ZETIIESIDES. CRYPTASTBIA. 
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Zethesides pusilla, n. sp. 
Head, thorax, and abdomen dark reddish brown mixed 
with whitish ; palpi, pectus, legs and ventral surface of 
abdomen white mixed with dark brown, the tarsi dark brown 
ringed with white. Fore wing dark reddish brown mixed 
with grey -white ; antemedial line red-brown defined on inner 
side by white, waved and somewhat oblique ; a red-brown 
discoidal striga defined by whitish ; an oblique rather diffused 
red-brown line from lower angle of cell to inner margin ; 
postmedial line red-brown defined on outer side by white, 
excurved from below costa to vein 6, then oblique and slightly 
waved, some white points beyond it on costa ; an indistinct 
waved brown subterminal line, defined on inner side by white 
towards costa and at middle ; a white line at base of cilia. 
Hind whig dark reddish brown mixed with grey -white ; a 
minute dark discoidal spot with traces of a line from it to 
inner margin ; a slightly waved dark postmedial line defined 
on outer side by whitish ; a dentate white subterminal line 
defined on inner side by diffused dark red- brown ; cilia with 
a white line at base. Underside red-brown mixed with 
whitish ; fore wing with dark striae on each side of disco- 
cellulars, an oblique postmedial white bar from costa followed 
by two points, an indistinct dentate white subterminal line ; 
hind wing with faint waved brown postmedial line defined on 
outer side by whitish and similar more distinct subterminal 
line ; both wings with slight lunulate dark terminal line. 
Hob. Gold Coast, Ajinah [Dudgeon), 1 Kurnasi ( White- 
side), 1 type ; N. Nigeria, Zungeru ( Macfie ), 1 Exp. 
$ 20, $ 24 millim. 
Genus CRYPTASTRIA, nov. 
Type, C. fuscomarginata, B.-Bkr. ( Zethes ), Nov. Zool. xiii. 
p. 272 (1906). 
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint 
reaching to vertex of head, broadly scaled in front and fringed 
with hair behind except at base, the 3rd long and nearly 
smoothly scaled ; fro ns smooth, with tuft of hair above ; 
eyes large, round ; antennae of male with bristles and cilia ; 
thorax clothed with hair and scales mixed and without 
crests ; tibiae fringed with rather long hair ; abdomen with 
some rough hair at base of dorsum but without crests. Fore 
wing with the apex produced and acute ; the termen angled 
at vein 4, then oblique, 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 
termen strongly crenulate and somewhat produced at veins 
