TINETDiE. 
519 
Belgian Congo, Elisabethville, December (0. Seydel) ; 6 ex. 
(5 $ , 1 2 ) (type Belg. Cong. Mus.). 
Melasma lativagans, n. sp. 
(5 1 . 27-29 mm. Head whity-brownish. Palpi ochreous-whitish, 
mixed fuscous. Antennal pectinations 5. Thorax whitish slightly 
sprinkled dark fuscous. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, 
apex obtuse, termen obliquely rounded; white, strigulated brownish 
and dark brown scales; markings brown, irrorated and partially 
edged dark brown; some irregular marking towards base of costa, 
and a transverse blotch from dorsum near base; a fasciate irregular 
band from costa at ^ obliquely to middle of disc, thence longi¬ 
tudinal to j and prolonged into or connected with an irregular 
blotch before apex, in one specimen with a subtriangular lobe 
projecting beneath middle of disc to near dorsum, a short promin¬ 
ence on upper margin at | tending to connect with a suffused spot 
on costa beyond middle : cilia white broadly barred brownish. 
Hindwings light grey; cilia whitish, a grey subbasal line. 
Tanganyika, L. Manyara, February ( T . A. Barns)', 2 ex. 
Melasma practicopa, n. sp. 
<d 23-29 mm., 2 35 mm. Head, palpi, thorax whitish-ochreous 
or ochreous-whitish, basal half of palpi black. Antennal pectinations 
d 5. Forewings elongate, hardly dilated, costa gently arched, 
termen oblique, rounded; all veins separate; ochreous-whitish, 
slightly sprinkled light greyish-ochreous or grey, with fine scattered 
striguhe or dots, a few black scales; basal third of costal edge 
blackish-grey, several blackish dots or small spots along rest of 
costa, often with fine transverse strigulae attached ; discal stigmata 
forming variable irregular blackish marks or dots, a small triangular 
blackish spot beneath middle of disc; a terminal series of blackish 
dots: cilia whitish. Hindwings pale greyish; cilia ochreous- 
whitish, a grey subbasal shade. 
Belgian Congo, Elisabethville, November (C. Seydel) ; 12 ex. 
(10 $ , 2 2 ) (type Belg. Cong. Mus.). 
Melasma ochthopsamma, n. sp. 
$ 28-32 mm., 2 45 mm. Head, palpi, thorax ochreous. 
Antennal pectinations <S 8. F'orewings moderately broad, some¬ 
what dilated, termen rounded, rather oblique; all veins separate; 
ochreous strigulated brownish; a cloudy triangular brownish spot 
beneath middle of disc, a smaller suffused spot on end of cell, and 
a more or less developed streak at parallel to termen, sometimes 
also a suffused blotch below middle at about |, and a small spot on 
costa beyond middle, but all these markings vague and variable in 
development; in 2 th e strigulation. and markings are darker 
but more suffused and indefinite; sometimes a terminal series of 
cloudy dark dots: cilia ochreous, sometimes sprinkled brownish. 
