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thorax, the palpi, and the forelegs darker grey. Near A. canexens, Walk., but different as is shown by comparison with the type of Walker's species.
$2.
Like the male, but larger, and with
much heavier body.
Expanse, 8 30 mm ; f 37 mm.
ANACE, Walk.
26. A.ċ´paracfiort'a sp. nov. *. Allied to A. ferfusilla, Walk., but quite different. The prevalent color of the upper side of the body and wings is obscure ferruginous. The primaries are marked by four pale yellow spots arranged in transverse series of two spots, one discal and the other subapical, the spots nearest the costa being in each series the smallest. The basal and limbal area of the secondaries is also pale yellow. The abdominal segments near the thorax and at the end of the abdomen are margined
laterally with pale yellow bands. The under- side of the wings is much as the upperside. 2. This sex is characterized by being much larger in size, and by having the yellow area of the secondaries restricted to a small spot at the end of the cell. Expanse, f 22 mm ; f 30 mm.
27. A. mSnotica, sp. nov. f . Antennae
pale grey with the setae blackish, the upper side of the body is cinereous, with a pale annulus about the abdomen after the thorax. The underside of the palpi and of the thorax is whitish. The primaries are uniformly
ashen grey except a large subtriangular spot which is pale yellow and extends from the costa before the base not quite to the inner margin. The secondaries are pale yellow, with the outer third ashen grey as the prim- aries. Upon the under side the basal third of the primaries and the entire secondaries are pale yellow, or whitish in some speci- mens. Expanse, 23 mm. There is an
example of this species in the British
Museum unnamed.
METARCTIA, Walk.
28. M. $aremfkares, sp. nov. 3. Allied
to M ificonsjicua, Holl. (Entomologist,
Sept., 1892). It differs, however, in the absence of the reddish color which prevails in that species upon the head and collar, and in the fact that the cos>ta of both wings and the apical third of the primaries on the under side is dark brown. The head, thorax, and primaries above are dark ashen gray, the secondaries are uniformly white, the upper side of the abdomen is reddish ochraceous. The under side of the abdomen is dark
brown, the wings are white, except upon the costae and upon the outer third of the prim- aries which are dark, like the upper side of the primaries.
2. The female differs from the male in
being larger and in having the secondaries slaty grey above and below except upon the inner margin of the under side. The prim- aries also are unifoi rnly grey below, except just at the base, where they are whitish. Expanse, f 28 mm ; $ 35 mm.
29. M. benitens&, sp. nov. Allied to the preceding, from which it differs in having the upper side of the abdomen dark smoky brown as the primaries, and the secondaries of the same color as the primaries, and the under side throughout of the same tint as the upper surface of the primaries, or merely a shade lighter in some specimens. Expanse, J' 30 mm; f 38 mm. Habitat, Benita.
30, M. fareclecta, sp. nov. f . Allied to the common M. erubescens, Walk., but differs from it in being prevalently bright red, whereas Walker's species is ochreous, shading into red upon the body and secondaries. In the style and location of the markings it does not differ from Walker's type to any great extent, but very markedly in its color. The posterior wings are uniformly pale vermil- lion. The primaries are of the same color with the nerves and the spots on the discal



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area bluish grey.
The front and the palpi
are bright red. The entire body and the
entire under side of both wings are uniformly pale vermillion. Expanse, 35 mm.
31.
M. haematica, sp. nov. $. Uniformly
dull reddish, with the costa of the primaries, the upper side of the thorax, the front, and the forelegs brownish. The antennae are
whitish. Expanse, 28 mm.
32. M. haematosphuges, sp. nov. $.
Antennae white. The upper side of the
thorax is dark red. The upper side of the abdomen and of both primaries and second- aries are rich red, with the neurations faintly marked with brown. The outer margins are narrowly fringed with dark brown. The
under side of the body is pale red. The
under side of the wings are reddish clouded all over except upon the inner margin of the primaries with fuliginous scales. Expanse, 35 mm.
