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Catocaliuae. 

 74956. Homaea striatalis n. sp. 



$. Head rufous mixed with white, the frons with black points at sides and 

 some black scales above ; thorax and abdomen white shghtly mixed with pale 

 brown and irrorated with a few black scales, the terminal half of tegulae black ; 

 fore tibiae with some black on inner side. Forowing white thickly striated with 

 brown, leaving the veins white ; traces of an oblique sinuous antemedial hne ; 

 a black point in middle of cell and blackish discoidal bar ; postmedial line 

 formed by brown striae, indistinct, oblique below vein i ; two indistinct sub- 

 terminal lines formed by brown striae, the outer with obscure spots formed by 

 blackish scales on it from costa to vein 4. Hindwing white thickly striated 

 with brown, leaving the veins white ; faint postmedial and subterminal lines 

 formed by brown striae. Underside white ; both wings with dark discoidal 

 striae and faint curved postmedial line, a distinct rather maculate red-brown 

 subterminal shade, on hindwing ending at submedian fold ; forewing with the 

 costa tinged with red-brown. 



Hab. Br. C. Africa, Port Herald (Old), 1 ? type. Exp. 40 mill. 



752 1«. Dermaleipa meterythra n. sp. 



(^. Head and thorax rufous, the liead and base of tegulae with some orange- 

 yellow, the thorax irrorated with whitish ; antennae redchsh j^roun ; palpi 

 rufous irrorated with yellow ; abdomen yellowish suffused with rufous towarrls 

 base, the anal tuft tinged with scarlet at extremity ; pectus, femora, and ventral 

 surface of abdomen orange-yellow tinged with scarlet, especially the pectus in 

 front, the tibiae and tarsi red-brown mixed with whitish. Forewing rufous tinged 

 Avith grey and faintly striated with brown, deeper rufous towards costa ; an 

 obhque sinuous whitish subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial 

 line yellowish defined at sides by fine rufous Unes, very oblique and almost 

 straight ; orbicular and reniform grey-brown defined by yellowish, the former 

 small, round ; postmedial line yellowish defined on outer side by red-brown, 

 oblique, slightly curved and ending on inner margin near tornus, tow ards which 

 there is a fuscous shade on its outer side ; a yellowish subterminal line w ith 

 black points on its outer side at the veins ; a fine black terminal hne, the ciUa 

 yellow at base tinged with scarlet. Hindwing uniform orange-yellow tinged with 

 scarlet especially on the veins of terminal half. Underside orange-yellow tinged 

 with scarlet, the forewing with small dark discoidal spot. 



Hab. Br. C. Africa, Mt. Mlanjc (Neave), 1 S type. E.cj]. 52 mill. 



7556a. Anua obsolescens n. sp. 



S. Head and thorax white tinged with rufous ; antennae red- brown ; palpi 

 with the 3rd joint bro\vn ; abdomen fulvous yellow ; pectus, legs, and ventral 

 surface of abdomen white, the legs suffused with red-brown, the anal tuft 

 red-brown. Forewing white tinged with yellow especially towards base ; a bar- 

 shaped red-brown chscoidal spot ; a red-brown subterminal line slightly excurved 

 at vein 6, the area beyond it tinged with red-brown ; a series of blackish points 

 before termen. Hindwing yellow, the terminal area fuscous brown with a 

 reddish gloss, broadly at costa, narrowing to tornus. Underside white tinged 



