﻿new 
  African 
  Ileterocera. 
  533 
  

  

  thorax 
  pale 
  brownish 
  ; 
  abdomen 
  pinkish 
  ochreous. 
  Legs 
  

   brown. 
  Primaries 
  uniform 
  brownish 
  grey 
  slightly 
  tinged 
  

   with 
  pink, 
  with 
  a 
  dark 
  grey 
  mark 
  across 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  cell 
  ; 
  

   costa 
  finely 
  pink. 
  Secondaries 
  very 
  pale 
  pinkish, 
  inclined 
  to 
  

   be 
  hyaline 
  at 
  the 
  base. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  46 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  N'Dalla 
  Tando, 
  N. 
  Angola, 
  2700 
  feet; 
  October 
  

   (Ansorge). 
  

  

  Type 
  in 
  my 
  collection. 
  

  

  Metarctia 
  contrasta, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  3 
  . 
  Face 
  and 
  head 
  rose-colour, 
  collar 
  smoke-brown 
  edged 
  

   with 
  rose-colour, 
  antenna? 
  sooty 
  brown 
  ; 
  thorax 
  sooty 
  brown, 
  

   with 
  a 
  metathoracic 
  tuft 
  of 
  rose-colour 
  ; 
  abdomen 
  uniform 
  

   rose-colour, 
  ventral 
  surface 
  brown 
  with 
  yellow 
  segmental 
  

   divisions. 
  Legs 
  brown. 
  Primaries 
  uniform 
  dark 
  sooty 
  grey 
  

   with 
  yellow 
  fringes. 
  Secondaries 
  creamy 
  white, 
  semi- 
  

   diaphanous. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  42 
  mm. 
  

  

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

   (Ansorge) 
  . 
  

  

  Type 
  in 
  my 
  collection. 
  

  

  Near 
  M. 
  Jlavicincta, 
  Auriv., 
  but 
  the 
  rose-coloured 
  head, 
  

   collar, 
  and 
  abdomen 
  easily 
  distinguish 
  it. 
  

  

  Metarctia 
  rubrilineata, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  c£ 
  . 
  Head, 
  antennse, 
  thorax, 
  and 
  abdomen 
  uniform 
  umber- 
  

   brown. 
  Legs 
  yellowish 
  brown 
  tinged 
  with 
  pink 
  ; 
  ventral 
  

   surface 
  yellowish. 
  Both 
  wings 
  uniform 
  umber-brown. 
  

   Primaries 
  with 
  a 
  red 
  subcostal 
  line 
  for 
  four-fifths 
  of 
  the 
  

   costa, 
  a 
  small 
  red 
  spot 
  near 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  cell 
  and 
  another 
  

   beyond 
  it, 
  a 
  red 
  spot 
  below 
  the 
  angle 
  of 
  vein 
  2. 
  Secondaries 
  

   spotless. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  36 
  mm. 
  

  

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

   (Ansorge). 
  

  

  Type 
  in 
  my 
  collection. 
  

  

  Metarctia 
  rubribasa, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  $ 
  . 
  Head 
  red, 
  antennse 
  black, 
  collar, 
  thorax, 
  and 
  abdomen 
  

   pinkish 
  brown. 
  Primaries 
  pinkish 
  brown, 
  with 
  the 
  base 
  

   very 
  restricted 
  rosy 
  ; 
  costa 
  very 
  finely 
  pale 
  pinkish. 
  

   Secondaries 
  uniform 
  deep 
  cream 
  tinged 
  with 
  pink. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  42 
  mm. 
  

  

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

   (Ansorge) 
  . 
  

  

  Type 
  in 
  my 
  collection. 
  

  

  