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  African 
  Heterocera. 
  543 
  

  

  Expanse 
  3G 
  mm. 
  

  

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

  

  Type 
  in 
  my 
  collection. 
  

  

  5 
  1 
  Euproctis 
  nigrolunulata, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  $ 
  . 
  Head 
  and 
  thorax 
  pale 
  lemon-yellow 
  ; 
  abdomen 
  dirty 
  

   yellow. 
  Primaries 
  very 
  pale 
  lemon-yellow, 
  with 
  an 
  obscure 
  

   paler 
  curved 
  median 
  line, 
  a 
  similar 
  w 
  r 
  aved 
  postmedian 
  line, 
  

   and 
  a 
  trace 
  of 
  a 
  similar 
  subterminal 
  line 
  ; 
  a 
  blood-red 
  spot 
  

   closes 
  the 
  cell 
  ; 
  a 
  fine 
  black 
  lunule 
  in 
  the 
  tornus 
  between 
  

   veins 
  1 
  b 
  and 
  2. 
  Secondaries 
  very 
  palest 
  lemon-yellow. 
  

  

  Female 
  precisely 
  like 
  the 
  male. 
  

  

  Expanse, 
  $ 
  26, 
  ? 
  38 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hub. 
  Gunnal, 
  West 
  Africa. 
  

  

  Type 
  in 
  my 
  collection. 
  

  

  Euproctis 
  fasciata, 
  var. 
  angola?, 
  no 
  v. 
  

  

  <J 
  . 
  Primaries 
  with 
  the 
  median 
  area 
  filled 
  in 
  with 
  crimson 
  

   and 
  bordered 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  with 
  a 
  line 
  of 
  black 
  scales, 
  no 
  other 
  

   marks 
  being 
  present. 
  

  

  Bab. 
  N'Dalla 
  Tando, 
  2700 
  feet; 
  December 
  {Ansorge). 
  

  

  Type 
  in 
  my 
  collection. 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  a 
  fair 
  series 
  of 
  this 
  form, 
  which 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  

   quite 
  constant. 
  

  

  Parapeoctis, 
  gen. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Primaries 
  broad 
  ; 
  costa 
  slightly 
  arched, 
  apex 
  rounded 
  but 
  

   prominent 
  ; 
  termen 
  gradually 
  rounded 
  off 
  into 
  the 
  inner 
  

   margin, 
  leaving 
  the 
  tornus 
  rounded, 
  not 
  angled. 
  Secondaries 
  

   smallish. 
  Neuration 
  : 
  primaries 
  with 
  vein 
  3 
  from 
  before 
  the 
  

   angle, 
  4 
  from 
  the 
  angle, 
  5 
  from 
  above 
  the 
  angle 
  ; 
  6, 
  7, 
  and 
  8 
  

   stalked, 
  6 
  from 
  just 
  beyond 
  the 
  cell, 
  7 
  and 
  8 
  a 
  third 
  from 
  the 
  

   apex; 
  9 
  and 
  10 
  absent 
  ; 
  11 
  highly 
  arched, 
  close 
  to 
  12. 
  Cell 
  

   long. 
  Secondaries 
  with 
  vein 
  3 
  from 
  just 
  below 
  the 
  angle, 
  4 
  

   from 
  the 
  angle, 
  5 
  from 
  above 
  the 
  angle, 
  6 
  and 
  7 
  stalked 
  very 
  

   near 
  the 
  apex, 
  8 
  anastomosing 
  with 
  7 
  to 
  near 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  

   cell. 
  

  

  Type, 
  Paraproctis 
  osiris, 
  B-B. 
  

  

  * 
  Paraproctis 
  osirls, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

   ? 
  . 
  Head, 
  thorax, 
  and 
  abdomen 
  dirty 
  yellowish. 
  Primaries 
  

   deep 
  cream, 
  with 
  the 
  wing 
  almost 
  covered 
  with 
  fine 
  fawn- 
  

   coloured 
  scales, 
  the 
  ground-colour 
  showing 
  through 
  in 
  obscure 
  

   paler 
  lines 
  ; 
  a 
  curved 
  basal 
  line 
  ; 
  median 
  line 
  lunulate, 
  post- 
  

   median 
  line 
  obscure, 
  waved 
  ; 
  a 
  patch 
  of 
  darker 
  fawn 
  scales 
  at 
  

   the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  cell, 
  an 
  obscure 
  small 
  similar 
  patch 
  near 
  the 
  

   tornus. 
  Secondaries 
  cream-colour. 
  

  

  