(190) 



postmedial autl subt.erminal area arL' two more irregular serrate Hues receding 

 slightly basewards below vein 3 ; termeu darkly spotted. Secondary uniform 

 brownish grey. 



Expanse, 38 mm. 



Ilab. Ekeikei, January and February. 



Type in my collection. 



52. Anthela charon spec. nov. 



6. Head, thorax, abdomen, and both wings very dark sooty brown ; the 

 primaries and secondaries with an oblique darker postmedian line. Primaries 

 with a white dot iu the cell and another larger one at the end of the cell. 



Expanse, 50-60 mm. 



Ilah. Mafalu, 6000 ft., August ; Kebea Range, July. 



Type in my collection. 



Specimens from the Kebea Range are less dark, with a trace of an irregular 

 antemediau and median line, and a row of dark dots ontside the postmedian line. 



ARCTIIDAE. 



53. Spilosoma avola spec. nov. 



?. Head and thorax white; abdomen greyish; both wiugs white, inclined 

 to be diaphanous. Primary with an erect median row of distinct dark spots 

 straight across the wing, followed by a short oblique series of three or four spots 

 to above vein 2, an oblique series of similar spots from the apex : these two 

 series look as though they should form an oblique continuous row of spots ; 

 two small dark spots below the costa at the end of the cell. Secondary spotless. 



Expanse, 56 mm. 



Hab. Avola, 6000 ft., August. 



Type in my collection. 



54. Diacrisia biagi spec. nov. 



S . Palpi deep black ; head and thorax soft otter brown ; collar darker ; 

 centre of thorax broadly blackish; abdomen dirty orange colour, with broad black 

 dorsal and lateral stripes ; pectus and legs deep black ; fore femora edged with 

 orange. Primary pale brown, with veins finely cream-coloured, with deep velvety 

 brown spots palely edged, the spots congregating in pairs on each side of the 

 veins ; along vein \a are two pairs of spots before the middle and three pairs 

 beyond the middle, those in the tornus being very small ; along vein 2 one pair 

 iu the angle, two pairs uf small spots about the middle, a large conglomerate 

 spot at the base of veins 3, 4, and 5, with two pairs of small spots beyond it 

 along vein 3, one large spot across 4 and 5, with a pair of small ones near the 

 termen of each vein, a large spot across and 7, above which is a small one 

 to the costa, beyond this a subapical patch of four spots, with a series of six 

 small spots from the apex ending below vein 6, a small basal spot, a spot near 

 the middle of the cell with a smaller oue above it, a large irregular spot at the 

 end of the cell. There is a trace of an orange counoctiug-liue between most 

 of the spots, but it is obscure. Secondary yellow, with a large black spot at 

 the end of the cell, a snbterminal irregular series of black spots, with a few spots, 



