Lasiocampidie in the British Museum. 



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b. Discocellular white mark pro- 

 duced at hind angle towards 

 the base along the median 

 vein nearly to middle of cell ; 

 oblique stripe nearly even, 

 bordered with white on 

 inner side. 



1. Fore-wing more or less 



tinged with fawn ; oblique 

 stripe curved towards the 

 middle of hind margin. 

 Hind-wing without black- 

 ish patch at anal angle 



2. Fore-wing brownish-grey or 



greyish ; oblique stripe 

 nearly straight. Hind- 

 wing with a distinct black- 

 ish patch at anal angle 

 $. Fore-wing without white mark at 

 end of cell. Wings yellowish- 

 brown, fore-wing with two, hind- 

 wing with one dark transverse 

 line ...... 



9. B. donaldsoni, Holl. 



10. B. mavshalli, Auriv.* 



11. B. simplex, Auriv. 



Beralade contintja, n. sp. 



(Plate XVI, fig. 14.) 



Milky-white or greyish-white ; palpi orange, black on outer side ; a 

 yellow hair-pencil at base of antenna} ; antennae whitish with yellow 

 branches ; fore and middle tibial yellow on inner side ; tarsi orange 

 ringed with black ; upper-side of fore-wing whitish ( ^ ) or more 

 greyish (5), with the costa narrowly edged with yellow, two even 

 and continuous oblique darker stripes, one discal from the hind 

 margin before middle to apex of vein 8 (or 9) nearly straight or 

 slightly curved, the other submarginal more curved and sometimes 

 obsolete ; the areas between subcostal veins usually suffused with 

 fuscous especially in the female, a short blackish streak at the root ; 

 under-side suffused with dark fuscous, at least in anterior part. 

 Hind-wing on both sides whitish (£) or fuscous grey ($). 



Expanse 32-34 mm. 



Machakos {R. 0. Graushay) ; Mtjani (Betton) ; Athi- 

 y-mawe {Betton); Takaunga ( Thomas) ; Uganda {Christy). 



* May be a local race of B. Donaldsoni. 



