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43. Arctia caja parva subspec. nov. 



<? ?. Differs from all other forms by its small size. A whitish piak basal 



band to tegulae. Forewing verj- deej) brown, the white markings much narrower 



than in anj' other form. Hindwing very deep scarlet. 



" Length of forewing : 23 mm. 



Hab. Labrador. 



'Z 66, 1 ?. 



44. Teracotona homeyeri spec. nov. 



o. Pectus crimson ; legs red baiidetl with black ; head brownish buff; collar 

 crimson ; thorax, tegulae edged narrowly with crimson internally, two black dots 

 on shoulders, patagia bordered with crimson ; abdomen, basal segment pale 



crimson, rest yellow ringed with black. Forewing brownish buff; costa scarlet, 



a round black cellular stigma. Hindwing pinkish white, a small dusky cellular 



stigma, inner area washed with pink. 



?. Pectus and legs crimson; head cream buff; antennae black, basal 2 mm. 

 scarlet ; collar broadly crimson ; thorax cream buff, tegulae tipped and edged with 

 brownish orange, two black spots at shoulders, patagia broadly edged with crimson ; 



abdomen, first segment crimson, rest orange. Forewing salmon buff, fringe 



orange, inner margin scarlet, a black half-moon at apex of cell. Hindwing bufKsh 



orange, inner area crimson, a large black half-moou at apex of cell. 



Length of forewing : 6 23 mm. ; ? 31 mm. 



IIi(h. Pungo Andongo, Angola, 1875 (Type) (A. von Homeyer) ; Manow, 

 German East Africa. 



1 <?, 1 ?. 



45. Teracotona batesi spec. nov. 



?. Pectus creamy whitish grey ; legs clay-brown; head and thorax creamy 

 whitish grey, tegulae narrowly edged with pale orange, a black spot on shoulders ; 

 abdomen orange, a central dorsal row of black spots ; antennae above white, apical 



one-third black. Forewing creamy whitish grey densely irrorated with dull 



brown. Hindwing creamy white, two fuscous spots at tornus and one cellular 



stigma. 



Length of forewing : 30 mm. 



Hab. Bity^, Ja River, Gamaroons, 20(t0 ft., January to March 1907, dry season 

 (Type), (G. L. Bates) ; Sierra Leone (Major Bainbridge). 



2??. 



46. Teracotona buryi spec. nov. 



?. Differs from rodophaea Walk, in the ground-colour of the wings being 

 duller and browner irrorated and not banded with darker brown, and the hindwings 

 having an irregular broken black submarginal band ; abdomen crimson, while in 

 rhodophaea the normal colour is orange. 



Length of forewing : 24 mm. 



Hab. Gambaga, Gold Coast (Dr. Bury). 



2 ??. 



47. Utetheisa pulchelloides salomonis subspec. nov. 



(??. Distinguished from p. pulchdloides by the great enlargement of the 

 black and red patches in the forewings and the broad black border to hindwings 

 in which is a round white spot. 



