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variegated with black; anterii)i' tiliiae with two lilack spots; all the tarsi mure 

 black than yellow. 



Expanse : forewiug AM :^4 mm. ; EM S; PM IT mm. 

 „ hindwing „ 16 „ ; „ 1,5; „ 13 „ 



]I((li. ]\I])eta, Loangwa R., nortliern affluent of the Zambe.si ; 2 ?? (C T. 

 Coryndon leg., November and December 1895). 



Is closely allied to .1. obr>js:ns Mab. from Madagascar, lint at once distin- 

 guishable by the mnch more extended orange hindwings. 



The male of A. obr)jzog Mab. has jn'olouged foretarsi ; the second ami third 

 joint are much longer than in other Agaristidae. 



12. Metagarista (?) rendalli Rothsch. sp. nov. 



S. U-ppermle. : forewiiig black, with some metallic blue scales near the base, a 

 small spot of the same colour beyond middle of cell, a second upon the discocellu- 

 lars, a third in hinder angle, and a fourtli near tlie apex of the wing. Two large 

 buff patches : one in liasal half, trajieziforni, obliijue, 2i mm. from base, expanded 

 between costal and snbmedian ncrvure, 3| mm. broad at subcostal and 5J mm. at 

 submedian vein, outer edge straiglit ; the second j)atch stands \h mm. outside ajiex 

 of cell, and expands between veins 2 and 111; it is 4i mm. wide at vein 4, and 

 narrows in front and behind; its inner edge almost straight, its outer edge convex. 

 Besides, a minute buff spot in apex of cell close behind subcostal vein. Fringe 

 black. 



Hindwings orange ; outer border black, of nearly even width (3 to 4 mm.), 

 anteriorly extended down half-way to base, inner edge slightly convex at vein 2. 

 Fringe black. Some black scales upon the discocellulars and at extreme base. 



Underside : as above, withont blue scales ; basal patch of forewing extended 

 down to base and inner margin, occupying liasal fourth of wing, and, like the snb- 

 a{)ical patch, orange-buff instead of butf. Black border to hindwing not convex at 

 vein 2. 



Antennae, palpi, head, thorax, legs, last segments of abdomen and underside of 

 abdomen excejit three median spots, black. A patch on each side of collar, and rest 

 of abdomen (basal segment partly black above, all black below) orange-bulf. 



Expanse : forewing AM 20 mm. ; EM 12 mm. ; PM 13 mm. 

 „ hindwing ,, 13 „ ; „ 11 „ : „ lu „ 



Hah. Zomba, British Central Africa, south of Lake Nyassa; 1 S (Dr. Percy 

 Rendall ley., December 1S9.5, wet season). 



This species, which I name in honour of the collector, does not fit well in any 

 of the genera of Agaristidae. The hairy third palpal joint it has in common with 

 some other African Agaristids, namely Ilespagarista AVlk., Pais HI)., and yfeia- 

 gttrista Wlk. ; but differs from these genera in the convex front of tiie head bearing 

 a circular ridge of which the diameter is only about one-tenth tlie breadth of t lie front 

 of the head, and is, moreover, distinguished from Hespagarista by the third joint 

 of the palpi being three times as long as broad, and by the absence of the tail of 

 long hairs from the tip of the abdomen in the (^ ; from Pal.i by vein 2 of the hind- 

 wings originating nearer to three ; from .Metagarist'i by the narrower forewings and 

 the longer third palpal joint. 



