﻿548 
  Mr. 
  G. 
  T. 
  Bethune-Bakcr 
  on 
  

  

  Lcelia 
  jlava, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  <j> 
  . 
  Head, 
  thorax, 
  and 
  abdomen 
  yellow, 
  both 
  pale 
  chrome- 
  

   yellow. 
  Primaries 
  rougher 
  in 
  texture 
  than 
  secondaries, 
  

   owing 
  to 
  the 
  irroration 
  of 
  very 
  fine 
  yellow 
  scales 
  on 
  a 
  paler 
  

   ground, 
  with 
  no 
  other 
  markings 
  at 
  all. 
  Secondaries 
  some- 
  

   what 
  paler 
  than 
  the 
  primaries. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  62 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Oni 
  (Lagos) 
  ; 
  March. 
  

  

  Type 
  in 
  the 
  Hope 
  Museum, 
  Oxford. 
  

  

  Next 
  L. 
  discolepia, 
  Hmpsn. 
  

  

  Dasychira 
  striyidetitata, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  ? 
  . 
  Head 
  and 
  thorax 
  pale 
  tawny 
  brown 
  ; 
  abdomen 
  pale 
  

   ochreous 
  brown. 
  Primaries 
  pale 
  greyish 
  brown, 
  with 
  an 
  

   antemedian, 
  small, 
  oval, 
  twin 
  red 
  spot 
  in 
  the 
  cell, 
  touching 
  

   which 
  is 
  a 
  pale 
  double 
  line 
  deeply 
  angulated 
  externally, 
  the 
  

   interspace 
  between 
  the 
  lines 
  being 
  rilled 
  in 
  with 
  brownish 
  ; 
  a 
  

   large 
  quadrate 
  variegated 
  tawny 
  patch 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  o£ 
  the 
  cell, 
  

   palely 
  edged 
  ; 
  the 
  postmedian 
  line 
  double, 
  deeply 
  angulated 
  

   externally 
  about 
  vein 
  6, 
  with 
  a 
  sharp 
  internal 
  dentation 
  below 
  

   vein 
  2 
  ; 
  interspace 
  between 
  the 
  double 
  line 
  broadish, 
  brown 
  ; 
  

   a 
  wedge-shaped 
  tawny 
  patch 
  between 
  veins 
  3 
  and 
  6, 
  in 
  which 
  

   is 
  an 
  oval 
  bright 
  orange 
  terminal 
  spot 
  between 
  veins 
  5 
  and 
  6 
  ; 
  

   two 
  obscure, 
  narrow, 
  ovate 
  subapical 
  spots. 
  Secondaries 
  

   yellow, 
  with 
  an 
  obscure 
  brownish 
  spot 
  closing 
  the 
  cell 
  and 
  a 
  

   broad, 
  obscure, 
  brownish 
  terminal 
  border. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  44 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Oni 
  (Lagos) 
  ; 
  March. 
  

  

  Type 
  in 
  the 
  Hope 
  Museum, 
  Oxford. 
  

  

  Near 
  D. 
  brunneicosta, 
  Holl. 
  

  

  Dasychira 
  ruficosta, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  (J. 
  Head 
  and 
  thorax 
  dark 
  grey 
  ; 
  abdomen 
  whitish, 
  with 
  a 
  

   dark 
  proximal 
  tuft. 
  Primaries 
  with 
  the 
  costal 
  half 
  (including 
  

   the 
  cell) 
  pale 
  chestnut-brown, 
  the 
  lower 
  part 
  grey 
  ; 
  an 
  ante- 
  

   median 
  oblique 
  pale 
  line, 
  edged 
  laterally 
  with 
  dark 
  brown; 
  a 
  

   postmedian, 
  fine, 
  oblique, 
  crenulate 
  dark 
  line, 
  beyond 
  which 
  

   between 
  veins 
  1 
  a 
  and 
  2 
  is 
  a 
  pale 
  chestnut-brown 
  lunulate 
  

   patch 
  ; 
  a 
  subterminal 
  line 
  of 
  dark 
  internervular 
  dashes, 
  

   bordered 
  externally 
  with 
  whitish 
  ; 
  none 
  of 
  the 
  lines 
  extend 
  

   into 
  the 
  pale 
  chestnut 
  costal 
  half. 
  Secondaries 
  pure 
  creamy 
  

   white. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  34 
  mm. 
  

  

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

  

  Type 
  in 
  my 
  collection. 
  

  

  Near 
  D. 
  basalis. 
  

  

  