in rn an rur a. !_ 



spots interrupted in places and incurved below vein 3; a subterminal 

 sei'ies of shorl streaks on each side of veins 7 to •} bent outwards to 

 apex, points further Erom base above and below vein - and a point 

 above vein 1 neartornus; a terminal series of points in the inter- 

 spaces. Hind wing ochreous white; a black discoidal spot and 

 slight streak" on apical part of termen. 



2- Head, thorax, and fore wing with more yellow, the last with 

 the black markings more developed, the spots on costal area larger, 

 the median nervure, the bases of veins arising from it and vein 1 

 strongly defined on each side by black ; bind wing tinged with 

 buff, a black streak followed by two spots in submedian interspace, 

 and three subterminal spots between apex and vein 4. 



llab. Transvaal, Piet Retief (CraicsJwj/), 1 c? , Belfast, 1 d 1 

 type atropunctata ; Natal, 1 6 t}q:>e. Exp. 40-42 millim. 



Larva. Head red ; body dark slate-grey to black with series of 

 velvety black warts; each somite with eight black warts bearing 

 tufts of hair which are grey dorsally, whitish laterally ; legs and 

 elaspers bright red. Food-plant, Vemonia gerrardi. 



Pupa red-brown in a slight cocoon among leaves of the food-plant. 



1852 b. Hyphantria atripes. (Plate LXI. fig. 21.) 

 Hyphantria atripes, Hmpsn. A.M. N.H. (8) iv. p. 362 (1909). 



$ . Head and thorax white; patagia with black spots at middle 

 and two on outer edge ; the femora yellow above, the fore and mid 

 tibiae striped with black, the tarsi blackish ringed with white ; 

 abdomen white with subdorsal yellow bands except at base and 

 extremity and lateral series of black points. Pore wing white, the 

 costal edge yellowish; a black point in base of cell and obliquely- 

 placed subbasal points in and below the cell ; an antemedial series of 

 black points angled outwards on median nervure and incurved 

 below costa and cell; paired medial black points below costa, at 

 middle and vein 1, angled outwards at median nervure, then oblique ; 

 a black point at upper angle of cell and three at lower angle ; a 

 aedial series of black points, bent outwards below costa, oblique 

 to vein 4 and slightly incurved at discal fold, then oblique ; a sub- 

 terminal series of black points in pairs on each side of the veins ; 

 a terminal series of small black spots. Hind wing white ; the 

 underside with slight black discoidal point. 



J lab. Gold Coast, Volta 11. (Dudgeon), 1 $ type. Exp. 

 40 millim. 



1S53 a. Hyphantria penthetria. (Plate LXI. fig. 22.) 

 Hyphantria penthetria, Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xlii. p. 56 (1912). 



<5 . Head and teguia) white ; palpi with some black hairs ; frons 

 and tegulae with black spots; antenna? black; thorax yellowish 

 white, the patagia with dorsal grey-black stripes ; legs white ringed 

 with black, the fore femora and tibiae marked with orange; 

 abdomen orange with dorsal series of black bands and lateral and 

 sublateral series of spots. Pore wing grey-black ; the veins streaked 



