Old World LymantriidiG in the No.tional Collection. 407 



Artaxa pusilla, Moore, Lep. Cevlon, ii, p. 86, pi. 112, f. 4 

 (1883). 



26 ^ , 14 $ from various parts of China, India and 

 Ceylon, including the types of varians and loygwxa. 



EUPROCTIS PYGM^A. 



Aroa pygmiea, Walker, iv, 793 (1855), 



5 $ , Sierra Leone, including the type. 8 $ , Accra. 

 1 ^, Congo. 1 ^ , Gold Coast. 1 $, Old Calabar. 



EuPROCTIS SCOTOCHYTA. 



E^iprodis scotochyta. Turner, Tr. Roy. Soc, S. Austral, 1902, 

 p. 178. 

 1 ^ , Adelaide River. 



EUPROCTIS CERYINA. 



Artaxa cervina, Moore, Ann. Mag. X. H. (4\ xx, p. 345 

 (1877). 



6 ^, 3 $ , Ceylon, including the type. 



EUPROCTIS CHRYSOPH.EA. 



Orgyia chrysophmt, Walker, xxxii, 324 (1865). 



Notoloiohus chrysophmus, Kirby, Cat. Moths, i, p. 493 



(1892). 



Abyssinia, type t- 



Veins 3 and 4 of the hind- wings are on an unusually 

 long stalk. 



EUPROCTIS MAZA, nov. 



^ . Primrose yellow ; body and legs without markings ; fore-wings 

 darker and brighter yellow ; a large round subbasal red spot near the 

 hinder margin ; a broad red discal band, divided by the veins into 

 elongated marks, acutely angled in its middle towards the outer 

 margin, which it does not touch ; it also stops short of the costa ! 

 there are likewise indications of a central band of scales darker than 

 the ground colour of the wing, in two examples more pronounced 

 than in the others. 



Expanse of wings i\ inch. 



Four examples from Kapaur, N. Guinea (Boherty) ; it is 

 closely allied to U. titania, Druce, from Fergusson Isl. ; 

 there is a female in the collection from X. Guinea with 

 orange streaks between the veins, but with some of the 



