Old Wm^ld Lymantriidss in the National Collection. 477 



Dasychira gxava, nom. nov. 



Pseudonotodonta virescens, Moschler, Abh. Senck. Ges., xv, 

 p. 77, f. 6 (1889) (preocc). 



1 ^, Old Calabar {Sampson). 



Moschler's type, a female, came from Aburi on the Gold 

 Coast : it cannot be generically separated from Dasychira. 



Dasychira infima. 



Somera infima, Holland, Psyche, vi, p. 479. pi. 17, f. 20 

 (1893). 



1 ^, Ogove River (Holland). 



The type $ from Ogove River is in coll. Holland. 



Dasychira remota. 



Dasychira (?) remota, Druce, P. Z. S., 1887, p. 67.5. 



4 $, Niger River. 



The type, a female, from Gambia is in coll. Druce. 



Dasychira variegata. 



Dasychira variegata, Holland, Psyche, vi, p. 568, pi. 18, 

 f. 13 (1893). 



1 $, Ogove River {Holland). 



The types ^ $, from the Ogove River are in coll. Holland. 



SECTION III, abdomen CLOTHED WITH LONG HAIR AND 



without dorsal tufts. 

 Dasychira complicata. 



Dasychira complieata, Walker, xxxii, 365 (1865), 

 Trisula jp^i^stulifera, Walker, xxxii, 576. 



4 ^, 2 ?, Darjiling. 1 ^, Sikhim. 2 f, N. India (types). 



section IV, ABDOMEN SMOOTHLY SCALED, WITHOUT DORSAL 



tufts ; wings very broad ; female with branches 

 of antennae unusually long. 



Dasychira lineata. 



Lymantria lineata, Walker, iv, 875 (1855). 



1 $, Silhet, including the type. 1 $, N. India. 

 The type was described as a male ; but the male of this 

 species is unknown to me. 



