NlPHOSTICTA. — MESASTERIA. 
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legs grey-brown, the tarsi dark brown ringed with white. 
Fore wing red-brown tinged with purplish grey and irrorated 
with black ; a blackish point in the cell near base ; ante- 
medial line black defined on inner side by a white bar from 
costa, oblique, waved ; a rather diffused round black discoidal 
spot ; postmedial line black, with white bar on its outer side 
from costa, then a series of white points, minutely waved, 
oblique to vein 6, slightly incurved at discal fold and incurved 
below vein 4, some white points with black between them 
beyond it on costa ; a subterminal series of small dentate 
blackish marks, excurved at middle and incurved at discal 
fold and below vein 3 ; a terminal series of minute blackish 
spots ; cilia chequered with fuscous. Hind wing glossy 
grey-brown with terminal series of slight dark striae. Under- 
side of fore wing grey-brown with the terminal area tinged 
with whitish, an indistinct curved dark postmedial line with 
small white spot at costa ; hind wing white tinged with 
brown, a dark discoidal spot, sinuous postmedial line, diffused 
subterminal line, and terminal series of lunules. 
Hab. S. Nigeria, Lagos, Ebute Meta ( Boag ), 1 $ type. 
Exp. 26 millim. 
Genus MESASTERIA, nov. 
Type, M . sanguilmea. 
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint 
reaching to well above vertex of head, fringed with rather 
long hair in front and also behind except towards base, the 
3rd minute and thickly scaled ; frons smooth ; eyes large, 
round ; antennae of female almost simple ; thorax clothed 
almost entirely with scales and without crests ; tibiae slightly 
fringed with hair ; abdomen with some rough hair at base 
of dorsum but without crests. Fore wing with the apex 
somewhat produced, the termen evenly curved and hardly 
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 wing with the tornus obliquely 
truncate ; the cell about one-third length of wing ; veins 
3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed from above angle ; 6, 7 
from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base 
only. 
Mesasteria sanguilinea n. sp. 
$. Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown with a greyish 
tinge ; antennse pale brown tinged with whitish ; palpi 
more rufous ; pectus and ventral surface of abdomen white ; 
legs whitish suffused with red-brown. Fore whig red-brown 
tinged with grey ; indistinct rather diffused and slightly 
waved antemedial, medial and postmedial blood-red lines ; 
a rather irregular white discoidal bar ; some white points on 
