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NOCTUID.E. 
Antarchaea straminea, n. sp. 
Head and tegulae fuscous black ; thorax pale ochreous 
yellow, the fore legs and mid tibiae at base irrorated with 
fuscous ; abdomen pale yellow, dorsally tinged with rufous 
except at base. Fore wing pale yellow irrorated and striated 
with black ; small obliquely placed antemedial black spots 
on costa and in cell ; a small spot in middle of cell and another 
below it in submedian fold ; reniform incompletely defined by 
black and with black points in upper and lower parts, con- 
stricted at middle, some dark suffusion beyond it ; postmedial 
line with prominent black bar from costa, then slight and 
•with two black points on inner area, excurved below costa 
and at middle ; a subterminal series of slight blackish points 
with two black points at costa ; a series of black points just 
before termen ; cilia rufous at base, dark at tips. Hind wing 
yellow with a series of slight black points just before termen. 
Hab. Br. C. Africa, Port Herald (Old), 1 ^ 5 Queensland, 
Brisbane (Turner), 1 $ type. Exp. 20 millim. 
Antarchaea goniogrannna, n. sp. 
$. Head, thorax, and abdomen creamy white tinged with 
rufous, the head and tegulae irrorated with fuscous ; pectus 
whitish ; the legs irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing creamy 
white tinged with rufous and slightly irrorated with brown, 
the terminal area more rufous and with some fuscous suffusion 
at apex ; reniform rufous slightly defined on inner side by 
brown, elliptical ; a faint diffused oblique rufous line from 
lower angle of cell to inner margin ; traces of a double post- 
medial line, excurved from costa to vein 4, then incurved ; 
subterminal line pale defined on each side by fuscous irroration 
angled outwards at vein 4, then incurved ; a terminal series 
of black points ; cilia rufous. Hind wing ochreous white 
tinged with rufous and slightly irrorated with brown. 
Hab. Sudan, White Nile, Kosti (Longstaff), 1 $ type, 
Roseires (Longstaff), 1 $, Port Sudan (Waterfield), 1 $. Exp. 
18-22 millim. 
Antarchaea diacraspis, n. sp. 
Head and tegulae pink ; thorax and abdomen ochreous 
yellow, the fore legs pink in front. Fore wing yellow ; a 
pink costal fascia from base to apex ; a narrow oblique pink 
band from costa towards apex to middle of inner margin, 
expanding at lower angle of cell into a patch which is angled 
inwards on median nervure and extending between veins 
5 and 3 to the pink terminal band. Hind wing yellowish 
white ; the underside tinged with crimson towards apex. 
Hab. Jamaica (Sturridge), 1 type. Exp. 24 millim. 
