middle of costa ; postmedial line dark brown, oblique to 
vein 6, then incurved to vein 4, then retracted with a down- 
wards curve to median nervure before end of cell and incurved 
to inner margin ; a chocolate-brown patch on costal area 
before the subterminal line with some pale points at costa, 
extending to above vein (3 and with black-brown marks on 
it above and below vein 7 ; subterminal line very indistinct, 
pale, oblique to discal fold, excurved at middle, then incurved ; 
a rather punctiform black terminal line ; cilia tinged with 
red-brown. Hind wing grey-brown with a reddish tinge, 
the cilia pale red-brown. Underside of fore wing pale reddish 
brown irrorated with dark brown, the inner area whitish ; 
hind wing whitish tinged with red-brown and irrorated with 
dark brown, a small dark discoidal spot. 
