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anj;le. On the under side, tlie primaries are 

 lioary with the inner margin sliining 

 testaceous. A rich maroon band rounded at 

 the costa crosses the cell and terminates 

 upon the shining inner area. This is 

 followed outwardly by some whitish lines 

 and mottlings. The outer third is broadly 

 fuliginous, this dark area being invaded on 

 the side of the costa and the inner margin 

 by minute bluish-gray maculations. The 

 marginal markings of the upper side 

 reappear upon the lower side, but far more 

 distinctly, the dark spots being blacker and 

 the paler lines brilliantly white. The second- 

 aries are crossed by a dark velvety black 

 .sub-basal band, are broadly marked with 

 warm brown on the middle and outer third, 

 this dark tract being ornamented near the 

 inner margin by some heavy velvety black 

 markings, and on tlie outer margin being 

 invaded by a profusion of minute chalky- 

 white mottlings. Expanse, 33 mm. 



This singular moth is represented in my 

 collection by a single specimen. 



Toxoc.iMPA, Guen. 



74. T, dedecora, sp. nov. $. Head and 

 collar rich maroon. Patagia and thorax 

 pale fawn. Upper side of abdomen pale 

 stramineous. Under side of abdomen pale 

 stra-w-yellow. The upper side of the prima- 

 ries is pale lilacine-fawn, lighter on the 

 outer margin. There are faint and obscure 

 traces of a pale reniform and discal spot 

 and the wings are traversed by verv fine 

 and obscure transverse sub-basal and trans- 

 verse median lines, which cross the wing 

 from the costa to the inner margin, slant- 

 ing outwardly, and there is also a very faint 

 and fine transverse limbal line, which after 

 running parallel to the median line as far 

 as the second median nervule, returns 

 inwardly along the line of that nervule and 

 coalesces with the transverse median line. 

 The secondaries are uniformlv pale straw- 



yellow. On the under side, both wiiigs are 

 straw-yellow; both have a faint discal spot 

 at the end of the cell; both have the inargin 

 near the apex ornamented by brownish 

 transverse dashes. Expanse, 40 mm. Habi- 

 tat Benita and Kangwe. 



THERMESUDAE. 

 Thermesia, Guen. 



75. T, attyantiaca^ sp. nov. $ . Palpi, 

 head, and collar dark brown. Upper side 

 of thorax and abdomen orange-yellow; 

 under side of thorax and abdomen slightly 

 paler yellow. Legs concolorous with the 

 anterior margins and the tarsi of the first 

 two pairs brown. The primaries and second- 

 aries on the upper side are pale orange- 

 yellow with the fringes dark brown. The 

 dark brown of the fringe on the primaries 

 is continued inwardly on the outer margin 

 below the apex, forming a distinct sub- 

 lunate shade, punctuated on the margin out- 

 wardly and inwardly by a few small black 

 spots. There is a minute brown spot in the 

 cell and a moderately large reniform spot at 

 its end. The reniform is pale brown, sur- 

 rounded by a blackish line. There is a 

 faint sub-basal curved line; be^'ond the 

 reniform are geminate curved discal lines, 

 the innermost the most distinct, the outer- 

 most interrupted, consisting of a series of 

 faint spots or dashes upon the nervules. 

 There is a series of submarginal spots or 

 dashes located upon the nervules and paral- 

 lel to the limbal lines. On the secondaries 

 the transverse limbal and submarginal mark- 

 ings are continued from the primaries. On 

 the lower side, the wings have the ground 

 color as on the upper side. The inner mar- 

 gin of the primaries is immaculate, shining. 

 The remainder of the wing is profusely 

 irrorated with minute ferruginous spots and 

 the outer margin is heavily clouded with 

 dark brown. The secondaries have the 

 costal and apical area irrorated with ferru- 

 ginous spots like the primaries and the 



