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1024. D. vandepoUi spec no v. 



(?. Pectus fuscous ; legs black, coxae bnfty orange ; palpi black, base bnffy 

 orange; head brownish buff; antennae whitish buff; thorax brownish buff with 

 central black band ; abdomen butfy orange with dorsal and lateral rows of 



black spots. Forewing dark sooty brown, the basal half paler through irregular 



powdering of buff scales ; nervures pale buff, a basal black dot, curved ante- and 



2iostmcdian transverse bands of black spots. Hindwing bright bnffy orange ; a 



cellular stigma, a spot at tornus, one on each side of vein 2 and one ou vein G 

 black. 



9. Pectus fuscous orange; jialpi and legs brown; lieaJ orange buff; thorax 

 fuscous buff, centre black ; abdomen orange, a central and lateral rows of black 



spots. Forewing clay-brown or pale wood-brown ; nervures pale buff, curved 



ante- and postmedian transverse bands of black spots, a black spot at end of 

 cell. Hindwing orange with black spots, the same as in the 3. 



Length of forewing : cJ 20 mm. ; ? 28 mm. 



Ifab. Batang Proepoe, Padang Bovenlandeu, ITjid) m., September— October 

 1896. 



16 (J (J, 25 ??. 



There is a J from Java in the British Museum of this species which is some- 

 what jialer than the Sumatran examples. 



This species was erroneously identified by Piepers and Snellen as fuscitincta 

 Hm{>sn. They describe the larva as follows : The four anterior segments pale 

 orange, rest of body black, hairs very thickly placed and black, mixed here and there 

 with single white hairs. Feeds on a sjiccies of fern. 



1025. Acantharctia metaleuca Hmpsn. 



b 6 6,\ ? Nairobi [F. J. Jackson (1 6, 1 ? March 1905;], 6 o^ Nairobi to 

 Mount Kenia, i 3S Athi-ya-Mawe, April — May 1899 (C. S. Betton, Legros); 

 3 <J<J Machakos Rd., Kilindini, British East Africa, April 27, 1899 (Legros). 



1026. A. latifasciata Hmpsn. 



Differs from metaleuca by its golden buff ground-colour and the stronger 

 development of the dark streaks on the hindwing. 

 Weenen, Natal. 

 1 (?,3 ??. 



1027. A. intermarginalis Hmpsn. 

 1 (J North Bailundn, Angola, 1901 (H. Pemberton). 



1028. A. vittata Auriv. 

 1 cJ Weenen, Natal. 



Hi29. A. atriramosa Hmpsn. 



1 <J Mohoroni, Nandi, British East Africa, July 1903 (F. J. Jackson). 



