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The collection contains twenty-one specimens, mostly males, taken 

 as follows: Kwamouth, 1, July 1909; Stanleyville, 7, August 1909; 

 Risimu, 1, September 1909; Avakubi, 1, October 1909; Medje, 2, 

 July-August 1910; Niangara, 5, November 1910; Faradje, 4, Novem- 

 ber 1911. 



(498) 2. Euchromia guineensis (Fabricius) 



Z^jgcena guineensis Fabricius, 1775, Ent. Syst., p. 551. 

 Sphinx sperchia Cramer, 1777, Pap. Exot., II, PI. cxlvi, fig. C. 



Euchromia sperchia Hampsox, 1898, Cat. Lep., Phal., I, p. 296; 1914, idem, Suppl, I, 

 p. 197. 



There are three examples captured as follows: Stanleyville, 1909; 

 Faradje, November 1912; Niangara, March 1913. 



Arctiidae 



Nolinse 



NOI.A Leach 



(499) 1. Nola bananse, new species 



9 . Frons, tegulse, and patagia pure sno'ny white; upper side of thorax and 

 abdomen a shade darker, very pale gray; lower side of abdomen and thorax much 

 darker gray; leg.s concolorous. On the upper side the fore wing is pale gray, growing 

 slightly darker externally towards the outer margin; a dark gray 

 spot of raised scales near the end of the cell; beyond it on the 

 costa a larger dark gray subtriangular spot; a postmedian trans- 

 verse, slightly curved line, composed of black dots on the 

 interspaces, runs from the costa to the inner margin, followed by a 

 submarginal row of smaller spots. The hind wings on the upper 

 Fig. 3. side are evenly pale fuscous. Both wings on the under side are uni- 



Nola banana', d". f. formly gray, of a darker shade than On the upper side, but both have 

 their inner margins narrowly lined with wliite. Expanse, 16 mm. 



The type, which is unique, was taken at Banana, June 21, 1909. 



Lithosiinae 

 CHiON.ffi]y[A Herrich-Schseffer 



(500) 1. Chionaema delicata (Walker) 

 Bizone delicata Walker, 1854, List Lep. Het. B. M., II, p. 550. 



Chionoema delicata Hampson, 1900, Cat. Lep., Phal., Ill, p. 325, PI. xxvii, fig. 28. 



One female taken at Medje in June. 



AsuRA Walker 



(501) 1. Asuraatricraspeda Hampson (?) 

 Asura atricraspeda Hampson, 1914, Cat. Lep., Phal., Suppl., I, p. 766. 



A specimen taken at Medje, July 17, 1910, is referred to this species 

 with reasonable certainty, but it is too badly rulibed to make the identi- 

 fication positive. 



