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line at the base of the cilia : under-side greyish-ochreous, with 

 discal bands on the wings, cell-spots, and two or three diacal 

 spots. 



Expanse of wings 1/^ inches. 



1 $, Ashanti, Obuassi {Bergman). 



Of the shape of D. goodi, Holland, hut the abdomen has 



no crests. 



Dasychira ltbella, nov. 



(J. Pectus ochreous, palpi with oclireous and Ijrown hairs, 

 antennge brown, head and collar white with some brown hairs, 

 thorax and fore-wings greyish-white with brownish-grey irroration, 

 packed in parts forming a thin antemedial band and a broad medial 

 fascia, with a thick blackish line in it near its inner limit, and a 

 similar outer line, more or less sinuous and curved outwards above 

 the middle and then straight to the costa at one-fourth from the 

 apex, the curved portion toothed, a similar paler grey line just 

 outside it, and indications of a sub-marginal similar line ; hind-wings 

 white, unmarked, abdomen gi"ey ; under-side whitish, wings nearly 

 pure white without markings, except for a jjale grey linear mark at 

 the end of the cell. 



Expanse of wings 1t% inches. 



1 ^, Ashanti, Obuassi {Bergman). 

 Abdomen with crests. 



Dasychira bergmannii, nov. 



(J. Palpi black above, ochreous beneath, antenna; brown, a white 

 spot on each side below the base of the shafts, head, thorax and fore- 

 wings dull olive-green, fore-wings with a somewhat ear-shaped 

 brownish stigma at the end of the cell, the wing sparsely irrorated 

 with brown atoms, and with apparently eight very indistinct 

 transverse fasciae some of which, more especially on the outer portions 

 of the wings, include indistinct dentated white and brown transverse 

 lines, marginal line blackish-brown, cilia dull ochreous, with a grey 

 medial line and blackish -brown patches at the tips ; hind-wings 

 pale dull ochreous-brown, abdomen of same colour with blackisli- 

 brown tufts ; under-side pale greyish-ochreous, without markings 

 except for a lunular gi"ey mark at the end of the fore-wings and 

 brown patches on the cilia. 

 Expanse of wings 2-/xr inches. 



1 ^, Ashanti, Obuassi {Bergman). 



Allied to D. gnava, Swinh., and D. vires, Druce. 



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