92 Mr. W. J. Holland's descriptions of some 



I name this species in honour of Mr. Stevens, the bicyclist, 

 who accompanied Dr. Abbott upon his journey to Kilimanjaro. 



Family AECTIID^, Steph. 

 Genus Spilarctia, Butl. 



S. ABBOTTI, Sp. nOV. 

 J . Head, thorax, body, and anterior wings, luteous. The five posterior 

 segments of the abdomen are banded with black on the iipper side. Upper 

 side. — The anterior wings have three minute black spots before the base, two 

 poorly defined spots at the end of the cell, a submarginal bifurcating series 

 of minute spots near the apex, and a small marginal spot at the end of each 

 nervule. All of these spots are black. The posterior wings are white and 

 semidiaphanous, with a minute black spot at the end of the cell. Under side. 

 — The wings upon the under side are white, shading into luteous upon the 

 costa of the primaries. The spots of the upper side disappear upon the lower 

 side, or are very faint, except the spots at the end of the cell, which are much 

 larger than upon the upper surface, and, coalescing, form a bold comma- 

 shaped mark, and the two spots of the inner branch of the bifurcating sub- 

 marginal series, which are nearest the costa of the primaries, which are 

 relatively larger and conspicuous, especially the one next to the costa. Ex- 

 panse of wings, 31 mm. 



Genus Alpenus, Walk. 



A. TEI-FASCIATA, Sp. nOV. 



(? . Antennae, eyes, and front, black. Collar, patagise, and thorax, very 

 pale ashen. Abdomen yellowish, with a row of seven small black spots on 

 top, and similar series on the sides. Legs margined with black on upper 

 side. The anterior wings are pale ashen, and have three transverse macular 

 bands, — one near the base, one at the end of the cell, and one on the limbal 

 area, all of which are sharply angulated just at the region of the median 

 nervule, and the spots are here produced as lines along the nervules. The 

 spots composing these bands are largest on the costa and upon the inner 

 margin. The posterior wmgs have a spot at the end of the cell, and one 

 near the outer angle, and another near the anal angle. The under side is 

 somewhat darker than the upper side, and almost all of the spots of the upper 

 sm'face are obliterated, or only faintly reappear. Expanse of wings, 30 mm. 



Hah. Kilimanjaro. 



Genus Teeacotona, Butler. 

 T. CLARA, sp. nov. 



^. Tibia of fore legs bright pink. Head and thorax very rich, dark 

 brown. Metathorax clothed with long pinkish hairs. Abdomen pale brown, 

 annulated and spotted upon the sides with black. Fore wings uniformly dark 

 brown, but not so dark as thorax. The wings are thickly strewn with blackish 

 scales, and have a dark spot at the end of the cell, and an irregular trans- 

 verse line beyond the end of the cell. The hind wings are white, faintly 

 tinged with pink, and marked with yellowish on costa and outer margins, 

 and further ornamented with a large black spot at the end of the cell. Upon 

 the under side the anterior wings are paler than upon the upper side. They 

 are suffused with dark brown at the apex, and broadly washed with pink 

 upon the costa. None of the markings of the upper surface reappear, except 

 the spot at the end of the cell, which is very distinct. The posterior wings 

 are below as upon the upper side. Expanse of wings, 36 mm. 



Hah. Kilimanjaro. 



