502 
noctuidj:. 
downcurvcd to vein 6, then oblique and slightly waved 
a diffused curved brown subterminal line, defined on outer 
side by small purplish grey spots except towards costa, some 
purple-grey suffusion before it at middle and beyond it above 
tornus ; a terminal series of blackish striae defined on inner 
side by purplish grey. Hind wing reddish brown thickly 
irrorated with purplish grey, the inner area yellow ; a double 
oblique brown medial line filled in with purple-grey, the outer 
line slightly waved ; a brown subterminal shade, its outer 
edge waved with slight purple -grey spots on it ; a terminal 
series of blackish striae slightly defined on inner side by 
purplish grey. Underside of fore wing red-brown ; hind wing 
yellow, the costal area and terminal area to vein 2 suffused 
with red-brown, a curved red-brown postmedial line. 
Hah. Congo, Leopoldville (Christy), 1 $ type. Exp. 52 
millim. 
Aburina ccerulescens, n. sp. 
o'. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark grey-brown, the head 
and thorax irrorated w'ith a few blue-white scales ; lower 
part of frons yellow at sides ; palpi rufous, the 3rd joint 
golden yellow with the tuft of hair above red-brown ; tarsi 
ringed with white. Fore wing dark grey-brown with a reddish 
gloss and irrorated with a few r silvery white scales ; traces of an 
antemedial line formed by white scales, oblique to median 
nervure where it is angled outwards, then inwardly oblique ; 
a small pale brown spot at lower angle of cell ; postmedial 
line silvery blue, slight except towards costa, very oblique 
with a slight dowmvards curve to below vein 7, then inwardly 
oblique ; subterminal line brown defined on inner side by 
silvery blue, oblique from apex to vein 5, then strongly 
dentate, with thick silvery blue irroration beyond it to 
vein 4, then silvery blue suffusion ; a series of silvery blue 
striae before termen. Hind wing with the basal half brown 
slightly irrorated with grey, the terminal half brown and the 
inner margin to base brown strongly suffused with blue-grey ; 
postmedial line brow r n traversed by a fine grey line, from 
vein 6 to 1 ; an indistinct subterminal series of rather dentate 
whitish spots defined by blackish, arising at vein 0 ; cilia 
dark brown irrorated with blue-white except at tips. Under- 
side brown suffused with blue -grey ; hind wing with faint 
dark postmedial line. 
9- Fore wing more strongly and evenly irrorated with 
silvery blue and without the suffusion beyond the subterminal 
lines, but with a rufous tinge beyond it at diseal fold. 
I lab. Br. C. Africa, Mt. Mlanje (Neave), 5 o, 2 $ type. 
Exp. 38-40 millim. 
