ABURINA. 
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Aburina phoenocrosmena, n. ap. 
$• Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-brown suffused with 
purplish red, the head and tegulse darker brown ; palpi 
dark brown mixed with red-brown and irrorated with whitish, 
the tips white ; tarsi grey-brown ringed with white ; pectus 
and ventral surface of abdomen towards base whitish. Fore 
wing purplish red-brown irrorated with black-brown and 
slightly mixed with grey, the costa and veins of terminal 
area redder ; antemedial line indistinct, black defined on 
inner side by some whitish scales, waved, almost obsolete 
towards inner margin ; a minute black spot in middle of 
cell ; reniform faintly defined by red-brown, rather constricted 
at middle ; an indistinct blackish medial line, oblique to the 
reniform and inwardly oblique below the cell ; postmedial 
line black, oblique towards costa and slightly angled outwards 
above and below vein 7, then inwardly oblique and defined 
on outer side by whitish, the costal edge beyond it black 
with white points on it ; an oblique pale shade from apex 
and subterminal series of slight white points between veins 
7 and 3 ; cilia fuscous with a fine red line at base and grey 
tips. Hind wing purplish red-brown slightly mixed with 
grey and irrorated with blackish ; a minute black spot at 
lower angle of cell with pale annulus ; an oblique black 
medial line defined on outer side by grey-white ; a subterminal 
series of slight black points defined on outer side by some 
white scales, incurved below vein 3 ; cilia black-brown with 
a fine red line at base and whitish tips. Underside of fore 
wing grey-brown suffused with fiery red from middle of cell 
to termen and from just below costa to vein 3, a yellowish 
patch beyond the cell, a slight dark discoidal spot, waved 
black postmedial line, and subterminal series of blackish spots 
defined on outer side by white ; hind wing grey-brown, a 
blackish discoidal bar defined by grey, indistinct curved 
medial line, curved and waved blackish postmedial line, and 
indistinct slightly waved dark subterminal line with some 
white points on its outer side. 
Ab. 1. Both wings with the postmedial line defined on 
outer side by rather diffused greyish fuscous and with diffused 
greyish fuscous patch beyond it on costal area of fore wing. 
Hnb. Gold Coast, Kumasi ( Whiteside ), 1 $ ; S. Nigeria, 
Lagos, Ebute Meta ( Boag ), 1 $ ; Uganda, Entebbe ( Minchin ), 
1 $. Exp. 40 millim. 
Aburina tetragramma, n. sp. 
$. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale reddish brown tinged 
with grey ; palpi dark brown ; ventral surface of abdomen 
whitish. Fore wing pale reddish brown tinged with grey ; 
