( 442 ) 



Il((l). Zomba, Upper Sliirr River, 3000 ft., October — December lfv05 

 (Dr. Percy Kendall). 

 3 SS. 



i'l'i. Apisa subcauesceus sp. nov. 



cJ. Antennae bully clay; lieail, tliorax, and alidoraen silvery raonse-i;rey. 



Forewinjr, eosta and fringes mouse-grey, nervnrcs grey, rest of wing semiliyalinc 

 white. llindwing seniiliyaline white, abdominal margin to tornus jiale grey- 



?. Similar, but much larger. In canescens Walk, the ? is not mn<h more 

 than half the size of the largest S <S . 



Length of forewing : 6 1.") mm.; ? 22 mm. 



Breadth „ S mm.; ? 15 mm. 



Length of forewing large canescens : S 36 mm.; ? 2;") mm. 



Breadth „ „ „ J 24 mm. ; ? 15 mm. 



Oil. Metarctia taymansi sii. nov. 



fj. Near to Iiacmatocssa Holl. Legs inside and in front crimson ; pali)i and 

 head brown ; antennae brown, j)aler towards the tips ; thorax and abdomen light 



eartli-broiTU. Forewing pale bull', all nerviires, costal and inner areas earth-brown, 



a large iiatch of earth-brown on discncellnlars and another at base of wings, intra- 

 nervnlar spaces sjilashed and clouded with earth-brown, a submarginal row of 

 semilunar earth-brown spots. Hindwing pale buff wasiied with salmon. 



Length of forewing: 25 mm. 



Hall. Kassai District, ( 'ongo Free State (Taymans). 



1 cJ. 



01. Metarctia erlangeri si', nov. 



?. Antennae blacl; : head and thorax bright orange brick-red; abdomen 



bright orange brick-red, witli black bands on interspaces of segments. Forewing 



salmon-cinnamon, fringe yellowish salmon. Hindwing yellowish cinnamon 



salmon-piuk. 



3. Differs in the abdomen being more orange ; the costa of forewing bright 

 salmon-red, the fringe salmon washed with cinnamon-brown ; the hindwing is 

 bright salmon-]iiMk. 



Length of forewing : S IS— 22 mm. ; ? 30 mm. 



IJab. Djedda to Sibbe, Arussi Galla Couatry, Abyssinia, 2900 metres, July 28, 

 1(100 (Erianger & Neumann), 1 ? (t.vpi») : Muhnmbna. (limbo River to Cugho 

 Kiver, September 18, l'.»o3 (Dr. Ansorge), 1 t? ; Bulubnlu, Bihe, Angola, 

 October 2, 1004 (Dr. Ansorge), 1 S. 



02. Pseudapiconoma alBuis sp. nov. 



S. Allied to daphaena Hamps.; differs in the forewings being much rounder 

 at termen and much broader, in the basal half of hindwings being semihyaline 

 white, in the intranervular spaces and costal area of forewings being crimson, 

 aud in Iherc being four comidete scarlet rings on abdomen. 



Length of forewing : ilni>haeiia S 20 mm. 



Breadth „ „ „ 13 mm. 



Length „ (iffinis $ 10 mm. 



Breadth „ „ „ 14 mm. 



Hub. Kassai District, Congo Free State (Taymans), 1 c^ (type) ; Stanby P.")l 

 to liokolele, Congo River, 1804 (Kev. Harrison), 1 i. 



