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  Mr. 
  G. 
  T. 
  Bethune- 
  Baker 
  on 
  

  

  ringed 
  white 
  point 
  in 
  the 
  cell 
  over 
  the 
  lower 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  line 
  ; 
  

   postmedian 
  line 
  sharply 
  crenulate, 
  receding 
  on 
  the 
  fold 
  ; 
  

   termen 
  with 
  fine 
  black 
  internervular 
  points 
  ; 
  a 
  white 
  point 
  

   beyond 
  the 
  cell 
  in 
  the 
  crenulate 
  line, 
  three 
  white 
  costal 
  points 
  

   beyond 
  that 
  line, 
  and 
  below 
  these 
  a 
  dark 
  indefinite 
  cloudy 
  

   patch. 
  Secondaries 
  with 
  a 
  dark 
  dot 
  in 
  the 
  cell 
  ; 
  a 
  median 
  

   crenulate 
  line 
  ; 
  termen 
  with 
  dark 
  internervular 
  points. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  50 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Lagos. 
  

  

  Type 
  in 
  the 
  Hope 
  Museum. 
  

  

  Catada 
  rex, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  $ 
  . 
  Head 
  blackish 
  ; 
  collar, 
  thorax, 
  and 
  abdomen 
  orange, 
  

   the 
  latter 
  fading 
  into 
  grey 
  beyond 
  the 
  middle. 
  Primaries 
  

   with 
  the 
  costa 
  finely 
  black 
  and 
  the 
  posterior 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  wing 
  

   also 
  blackish, 
  the 
  basal 
  half 
  being 
  orange. 
  Secondaries 
  with 
  

   the 
  basal 
  two-thirds 
  orange, 
  the 
  posterior 
  third 
  blackish. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  32 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Oni 
  (Lagos). 
  

  

  Type 
  in 
  the 
  Hope 
  Museum. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  close 
  to 
  C. 
  ducalis, 
  Schaus, 
  but 
  the 
  yellow 
  

   areas 
  are 
  not 
  the 
  same. 
  

  

  Lymantriadae. 
  

   PSEUDARCTIA, 
  gen. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Palpi 
  hairy, 
  small; 
  antennae 
  shortly 
  pectinate 
  in 
  female. 
  

   Neuration 
  : 
  primaries 
  with 
  vein 
  2 
  from 
  near 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  

   the 
  cell, 
  4 
  from 
  the 
  angle, 
  3 
  and 
  5 
  from 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  angle, 
  6 
  

   from 
  the 
  upper 
  angle 
  ; 
  7, 
  8, 
  9, 
  and 
  10 
  stalked, 
  10 
  at 
  a 
  quarter 
  

   from 
  the 
  cell, 
  7 
  from 
  beyond 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  11 
  free 
  from 
  the 
  

   cell. 
  Secondaries 
  with 
  4 
  from 
  the 
  angle, 
  3 
  and 
  5 
  from 
  close 
  

   to 
  the 
  angle, 
  6 
  and 
  7 
  from 
  the 
  upper 
  angle, 
  8 
  bent 
  down 
  to 
  

   the 
  cell 
  and 
  touching 
  very 
  shortly. 
  

  

  Type, 
  Pseudarctia 
  nivea, 
  B-B. 
  

  

  Pseudarctia 
  nivea, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  $ 
  . 
  Head, 
  thorax, 
  and 
  abdomen 
  white; 
  antennae 
  blackish; 
  

   legs 
  white, 
  femora 
  red 
  laterally, 
  tibiae 
  and 
  tarsi 
  brown 
  laterally. 
  

   Both 
  wings 
  pure 
  white, 
  without 
  any 
  mark 
  at 
  all. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  52 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  N'tebi 
  (Uganda). 
  

  

  Type 
  in 
  my 
  collection. 
  

  

  Leucoma 
  albifrons, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

   <$ 
  . 
  Head, 
  thorax, 
  and 
  abdomen 
  pearly 
  white 
  ; 
  antennae 
  

  

  