﻿532 
  Mr. 
  G. 
  T. 
  Bethune-Baker 
  on 
  

  

  and 
  a 
  red 
  spot 
  on 
  the 
  dorsum, 
  ventral 
  surface 
  of 
  this 
  segment 
  

   banded 
  with 
  white 
  ; 
  the 
  remaining 
  segments 
  barred 
  laterally 
  

   with 
  metallic-blue 
  on 
  both 
  dorsal 
  and 
  ventral 
  portions 
  ; 
  

   similar 
  coloured 
  small 
  spots 
  on 
  the 
  centre 
  of 
  the 
  dorsum 
  also 
  ; 
  

   on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  dorsum 
  is 
  a 
  deep 
  black 
  stripe 
  dividing 
  all 
  

   the 
  markings 
  as 
  described. 
  Both 
  wings 
  brownish 
  black, 
  with 
  

   straw-yellow 
  hyaline 
  patches. 
  Primaries 
  with 
  a 
  large 
  spot 
  

   below 
  the 
  cell 
  and 
  a 
  small 
  one 
  in 
  it 
  ; 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  four 
  con- 
  

   fluent 
  spots 
  beyond 
  the 
  cell 
  divided 
  by 
  the 
  veins, 
  the 
  two 
  

   upper 
  small, 
  the 
  two 
  lower 
  large 
  spots. 
  Secondaries 
  with 
  a 
  

   small 
  basal 
  elongated 
  spot 
  in 
  the 
  cell 
  and 
  one 
  below 
  it, 
  a 
  very 
  

   large 
  spot 
  beyond 
  the 
  cell 
  extending 
  into 
  the 
  angles 
  of 
  

   vein 
  3. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  52 
  mm. 
  

  

  Bab. 
  Entebbe, 
  Uganda 
  ; 
  December 
  (Jackson). 
  

  

  Type 
  in 
  my 
  collection. 
  

  

  Metarctia 
  rosacea, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  $ 
  . 
  Antenna? 
  cream-colour. 
  Head, 
  palpi, 
  thorax, 
  abdomen, 
  

   and 
  legs 
  pale 
  pink. 
  Both 
  wings 
  pink. 
  Primaries 
  marked 
  

   with 
  very 
  pale 
  brownish, 
  a 
  subbasal 
  angled 
  stripe 
  across 
  the 
  

   cell 
  and 
  fold, 
  followed 
  by 
  a 
  curved 
  one 
  in 
  the 
  cell 
  and 
  into 
  

   the 
  interneural 
  area 
  of 
  veins 
  2 
  and 
  3, 
  a 
  mark 
  across 
  the 
  end 
  

   of 
  the 
  cell 
  ; 
  a 
  postmedian 
  waved 
  fascia 
  confluent 
  with 
  the 
  

   interneural 
  brownish 
  area 
  between 
  veins 
  2 
  and 
  3 
  ; 
  veins 
  

   brownish 
  ; 
  fringes 
  pale 
  brown. 
  Secondaries 
  very 
  pale 
  pink 
  

   with 
  pink 
  fringes. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  37 
  mm. 
  

  

  Bab. 
  N'Dalla 
  Tando, 
  N. 
  Angola, 
  2700 
  feet 
  ; 
  December 
  

   [Ansorge). 
  

  

  Type 
  in 
  my 
  collection. 
  

  

  Metarctia 
  pollens 
  } 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  £ 
  . 
  Palpi 
  and 
  antennae 
  brown 
  ; 
  head, 
  thorax, 
  and 
  abdomen 
  

   dirty 
  yellowish. 
  Legs 
  brown. 
  Primaries 
  very 
  pale 
  washed- 
  

   out 
  straw-colour, 
  with 
  the 
  costa 
  and 
  upper 
  margin 
  of 
  cell 
  

   brown 
  ; 
  a 
  brown 
  angled 
  dash 
  across 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  cell, 
  a 
  

   broadish 
  brown 
  stripe, 
  rather 
  indefinite 
  as 
  to 
  area, 
  along 
  

   vein 
  1 
  a. 
  Secondaries 
  palest 
  straw-colour, 
  inclined 
  to 
  be 
  

   hyaline 
  about 
  the 
  cell. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  40 
  mm. 
  

  

  Bab. 
  N'Dalla 
  Tando, 
  N. 
  Angola, 
  2700 
  feet 
  ; 
  November 
  

   {Ansorge). 
  

  

  Type 
  in 
  my 
  collection. 
  

  

  Metarctia 
  diversa, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

   cJ 
  . 
  Palpi 
  and 
  antennae 
  brown 
  ; 
  head 
  pale 
  pinkish 
  brown 
  ; 
  

  

  