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like that of geminata. Submarginal line of indistinct dark spots, parallel with tlie margin, somewhat more 
distinct in the $. A black dot at the cross-vein in front, a white one behind. Hindwing dark brown. 28 to 
34 mm. Sao Thome. 
N. stalactitis Hmps. (19 e). Body greyish brown. Forewing pale reddish brown with a violet reflection, sfuladitis. 
basal area greyer. Interior line brown, undulate, oblique. A triangular chocolate brown spot from the middle 
of the costal margin to vein 1, its edges white, undidate, ending pointedly. Three white dots at the cross-vein. 
Exterior line undulate, projecting at the cell-angles, incurved at vein 2. A chocolate brown spot behind it 
at the costal margin. Submarginal line of fine black and white dots. Hindwing pale red-brown. $ 28 mm. 
Niger District. 
N. cinerascens Holl. (19f). Body greyish brown. Forewing light chocolate brown, dustefl with grey. rUierascens. 
Interior line darker red-brown, distally removed at the median vein. Two indistinct white dots at the cross¬ 
vein. Exterior line red-brown, excurved at veins 6 and 4, then straight inward. Submarginal line spotted, 
notched, greenish white scales before and behind it beginning from vein 4. Hindwing lighter red-brown. — In 
geta Strd. (= ab. 1 Hmj)S.) the dark submarginal spots are more distinct. The green dusting outside more geta. 
extensive. — deviridata Strd. (= ab. 2 Hmps.) shows hardly any green dusting outside. 30—32 mm. Niger deviridata. 
District, Cameroon. 
N. ulula Bryk (19f). Body and wings pale red-brown. Interior line bluish white, extending from the uhda. 
costal margin to the submedian fold, incurved between them. A dark brown indistinct spot behind it, connect¬ 
ed with an oblique stripe from the middle of the costal margin oblic[uely outward as far as vein 2. Reniform 
macula large, dark, edged bluish white, veins 3 and 4 also bluish white. Exterior line white, uniformly bent 
from the costal margin to vein 2, then very indistinct. Submarginal line parallel with it, whitish, edged 
somewhat darker in front outside. cJ 34 mm. Cameroon. 
N. nubilicosta Holl. (19 f). Body greyish brown. Forewing light greyish brown with a violet reflection, mdnlicosta. 
A faded blackish band from % costal margin, below the latter along to the apex. Exterior line brown, very 
indistinct, obliquely outward as far as vein 9, then inwards, dentate. Traces of a median line before it above 
the inner margin. A somewhat more distinct dark submarginal line, excurved at vein 7 and below the middle. 
Hindwing somewhat darker than the forewing. 26—32 mm. West Africa. 
N. phaeopepla Hmps. (19 f). Body and forewing pale reddish brown, the costal margin paler except phaeopepla. 
in the median area. Interior line indistinct, dark, slightly bent inward. A very indistinct dark streak at the 
cross-vein. Exterior line indistinct, dark, faded, oblique as far as vein 6, then obliquely inwards, a dark spot 
behind it at vein 4. Hindwing pale reddish-brown. The original figure differs much from this description. 
$ 26 mm. Niger District. The type is from Sapele. 
N. ochreoplaga B.-Bak. (19 f). Body and wings dark red-brown. Interior line black, bent inwards ochreopJaga. 
from -/g costal margin, with silvery grey scales outside. Exterior line edged with silvery grey, pointedly excurved 
behind the cell, then a long inward bend as far as vein 1. Ochreous olive green between the two lines, the 
rest green. A black dot at the cross-vein. Submarginal line pale brown, very dentate, a few black spots before 
and behind it. (J 22 mm. Congo District. 
N. secretaria Bryk (19 f) resembles ochreoplaga and purpurascens. Ground-colour of the body and secrc/aria. 
the basal area of the forewdng pale red-brown. Interior line from a dark costal-marginal spot to the anterior 
cell-edge outward, then slightly bent inward, white below the spot. Exterior line black, outward as far as 
vein 7, then straight, at vein 5 to the lower cell-angle where there is a black dot, then partly white, partly 
black, parallel with the interior line. The area between the lines olive green. A black dot at the u])]3er cell- 
angle, 3 white rays proceeding from it: one horizontally basad as far as the interior line, one to the lower cell- 
angle, one obliquely upwards. A submarginal line is indicated by darker red-broum spots. Hindwing co])per- 
brown. In a second specimen the white areas are much less prominent. 23—25 mm. Cameroon. 
N. purpurascens Hmps. (19 g). Body greyish brown. Forewing brown in the basal half. Costal-marginal purpuras- 
area tinged with red-brown. A black oblique streak from the middle of the costal margin. Two black dots 
at the cross-vein. An olive brown spot at the costal margin above the cell-end, an olive brown band in the 
exterior part of the centre of the cell as far as the inner margin and a little behind the cell. Exterior line 
fine black, somewhat white outside, as in secretaria. Marginal area red-brown. Submarginal line black, scaled 
white inside, with chocolate brown spots behind it. Hindwing greyish brown, diaphanous. ^ 20 mm. Gold Coast. 
N. albiplagiata Hmps. Thorax red-brown, abdomen greyish brown. Forewing red-brown, dusted with albiplagiata. 
ochreous brown. Interior line almost in the middle, very much excurved, brown, double below the cell, filled 
and edged with ochreous brown. A black dot at the lower cell-angle in a triangular silvery white spot, ter¬ 
minating towards the costal margin. Exterior line fine, brown, doiible, filled and edged with ochreous brown, 
strongly outward as far as vein 6, then inward, undulate, nearing the interior line below the cell. An oblique 
black diffuse sjjot behind it below the costal margin. Submarginal line blackish, iindulate, edged with whitish 
ochre inside, interrupted at vein 3. Hindwing copper brown. <5' 29 mm. Cameroon, 
