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03. Pseudapiconoraa batesi congoensis snlis]i. nov. 



?. DifftTs from Ixitt'si hiitegi Dnice \\)' the earth-brown, not orange, head and 

 tegnlae, the dniler orange abdomen, the duller, more earth-brown forowings, the 

 brown, not crimson, snbcostal nervnre, and the much smaller of the yellow red-ringed 

 patches on the forewiiigs. 



cJ. Does n(jt cliller from S iHttcsi batesi. 



Ilab. Lnebo Kassai, Congo, October 1903 (Landbeck), 1 ? (type); Yaknsn, Upper 

 Congo (Kenred Smith), 2 S S : Bopoto, Upper Congo (Kenred Smith), 1 S ; 

 Kassai District, Congo (Taymans), 1 S ; sontli of Congo River (Bentley), 1 S. 



64. Pseudapiconoma batesi ugaudae siil)sp. nov. 



?. Differs from batesi coiajociisis in the olive-brown colonr of the forewings, 

 head, and thorax, and in there being a red-ringed yellow spot on vein 3 and a red 

 one on vein 4. 



J. DiH'ers from the cjrf of batesi batesi and b<itesi congoensis in the uniform 

 rufons orange or orange-rufous head, thora.v, and abdomen, and in the much 

 smaller red-ringed yellow patches on the forewing.s. 



Ilab. Entebbe, Uganda (F.J. Jackson), I ? (type), 2 (Jc?; Entebbe, Uganda, 

 November VM1 (Captain Rattray), 1 S. 



05. Pseudapiconoma coeruleifascia (Walk.). 



Tiiis insect was erroneously retained in Metarctia by Sir George Hamiison. It 

 has tiie normal c? of a Pseudajiiroiwma, with short broad forewings and verv 

 small hindwings. The undescribed male is as follows : — 



S. Pectus, tibiae, and coxae crimson; head crimson ; antennae black ; thorax 



and abdomen orange- scarlet. Forewing earth-brown, a crimson streak at base of 



subcostal and one below base of vein 1, a large orange-scarlet patch with darker 

 edges between vein 1 and the origin of vein 2, a crimson dot on vein 2, a crimson 

 spot in centre of cell and a patch at apex of cell, and a crimson spot on subcostal 



edge between veins and 7. Hindwing orange, costa and abdominal area 



orange-scarlet. 



Length of forewing : S 20 ninj. 



Breadtli ,, „ „ 111 mm. 



Length of hindwing : Jll mm. 



Breadth „ ,, „ s mm. 



Ilab. of cf described : Moyambe, Sierra Leone, March ]9u3 (bred) (D. Cator). 



The Tring Museum has 5 ? ? from Sierra Leone collected by Mr. Mitford, 

 Captain Stevens, and Major Bainbridge. 



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Pseudapiconoma ehrmanni iloll. 



This has lieen wrongly treated by Sir George Ilampsou as a syuouyni of 

 coendeifaseia \\&\k. ; it is quite distinct, as the c? proves. Description of c? is as 

 follows : — 



cJ. Forelegs yellowish clay-grey ; pectus and head crimson ; tegulae, basal half 



