NOVTTATRS ZOOLOOICAE XXIV. 1917. 483 



33. Diacrisia nigrocastanea, sp. nov. 



?. Pectus and whole undersurface of body black ; antennae black ; head 

 and thorax olivaceous rufous ; abdomen olivaceous orange, five black spots on 

 median segments, a large black patch on last two segments. 



Forewings olivaceous rufous-brown. — — Hindwings basal three-fifths oliva- 

 ceous cinnamon- orange, outer two-fifths black. 



Length of forewing : 18 mm.. Expanse : 41 mm. 



Habitat. Lilongwe, AngonUand, February 2, 1910 (Andrews), 1 ?. 



34. Diacrisea eichhomi, sp. nov. 



(J. Pectus and legs black, base of fore-coxae reddish ; antennae black, head 

 yellowish isabelline buff ; tegulae and patagiae cinnamon-buff, the former 

 with a scarlet dot near head the latter with a black patch at base, central mass 

 of thorax black ; abdomen bright crimson, a line of central black dots on all 

 but last two segments, anal tuft brownish yellow. 



Forewmg greyish cinnamon-buff ; three small black dots at base, an ante- 

 median band of four large black spots, a broken broad median black band and 

 two postmedian bands of black spots, the inner largest, from vein 8 to vein 4, 



a black dot at tornus. Hindwing basal seven-ninths crimson, outer two-ninths 



tawny yellow ; a black f)atch at end of cell, and an interrupted black band 

 beyond the middle. One of the three has the black bands on forewing more 

 extended. 



Length of forewing : 26 mm. Expanse : 59 mm. 



Habitat. Goodenough Island, May 1913 (A. S. Meek), 3 (JcJ. 



35. Seirarctia approximans, sp. nov. 



<J. Allied clara Holl., but larger and paler. 



Antennae black ; pectus jDale crimson ; head and thorax olive-cinnamon ; 

 a black spot on the patagia ; abdomen yellow ringed with orange, basal segment 

 pale crimson. 



Forewing salmon-cmnamon not red-brown ; strigUated with black but less 

 densely than in clara, the strigilations longer and on parts of disc crowded together 

 so as to form an ante- and a postmedian band, basal one-third almost without 



striae. Hindwing white suffused with pink ; abdommal area, margin, and 



fringe salmon colour ; a discocellular black stigma. $ larger, differs from ^ in 

 having a sooty discocellular stigma on forewing, which is only occasionally present 

 in the S, and in the whole hindwing being yellowish salmon colour. 



Length of forewing : clara <J 20 mm., 9 23 mm. ; approximayis ^ 23 mm., 

 ? 28 mm. Expanse of forewing : clara o 44 mm., ? 52 mm. ; approximans 3 52 

 mm., $ 64 mm. 



Habitat. Manow Mpuapua, German East Africa, 9 33, 2 ??. 



(Sir George Hampson considers this an aberration of clara, but I think it 

 is a distinct species.) 



36. Seirarctia sordida sp. nov. 



3. Antennae black ; pectus sooty grey ; head and thorax sooty brown 

 mixed slightly with yellowish-grey hairs ; abdomen greyish yellow with lateral 

 transverse black bands. 



