﻿550 
  Mr. 
  G. 
  T. 
  Bethune-Baker 
  on 
  

  

  Dasychira 
  ladburyi, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

   $ 
  . 
  Head 
  ochreous 
  grey 
  ; 
  thorax 
  and 
  abdomen 
  greyish 
  ; 
  

   collar 
  greenish. 
  Primaries 
  green, 
  with 
  a 
  dark 
  basal 
  spot 
  

   below 
  the 
  costa; 
  antemedian 
  line 
  dark, 
  irregular, 
  as 
  to 
  its 
  

   upper 
  portion 
  dentate 
  and 
  fine, 
  but 
  below 
  the 
  cell 
  broadish 
  

   and 
  oblique, 
  with 
  a 
  blackish 
  patch 
  in 
  the 
  fold 
  ; 
  an 
  obscure 
  

   spot 
  darkly 
  edged 
  closes 
  the 
  cell, 
  beyond 
  this 
  the 
  obscure 
  

   postmedian 
  grey 
  line 
  is 
  crenulate 
  and 
  waved 
  ; 
  subterminal 
  

   line 
  excessively 
  irregular, 
  broad 
  and 
  dark, 
  deeply 
  angled 
  

   several 
  times 
  ; 
  a 
  preterminal 
  line 
  of 
  blackish 
  internervular 
  

   lunules 
  ; 
  fringes 
  dark 
  grey, 
  intersected 
  at 
  the 
  veins 
  with 
  

   paler 
  grey. 
  Secondaries 
  clear 
  ochreous 
  grey. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  54 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Bugoma 
  Forest 
  (Uganda 
  Protectorate) 
  ; 
  July. 
  

  

  Type 
  in 
  my 
  collection. 
  

  

  Allied 
  to 
  D. 
  gnava, 
  Swinh. 
  

  

  Dasychira 
  styx, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  £ 
  . 
  Head 
  and 
  thorax 
  deep 
  velvety 
  brownish 
  black 
  ; 
  abdo- 
  

   men 
  somewhat 
  less 
  dark. 
  Primaries 
  deep 
  blackish 
  brown, 
  

   with 
  lines 
  deep 
  velvety 
  black 
  ; 
  basal 
  line 
  distinct, 
  irregular, 
  

   waved, 
  and 
  dentate 
  ; 
  median 
  line 
  scalloped 
  and 
  curved 
  out- 
  

   wards 
  ; 
  postmedian 
  line 
  very 
  irregular 
  and 
  deeply 
  waved, 
  

   followed 
  by 
  another 
  line, 
  somewhat 
  crenulate 
  and 
  waved, 
  but 
  

   not 
  parallel 
  with 
  the 
  postmedian 
  line 
  ; 
  a 
  subterminal 
  row 
  of 
  

   dots 
  recessed 
  on 
  the 
  fold 
  into 
  the 
  outer 
  postmedian 
  line 
  ; 
  

   termen 
  with 
  dark 
  internervular 
  dashes 
  ; 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  cell 
  

   is 
  closed 
  by 
  two 
  fine 
  dark 
  lines, 
  the 
  outer 
  one 
  forming 
  part 
  of 
  

   the 
  postmedian 
  line 
  proper. 
  Secondaries 
  grey, 
  becoming 
  

   dark 
  brown 
  beyond 
  the 
  cell. 
  

  

  ? 
  . 
  Like 
  the 
  male, 
  but 
  with 
  fawn-coloured 
  edging 
  to 
  some 
  

   of 
  the 
  lines 
  and 
  spots. 
  

  

  Expanse, 
  £ 
  34, 
  ? 
  40 
  mm. 
  

  

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

  

  Types 
  in 
  my 
  collection. 
  

  

  Allied 
  to 
  D.fusca, 
  Wlk. 
  

  

  Dasychirana, 
  gen. 
  nov.* 
  

   Palpi 
  porrect, 
  thickly 
  haired 
  and 
  fringed 
  with 
  longer 
  hairs, 
  

   end 
  segment 
  of 
  moderate 
  length 
  ; 
  antennae 
  deeply 
  pectinate, 
  

   pectinations 
  with 
  long 
  cilia. 
  Legs 
  : 
  mid 
  tibiae 
  with 
  one 
  pair, 
  

   hind 
  tibiae 
  with 
  two 
  pairs 
  of 
  long 
  spines 
  ; 
  fore 
  leg 
  with 
  a 
  

   thick 
  tuft 
  of 
  hairs. 
  Wings 
  : 
  primaries 
  of 
  moderate 
  width 
  ; 
  

   costa 
  slightly 
  and 
  evenly 
  arched 
  ; 
  termen 
  fairly 
  erect, 
  evenly 
  

   rounded 
  : 
  secondaries 
  fairly 
  ample. 
  Neuration 
  : 
  primaries 
  

   with 
  3 
  from 
  below 
  the 
  angle, 
  4 
  from 
  the 
  angle, 
  5 
  from 
  abov 
  

   the 
  angle, 
  6 
  from 
  the 
  upper 
  angle 
  ; 
  7, 
  8, 
  9, 
  and 
  10 
  stalked, 
  

  

  