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pale rufous ; tarsi with blackish rings ; abdomen fulvous, the dorsal 

 crests black, the ventral surface tinged with fuscous. Forewing 

 greyish tinged with rufous and thickly irrorated with dark brown ; 

 an indistinct double subbasal line angled inwards in submedian fold 

 and outwards on vein 1 ; antemedial line double, angled inwards in 

 submedian fold, a blackish patch below the cell from it to the slightly 

 incurved black medial line ; postmedial line black defined by whitish 

 on outer side, excurved between veins 7 and 4, then oblique and 

 angled inwards in submedian fold ; subterminal line whitish, 

 excurved at vein 7 and middle, angled inwards in discal and 

 submedian folds; a series of dark striae before termen, the one above 

 submedian fold obliquely placed ; cilia chequered fuscous and brown. 

 Hindwing bright fulvous, the apical area suffused with brown ; the 

 under side with slight discoidal spot and curved postmedial line. 



Hdb. Cape Colony, Grahamstown, Kouri Eiver (Dr. Becker). 

 Exp. 34 mill. Type in B.M. 



(13) DASYCHIKA WHITE:, Druce, A.M.N.H. (7) i. p. 209 (1898). 

 Hab. West Africa, Old Calabar ; Natal, Durban (Bowker, 



Innes, Marshall). Exp. 34 mill. 



(14) DASYCHIBA PEOLEPROTA, n. sp. 



$ . Head, thorax, and abdomen dull brown suffused with whitish. 

 Forewing dull brown tinged with grey ; some ill-defined w T hitish 

 marks at base ; two whitish spots on middle of costa and two 

 towards apex ; reniform narrow, filled in with whitish ; traces of 

 a double waved antemedial line ; postmedial line slightly bent out- 

 wards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then angled inwards in 

 submedian fold ; cilia with whitish points at extremity of veins. 

 Hindwing dull reddish brown. 



Hab. Natal, Durban (Leigh). Exp. 32 mill. Type in B.M. 



(15) DASYCHIRA ATRIFILATA, n. sp. 



J . Head and thorax grey mixed with black ; metathorax with 

 black bars ; fore and mid tarsi black ; abdomen brownish grey. 

 Forewing grey thickly irrorated with fuscous ; a slight subbasal line, 

 angled outwards below costa and ending on a wedge-shaped black 

 patch below cell with a fuscous shade from its extremity to costa ; 

 antemedial line rather broad, slightly angled outwards below costa, 

 then straight ; a rounded spot defined by black in end of cell with 

 a striga from costa above it ; a medial line from origin of vein 2 in- 

 curved to inner margin; a minutely dentate postmedial line excurved 

 from costa to vein 4, then angled inwards to below end of cell, then 



