SP] I.DSOMA. 



893 



\. Mitral surface pale yellow. Pore wing uniform bright yellow. 

 Hind wing yellowish, white; the underside with the costal area 

 yellow. 



Kab. CAMEKOONS,-cotypet 6 in Mus. Berlin; Be. E. Ari;i< \. 

 X. Kavirondo, Maramas Distr. 1 lain (Neave), 1 o*; Uganda, 

 Butiaba ( Neave), 1 d, Ruwenzori (Wollaston), 1 6 ■ Exp. ;!s 

 46 millim. 



*1767 5. Spilosoma pales. (Plate LIX. fig. 16.) 

 niacrisia pales, Druce, A. M. N. H. (8) vi. p. 169 (1910). 

 ". Head and thorax deep orange, on latter shading to yellow 

 behind; palpi black except at base; antenna? black; fore femora 

 except above and the tibiae and tarsi black; abdomen orange- 

 yellow with large dorsal black patch except on basal and terminal 

 segments, extending at middle to the lateral line, and a ventral 

 grey patch except on basal and terminal segments. Fore wing 

 uniform yellow. Hind wing pale semihyaline yellow; the under- 

 side with the eostal area deeper yellow. 



Kab. "Germ. E. Africa," typef 6 in Coll. Joicey. Exp. 48 

 millim. 



*l767c. Spilosoma atridorsia, n. n. (Plate LIX. fig. 17.) 

 Amsacta rattrayi, Roths. Nov. Zool. xvii. p. 150 (1010), nee p. 129. 



tf . Head and teguhe orange-yellow; thorax pale yellow tinged 

 with orange in front; palpi black above; antennae whitish; fore 

 coxse with blackish patches, the tarsi ringed with blackish ; abdomen 

 black, the basal and terminal segments and ventral surface yellow. 

 Fore wing yellowish white, the eosta and cilia yellow. Hind wing 

 semihyaline yellowish white, the inner margin yellow; the under- 

 side with the eostal area yellow. 



Sab. Uganda, Entebbe {Rattray), typef 6 in Coll. Roth- 

 schild. Exp. -1(5 millim. 



*1767 d. Spilosoma baxteri. 

 Amsacta baxteri, Roths. Nov. Zool. xvii. p. 157 (1910), & xviii.pl. 3.f. 35. 



c? . Head and thorax yellow, the head and tegulae tinged with 

 orange; palpi black above; antennas black; legs suffused with 

 fuscous; abdomen black, the base, sides of terminal segments, and 

 anal tuft yellow. Fore wing yellow, the eosta towards apex and 

 apical half of termen brownish. Hind wing pale yellow. 



Kab. "Gehii. E. A.frica," Mpapua {Baxter), typef J in Coll. 

 Rothschild. Exp. 46 millim. 



*1767 e. Spilosoma nigrocincta. 



Diacrisia nigrocincta, Kenrick, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1913, p. GOO, pi. 31. f. 10. 



c? . Head and tegulse pale orange-yellow, the rest of thorax pale 

 ochreous yellow; antennas, palpi, and legs black; abdomen Mack, 