32. M. lutea, sp. nov. $. Uniformly
luteous throughout, except that the nervures on the upper side of the primaries and the outer margins of these wings are narrowly marked by greyish lines.
Expanse, 35 mm.
33. M. haematoessa, sp. nov. 9. Anten-
nae whitish.
Head, palpi and upper side of
thorax dark brown ; abdomen reddish ochra- ceous. Upper side. The primaries are red thickly in-orated with fuscous. The fringes are fuscous. The wing is ornamented by
five moderately large light red spots, one in the middle and another at the end ofthe cell, two smaller ones without the cell at the origin of the first median nervule. The
secondaries are uniformly pale orange red. Under side. The under side is a smoky
brown except at the base and inner margin of both wings, which are pale orange-red. There are no spots on the under side, but the nerves are dark fuscous and clearly
defined upon the ground color. Expanse,
45 mm.
BALACRA, Walk.
34. 23. glagoessa, sp. nov. $.
The anten-
nae, front, patagiae, the upper side of thorax, and the upper and lower side of abdomen are white. The eyes are black. The top of the head, the pectus, and the inner margins of the trochanter; and femora are crimson.
The wings are white both above and below and the primaries at the end of the cell and in the intra-neural spaces adjoining the end oft he cell are translucent. $ . The female is like the male. Expanse, from 42 to 45 mm. This magnificent species is apparently
quite common on the upper waters of the
Ogovd River.
35. B. rubricineta, sp. nov. & The
antennae are white. The front and the
lower side of the thorax are crimson. The , collar is white margined with crimson.
The
patagiae. are crimson margined with white. The thorax and the abdomen are crimson
with the segments margined with white
on the upper surface. On the under
side of the abdomen, which is white, there is a double
row of crimson lunular marks,
four in each series. The legs are white
margined with crimson. The costa of the
primaries is narrowly white. The rest of the wing is saffron. There is a white spot near the inner margin upon the sub-
median nervule. The intra-neural spaces
adjoining the extremity of the cell are semi- diaphanous. The posterior wings are pale crimson narrowly margined with white.
The under side of the wings is as the upper side but paler. Expanse, 43 mm.




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36. B. damalis, sp. nov. 3. Front, palpi, lower side of thorax, and inner edges of femora and tibiae crimson. Eyes black. Col- lar pure white. The upper side of thorax and adbomen fawn colored, with the inner edges of the segments of the abdomen bor- dered laterally with black. The lower side of the abdomen is white with some crimson markings near the base.
The primaries are
fawn colored, with a spot at the end of the cell, and the intraneural spaces beyond it transparent. The posterior wings are saf- fron, tinged on the inner margin with crim- son. The lower side of the wings is as the upper side.
9.
The female does not differ in mark-
ings from the male.
Expanse, 42 mm. Habitat, Benita and
Kangwd.
37. B. haemulea, sp. nov. 3. Antennae
and eyes black.
The entire body deep crim-
son.
The fore wings are dull bluish-green
marked with crimson. There is a crimson
streak at the base near the costa, a spot at the end of the cell and one below it, a spot be- yond the end of the cell, and the entire outer margin shades into crimson between the ner- vules, which are blue-gray. The fringe is blue-gray. The posterior wings are rosy, palest on the costa. The wings on the under side are p%le red with the fringe and the apex of the primaries dull blue-gray.
~x~anse, 45 mrn.
This splendid species
is allied to B. flavimacula Walker, but is totally distinct.
CASPHALIA, Walker.
38. C. nigerrima, sp. nov. 3. Head and
antennae black. The collar is black nar- rowly edged in front with orange. The pec- tus and outer margins of the legs and the lower side of the abdomen are orange. The abdomen has the inner edges of the segments upon the lower side bordered with black. The tegulae are snow white tipped with
black. The upper side of the thorax and ab- domen are jet black. The primaries are
black, the secondaries dark brown, paler near the base.
