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  African 
  Heterocera. 
  5G1 
  

  

  Type 
  in 
  my 
  collection. 
  

  

  Near 
  G. 
  inferma, 
  Swinhoe, 
  but 
  the 
  dark 
  areas 
  are 
  different, 
  

   this 
  being 
  specially 
  marked 
  on 
  the 
  underside. 
  

  

  Geodena 
  leona, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Head 
  grey 
  with 
  a 
  yellow 
  spot 
  between 
  the 
  antennae 
  on 
  the 
  

   frons 
  ; 
  thorax 
  and 
  abdomen 
  pale 
  grey. 
  Primaries 
  white 
  for 
  

   the 
  basal 
  half 
  ; 
  costa 
  entirely 
  dark 
  gi'ey, 
  thus 
  reducing 
  the 
  

   white 
  area; 
  a 
  slight 
  indentation 
  into 
  the 
  brown 
  area 
  occurs 
  

   near 
  the 
  angle 
  of 
  vein 
  2, 
  a 
  longish 
  waved 
  dash 
  beyond 
  the 
  

   cell, 
  constricted 
  for 
  its 
  lower 
  half. 
  Secondaries 
  entirely 
  

   white, 
  except 
  the 
  apex 
  to 
  vein 
  4, 
  and 
  from 
  vein 
  3 
  to 
  the 
  

   angle, 
  which 
  are 
  broadly 
  dark 
  grey. 
  

  

  ? 
  . 
  Like 
  the 
  male, 
  but 
  with 
  the 
  waved 
  dash 
  beyond 
  the 
  

   cell 
  much 
  larger. 
  

  

  Expanse, 
  ^ 
  40, 
  $ 
  44 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Oni 
  (Lagos). 
  

  

  Types 
  in 
  the 
  Hope 
  Museum. 
  

  

  Near 
  G. 
  surrendra, 
  Swinhoe. 
  

  

  Lasiocampidae. 
  

  

  Taragama 
  pulchrisiriata,) 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  $ 
  . 
  Head 
  rufous, 
  hairs 
  tipped 
  with 
  pale 
  ochreous 
  and 
  grey 
  ; 
  

   antennae 
  pale 
  tawny 
  ; 
  thorax 
  dark 
  rufous, 
  centre 
  of 
  prothorax 
  

   pale 
  grey 
  ; 
  abdomen 
  rufous. 
  Primaries 
  with 
  base 
  and 
  

   tornal 
  area 
  yellowish, 
  rest 
  of 
  wing 
  pinkish 
  rufous 
  with 
  veins 
  

   yellowish 
  ; 
  from 
  the 
  apex 
  to 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  inner 
  margin 
  

   is 
  a 
  broad 
  curved 
  band 
  composed 
  of 
  three 
  stripes, 
  separated 
  

   from 
  each 
  other 
  by 
  dark 
  rufous 
  lines, 
  the 
  two 
  outside 
  stripes 
  

   are 
  pinkish, 
  the 
  middle 
  stripe 
  having 
  a 
  yellowish 
  tawny 
  hue, 
  

   this 
  band 
  is 
  edged 
  externally 
  with 
  yellowish 
  ; 
  termen 
  rufous. 
  

   Secondaries 
  uniformly 
  rufous. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  52 
  mm. 
  

  

  Ilab. 
  Oni 
  (Lagos) 
  ; 
  May. 
  

  

  Type 
  in 
  the 
  Hope 
  Museum. 
  

  

  The 
  larva 
  of 
  this 
  pretty 
  species 
  was 
  found 
  on 
  April 
  16th 
  ; 
  

   on 
  the 
  22nd 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  month 
  it 
  began 
  to 
  spin, 
  and 
  the 
  

   imago 
  appeared 
  on 
  May 
  8th. 
  The 
  cocoon 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  flimsy 
  

   structure, 
  evidently 
  made 
  of 
  the 
  hairs 
  of 
  the 
  caterpillar 
  loosely 
  

   woven 
  together 
  into 
  a 
  fine 
  network, 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  change 
  

   takes 
  place, 
  but 
  the 
  network 
  is 
  so 
  loose 
  and 
  fine 
  that 
  the 
  pupa 
  

   can 
  be 
  seen 
  easily 
  in 
  all 
  its 
  parts. 
  

  

  Anadiasa 
  Uneadentata, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

   $ 
  . 
  Head 
  and 
  thorax 
  reddish 
  brown, 
  abdomen 
  browner 
  

  

  