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  African 
  Heterocera. 
  541 
  

  

  yellowish, 
  with 
  white 
  shafts. 
  Both 
  wings 
  pearly 
  white. 
  

   Primaries 
  more 
  lustrous 
  than 
  the 
  secondaries, 
  the 
  only 
  mark 
  

   being 
  a 
  short 
  fine 
  black 
  dash 
  closing 
  the 
  cell. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  22 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Oni 
  (Lagos) 
  ; 
  April. 
  

  

  Type 
  in 
  the 
  Hope 
  Museum. 
  

  

  Next 
  L. 
  aurifrons, 
  Mosch. 
  

  

  Leucoma 
  albissima, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  <$ 
  $ 
  . 
  Head, 
  antennae, 
  thorax, 
  abdomen, 
  and 
  legs 
  pure 
  

   white 
  ; 
  irons 
  and 
  palpi 
  yellow. 
  Both 
  wings 
  pure 
  white. 
  

   Primaries 
  with 
  a 
  black 
  dot 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  cell. 
  

  

  Expanse, 
  $ 
  24, 
  ? 
  38 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  N'Dalla 
  Tando, 
  2700 
  feet; 
  November 
  (Ansorge). 
  

  

  Type 
  in 
  my 
  collection. 
  

  

  Euproctis 
  oniif 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  ? 
  . 
  Head 
  and 
  thorax 
  deep 
  cream 
  ; 
  abdomen 
  whitish 
  grey, 
  

   anal 
  tuft 
  golden 
  brown. 
  Primaries 
  deep 
  cream, 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  

   scattered 
  dark 
  grey 
  scales 
  below 
  the 
  cell 
  and 
  a 
  very 
  broad 
  

   band 
  of 
  dark 
  scales 
  occupying 
  all 
  the 
  postmedian 
  and 
  sub- 
  

   terminal 
  areas 
  ; 
  fringes 
  alternate 
  dsep 
  cream 
  and 
  darkish 
  

   grey. 
  Secondaries 
  uniform 
  creamy 
  white. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  36 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Oni 
  (Lagos) 
  ; 
  May. 
  

  

  Type 
  in 
  the 
  Hope 
  Museum. 
  

  

  Euproctis 
  quadrifascia, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  ? 
  . 
  Head, 
  thorax, 
  and 
  abdomen 
  chrome-yellow. 
  Primaries 
  

   chrome-yellow, 
  with 
  four 
  dark 
  bands 
  composed 
  of 
  super- 
  

   imposed 
  dark 
  brown 
  scales; 
  basal 
  band 
  broadish, 
  not 
  ex- 
  

   tending 
  upwards 
  into 
  the 
  cell 
  ; 
  median 
  band 
  broad-angled 
  at 
  

   lower 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  cell, 
  but 
  not 
  extending 
  beyond 
  the 
  upper 
  

   margin 
  ; 
  postmedian 
  band 
  broad, 
  waved, 
  interrupted 
  by 
  the 
  

   veins 
  ; 
  subterminal 
  fascia 
  irregular, 
  much 
  narrower, 
  composed 
  

   of 
  interneural 
  spots, 
  some 
  small 
  and 
  scallop-shaped. 
  Second- 
  

   aries 
  paler 
  and 
  somewhat 
  lustrous. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  36 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Lagos 
  District 
  ; 
  November. 
  

  

  Type 
  in 
  the 
  Hope 
  Museum, 
  Oxford. 
  

  

  Euproctis 
  nigrosqiiamosa^ 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  o 
  • 
  Head, 
  thorax, 
  and 
  abdomen 
  cream-colour. 
  Primaries 
  

   straw-colour, 
  with 
  a 
  large 
  transverse 
  basal 
  patch 
  of 
  deep 
  

   straw-colour 
  ; 
  median 
  area 
  broadly 
  blackish, 
  the 
  area 
  being 
  

  

  