The under side of the wings is as the upper side.
Expanse, 40 mm.
NoTE.-T~~ genus Casphalia was erected
by Walker in 1866, for the reception of a species which he named C.ftavicollis. This genus has been placed by Mr. Kirby in his recent catalogue among the Pinaridae. In 1887 Mr. Druce described a species as Anace Jier'pa. A comparison of Walker's type and of the insect described by Mr. Druce shows that they are congeneric. The genus in-
cludes, therefore, three species as follows : I. C.flavicollis, Walker.
2. C. he@a, Druce.
3. C. nige~~ima. Holland.
39. C. leuca?zioides, sp. nov. 3. Upper
side of thorax, front, and palpi very pale fawn color.
The upper side of the abdomen
is crimson.
A black line runs from the front
to the middle of the thorax, and there is a line of black spots on the middle of the upper side of the abdomen. The underside of the body and the legs are dark brown. The
wings are white and semi-diaphanous with a very narrow black ray running along the lower edge of the cell of the primaries suc- ceeded by a black dot at the. end of the cell at the origin of the radial and followed by another small black dot on the radial near the outer margin. The costa and the outer margin of the primaries are slightly tinged with luteous. Under side like the upper, but paler.
9.
The female is like the male.
Expanse, 38 mm.
ALPENUS, Walk.
40. A. (?) ar~r~zn;ċ´iaca sp. nov. 9. The upper and under sides of the body tawny- orange with a row of black spots on the dor-



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sal line of the abdomen, and a row of very minute black spots on either side. The legs are concolorous with the tibiae margined with black. The primaries on the upper side are of the same color as the abdomen and have two very faint and much angulated par- allel transverse lines crossing them beyond the cell, and a few black spots on the outer margin near the end of the radial nervule. The secondaries are much paler, inclining to whitish. The under sides of both wings are pale creamy tinged on the costa with reddish, and there are a few indistinct black marks at the outer angle of the secondaries as well as upon the outer edge of the primaries oppo- site the cell, and both primaries and second- aries have a very small and obscure discal dot. Expanse, 40 mm.
This insect is with doubt referred to the genus Alpenus, as likewise the following species, though they come nearer that genus than any other.
41. A. (?) muZtisc~tj5/a, sp. nov. 3. An- tennae, front, collar, tegulae, and abdomen pale yellowish. The tegulae have each a
black spot in the middle, and there is a row of black spots on the dorsal line of the abdo- men, and a row of very minute black spots on either side of the abdomen. The legs are yellowish margined with brown. The prim- aries are of the same color as the thorax and profusely sprinkled with very minute brown- ish lines running transversely. On the costa beyond the base, there is a narrow dark
brown line reaching into the cell ; beyond it a heavy brown line running obliquely toward the outer margin to the end of the cell, and then returning at a very acute angle and ter- minating upon the inner margin before the base. A subapical brown line runs from the costa inwardly, and then is connected by a curved line with the upper portion of the an- gulated line, which precedes it. There is a submarginal line about three-fourths of the distance from the base, which is heaviest near the inner margin. There is a series of black dots on the outer margin most distinct just below the apex. The posterior wings are
white with a very faint discal dot and a few black dots at the outer angle. The under side is uniforn~ly pale yellowish with a heavy comma-shaped discal mark upon the prim-
aries, and a heavy round discal dot upon the secondaries. Both wings have some obscure grayish marks near the outer end of the costa and the outer margins are punctured with black dots.
Expanse, 28 mm.
This species is appar-
ently not uncommon.
ALOA, Walk,
42. A. nigricosta, sp. nov. 3. Antennae
white with the pectinations gray. Front
orange. Collar and upper side of the thorax yellowish-white. The abdomen orange with a heavy black dorsal line, a row of black dots on either side ofthe abdomen and a double row of black dots on the lower side of the abdomen. The wings are yellowish-white inclined in the case of the secondaries to semi-translucency , and the costa of the primaries from about the middle to the apex is heavily margined with black.
