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  African 
  Heterocera. 
  551 
  

  

  8 
  anastomosing 
  with 
  7 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  cell 
  to 
  form 
  a 
  very 
  small 
  

   areole 
  ; 
  8, 
  9, 
  and 
  10 
  branches 
  given 
  off 
  nearer 
  the 
  apex 
  than 
  

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

   above 
  the 
  angle, 
  6 
  and 
  7 
  from 
  the 
  upper 
  angle, 
  8 
  joined 
  by 
  a 
  

   minute 
  bar 
  to 
  7 
  near 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  cell. 
  

   Type 
  Dasychirana 
  obliqualinea, 
  B-B. 
  

  

  Dasychirana 
  obliqualinea, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  $ 
  . 
  Head, 
  thorax, 
  and 
  abdomen 
  brown. 
  Primaries 
  brown, 
  

   with 
  an 
  obscure 
  basal 
  dark 
  line 
  angled 
  in 
  the 
  cell 
  to 
  the 
  costa 
  

   but 
  erect 
  below 
  the 
  angle; 
  an 
  oblique 
  dark, 
  straight, 
  post- 
  

   median 
  line 
  ; 
  except 
  for 
  these 
  two 
  lines 
  the 
  wing 
  is 
  practically 
  

   patternless. 
  Secondaries 
  uniformly 
  brown. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  38 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hob. 
  Malange, 
  West 
  Africa. 
  

  

  Type 
  in 
  my 
  collection. 
  

  

  Dasychirana 
  unilineata, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  ^ 
  . 
  Head, 
  thorax, 
  and 
  abdomen 
  brown. 
  Primaries 
  brown, 
  

   with 
  an 
  indefinite 
  darkening 
  of 
  the 
  ground-colour 
  in 
  and 
  

   around 
  the 
  cell 
  ; 
  postmedian 
  line 
  pale, 
  waved 
  outwards 
  at 
  its 
  

   middle 
  and 
  placed 
  somewhat 
  near 
  the 
  termen 
  ; 
  the 
  darkening 
  

   of 
  the 
  ground-colour 
  extends 
  rather 
  beyond 
  this 
  line. 
  

   Secondaries 
  glossy 
  brown. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  34 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Lokoja 
  District 
  (100 
  miles 
  north). 
  

  

  Type 
  in 
  my 
  collection. 
  

  

  Dasychirana 
  crenulata, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  <J 
  . 
  Head, 
  thorax, 
  and 
  abdomen 
  greyish 
  brown. 
  Primaries 
  

   pale 
  brown, 
  with 
  a 
  dark, 
  curved, 
  interrupted, 
  crenulate 
  basal 
  

   line; 
  a 
  dark, 
  outwardly 
  oblique, 
  crenulate 
  median 
  line 
  palely 
  

   edged 
  externally 
  ; 
  postmedian 
  line 
  dark, 
  palely 
  edged, 
  in- 
  

   wardly 
  waved, 
  crenulate, 
  and 
  inwardly 
  oblique 
  ; 
  a 
  trace 
  of 
  a 
  

   subterminal 
  spotted 
  line 
  ; 
  termen 
  with 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  cream- 
  

   coloured 
  dots 
  edged 
  inwardly 
  with 
  dark 
  brown 
  ; 
  fringes 
  pale 
  

   grey, 
  interrupted 
  with 
  brown. 
  Secondaries 
  pale 
  brownish 
  

   grey, 
  with 
  an 
  obscure 
  oblique 
  median 
  line. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  34 
  mm. 
  

  

  Bab. 
  Lokoja 
  District 
  (100 
  miles 
  north). 
  

  

  Type 
  in 
  my 
  collection. 
  

  

  Lymantriades, 
  gen. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Palpi 
  depressed, 
  small 
  ; 
  antennae 
  bipectinate, 
  with 
  cilia, 
  

  

  branches 
  long 
  in 
  male, 
  a 
  tuft 
  of 
  depressed 
  hairs 
  given 
  off 
  

  

  below 
  the 
  antennas; 
  mid 
  tibise 
  with 
  one 
  pair 
  of 
  spurs, 
  hind 
  

  

  tibiae 
  with 
  two 
  pairs 
  ; 
  costa 
  straight, 
  depressed 
  at 
  apex, 
  

  

  