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NOCTTTIDiE. 
angled outwards below submedian fold to near termen and 
excurved above tornus, a cupreous -tinged patch beyond it 
below its angle with a slight metallic blue spot on termen ; 
a black terminal line with a white band before it below vein 
3 ; cilia fuscous, chequered white and black below vein 3. 
Underside fuscous brown irrorated with blue-white ; fore wing 
with white point in middle of cell and two discoidal points, 
the postmedial line indistinct ; hind wing with the inner area 
bluish white, a black discoidal point with some white below 
it, the medial and postmedial lines indistinct. 
Hcib. N. Nigeria, Baro ( Macfie ), 1 type ; Cameroons, 
Ja R., Bitje (Bates), 1 <$. Exp. 32-36 millim. 
Gracilodes nycticliroa, n. sp. 
Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous brown mixed with 
some whitish, the last with the penultimate segment white 
irrorated with brown, the anal segment chocolate-red and 
the anal tuft reddish ochreous ; palpi rufous ; pectus, legs 
and ventral surface of abdomen white irrorated with brown, 
the tarsi white. Fore wing fuscous brown ; antemedial line 
blackish defined on inner side by whitish, rather oblique, 
sinuous, a semihyaline white bar on it in the cell ; a semi- 
hyaline white discoidal bar expanding into a small spot 
below ; an oblique blackish line from lower angle of cell to 
inner margin ; postmedial line blackish with a small white 
mark at costa and defined on outer side by whitish towards 
inner margin, excurved below costa, then oblique ; the apex 
slightly irrorated with blue-white. Hind wing fuscous brown ; 
a curved semihyaline white discoidal bar ; an oblique black 
postmedial line defined on outer side by whitish, sinuous 
and defined by pure white towards inner margin ; cilia 
white at tips towards tornus. Underside of fore wing fuscous 
brown suffused and irrorated with blue-white, a small white 
spot in middle of cell and discoidal bar constricted at middle ; 
hind wing blue-white irrorated with brown, a sinuous white 
discoidal bar defined by blackish above, an oblique sinuous 
postmedial series of points becoming a line towards inner 
margin. * 
Hab. Uganda, Entebbe ( M inchin , Neave), 1 1 $ type. 
Exp. $ 48, $ 54 millim. 
Gracilodes disticlia, n. sp. 
cj. Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous brown, the last 
with slight white segmental lines, a chocolate-red dorsal 
patch on anal segment and the anal tuft ochreous ; frons, 