Female like the male.
Expanse, 3, 30 mm. ; $, 36 mm.
CYMBIDAE.
EARIAS, Hiibn.
43. E. Ogovana, sp. nov. 3. Front and
forward edge of collar white.
Eyes and an-
tennae brown. Palpi pale fulvous. Lower
side of thorax and abdomen whitish. Legs whitish margined with brown. The hind
margin of the collar, the upper side of thorax, and upper side of anterior wings bright grass- green. The upper side of the abdomen is pale brown annulated with black.
The posterior
wings are vinaceous with the costa shining whitish and the fringes on the outer margin darker than the body of the wing.
The an-
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transverse exceedingly fine median lines. The under sides of both wings are vinaceous. The anteriors whitish on the costa near the apex and broadly whitish on the inner mar- gin. There is a small dark brown spot on the costa of the primaries a little beyond the middle. Expanse, 20 mm.
LITHOSIIDAE.
CABARDA, Walk.
44. C. torrida, sp. nov. 9. Antennae,
front, collar, and thorax white. Legs pale yellow. Abdomen gray. Upper side of an-
terior wings milk-white with two small oval pale fawn spots arranged longitudinally in the cell beyond the middle, a small spot of the same color at the base, a moderately large brown blotch below the cell near the middle tapering inwardly toward the base, and a limbal band broadest near the posterior mar- gin. The apex broadly fawn color with a
series of small spots of the same color on the outer margin between the nervules, gradually diminishing in size toward the outer angle. The posterior wings are very pale semi-trans- lucent fawn color. The under side of both wings is of the same color as the upper side of the secondaries. The costa and the outer and inner margins of the primaries are paler. Expanse, 20 mm. Habitat, Benita. (Feb-
ruary.)
45. C. fem@ata, sp. nov. $. Allied to
C. frigida, Walk. The under and upper
sides of the body are white. The primaries are dull white with the outer half heavily covered with rusty scales shading into black- ish near the outer margin. On the costa
before the apex, anden the outer margin
just below the apex, this ferruginous tract is indented by two subtriangular pure white spots. The posterior wings are grayish,
darkest near the outer margin, and the fringes of both primaries and secondaries are whitish. 0.n the under side, both wings are whitish, the primaries being clouded to pale ferru- ginous on the costal area, and both wings have a faint submarginal line running par- allel to the outer margin.
Expanse, 19 mm.
BIZONE, Walk.
46. B. Africans, sp. nov.
3. Pure white.
The legs pale yellowish.
Posterior wings
with one or two black dots on the costa near the base. The primaries are crossed by a median and a limbal transverse line of dark brown, or blackish, somewhat angulated.
There are two small black spots on the cell between these lines arranged longitudinally, and one or two black spots on the outer mar- gin below the apex. The female is marked as the male, but larger. Under side of wings immaculate.
Expanse, $, 18 mm. ; 9, 20 to 22 mm.
,47. B. Podma, sp. nov. &, Allied to
the preceding species, but smaller, and with the fore wings luteous. The markings very much the same as in the preceding species, but the spots on the cell between the trans- verse lines coalesce with the lines. Under side of wings white, immaculate.
Female
like the male.
Expanse of six specimens before me aver- ages 18 mm.
48. 23. rub?*istriga, sp. nov. 3. Snowy- white with two bright crimson transverse bands, with two small black spots enclosed between them on the cell and arranged longi- tudinally. There are no black spots at the base of the primaries. The crimson bands reappear faintly on the under side.
Expanse, 16 mm.
This species is charac-
terized by having the primaries relatively narrower than in the preceding species.
BARSINE, Walk.
49. B. Gubuntca, sp. nov. J. Allied to
B. (Siccia) ~tmulosa, Walk., with the type of



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which I have compared it, but widely dif- ferent.
The front and collar are pale orange.
The thorax, abdomen, and legs are pale red- dish-fawn.
The anterior wings are pale fer-