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apex to inner margin beyond middle ; a diffused brown 
subterminal line from the curved line to inner margin ; a 
terminal series of bl^ek striae ; cilia reddish brown with fine 
ochreous line at base and dark line near tips . Hind wing 
creamy white ; an oblique diffused brown medial line not 
reaching costa, two similar postmedial lines, and two sub- 
terminal lines extending to costa ; a fine blackish terminal 
fine ; cilia with a fuscous shade through them from vein 3 
to tornus. Underside of fore wing suffused with rufous, the 
inner area whitish ; hind wing irrorated with rufous and with 
traces of two oblique postmedial lines. 
Hcib. Sierra Leone {Clements), 1 $ ; Cold Coast, Kumasi 
( Whiteside ), 2 $ type- Exp. 22-24 millim. 
Loxioda oxyperas, n. sp. 
F $. Head and thorax whitish tinged with brown ; abdomen 
whitish slightty irrorated with brown ; frons and palpi at 
sides and the legs reddish brown. Fore wing whitish tinged 
with red-brown and slightly irrorated with brown ; black 
points in middle of cell and on discocellulars ; a very faint 
oblique brown line from costa towards apex to middle of 
inner margin ; an oblique brown line from apex to inner 
margin beyond middle, dark to vein 4, then obsolescent ; a 
faint oblique diffused whitish line from termen below apex 
to inner margin before tornus ; a terminal series of black 
points. Hind wing white faintly tinged with brown. Under- 
side white, the fore wing and costal area of hind wing tinged 
with red-brown. 
Hob. Bengal, 1 $ type. Exp. 34 millim. 
Loxioda ectherma, n. sp. 
$. Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish suffused with red- 
nrown. Fore wing creamy white tinged and irrorated with 
red-brown, the terminal area suffused with red-brown ; 
indistinct oblique red -brown antemedial, medial and post- 
medial lines ; an obliquely incurved double line filled in with 
creamy white from apex to inner margin beyond middle, 
the inner line red-brown, the outer dark brown ; a diffused 
reddish brown subterminal line ; a terminal series of black 
strife. Hind wing creamy white slightly tinged with red- 
brown, the terminal area suffused with red-brown ; a fine dark 
brown terminal line. Underside whitish irrorated with 
rufous. 
Hah. S. Nigeria, Oban Distr. {Talbot), 1 $ type. Exp. 
20 millim. 
