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2<i. Amata quadripunctata s|i- nov. 



(J. Froiis and tcgulao orange ; thorax chocolate-browii witli aa orange dot 



on shonlders ; abdomen chocolate-brown witli six orange rings. Forewing 



chocolate-brown with four orange spots, one below base of cell, one in cell, one 



below middle of cell, and a minnte one on vein 4. Ilindwing chocolate-brown, 



orange at base. 



Length of forewing : 1;^ mm. 



Hah. Padaug Sideinpoean, West Snmafra (Ericsson). 



I S. 



~\. Amata williami sp. nov. 



<S. Head and antennae black; thora.x oily steel-green; abdomen steel-gi'een, 



a liasal reddish cinnamon belt, and one on fourth and fifth segments. Forewing 



metallic blue-green, a h\'aline patch below base of cell, one in cell, one between veins 

 1 and 2, one between veins 3 and 4 and 4 an<t •">, and one beyond apex of 

 cell. Hindwing hyaline with steel-green border and transverse central hour- 

 glass-shaped band. 



?. Smaller. 



Length of forewing : S 14 mm. ; ? KVy mm. 



Ilah. Kikuyu Escariiment, British East Africa, 0501.)— OOOD ft,, December 

 1900— January 1901 {W . Dohertyj. 



29 iS, ? ?. 



22. Amata conuecteus sp. nov. 



? . Allied to A. sladeni Moore. Antennae brown ; head yellow ; thorax yellow, 



a longitudinal black streak on the patagia ; abdomen yellow. Forewing hyaline 



yellowish, tip, fringes, and nervnres brown, vein .j and discocellnlars more broadly 

 brown. Hindwing hyaline yellowish, costa and fringe brown. 



Length of forewing : 16 mm. 



Ilnh. Bernardmyo, Bnrmah, OOOO ft., Jlay 1N90 (W. Doherty) (ex coll. Elwes). 



1 ?. 



23. Amata albicornis sp. nov. 



?. Antennae, basal third bhick, rest white; head black ; thorax black with 

 central orange patch ; abdomen black with a basal orange ring, three lateral 

 orange patches, and an orange ring on fifth segment which does not meet 

 dorsally.— — --Forewing black, apex with large white patch, a small hyaline spot 

 below base of cell, a large one in cell, one below cell on vein 1 near tornus, 

 one between veins 3 and 4, one between veins 4 and 5, and one between veins 

 and 7. Hindwing black, a large treble hyaline sj)ot below cell. 



i. iSiinilar. 



Length of forewing : 20 mm. 



Itah. Manson Mountains, Tonkin, 3000 f t , April— May (H. Fruhstorfcr). 



3 cJc?, 3 ? ?. 



24. Amata leechi sp, nov. 



?. This is the insect J. H. Leech identified as ai-roxpila Feld. It differs 

 from the type of ncrosinla by the brown, not black colour, by the much wider 

 lemon-yellow bands of the abdomen, by the hyaline patches being yellow, not 

 white, by the hyaline patch below base of cell extending to tornns and only 

 divided into two by a very narrow brown band, by there being a large hyaline 



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