﻿new 
  African 
  Ileterocera. 
  567 
  

  

  the 
  angle, 
  5 
  from 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  cell, 
  6 
  and 
  7 
  from 
  the 
  

   upper 
  angle, 
  8 
  bent 
  down 
  to 
  cell 
  and 
  anastomosing 
  at 
  a 
  point 
  

   excessively 
  shortly 
  springing 
  up 
  immediately 
  towards 
  the 
  

   costa 
  and 
  running 
  parallel 
  thereto. 
  

   Type, 
  Chrysectropa 
  unilinea, 
  B-B. 
  

  

  * 
  

  

  Chrysectropa 
  unilinea, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  $ 
  . 
  Head, 
  thorax, 
  and 
  abdomen 
  dirty 
  cream-colour. 
  Both 
  

   wings 
  pale 
  cream-colour, 
  with 
  a 
  single 
  pale 
  rusty 
  median 
  

   stripe 
  running 
  through 
  each 
  continuously; 
  the 
  ground-colour 
  

   has 
  a 
  somewhat 
  shining 
  texture; 
  underside 
  similar 
  to 
  the 
  

   upper, 
  but 
  all 
  the 
  veins 
  are 
  outlined 
  with 
  pale 
  pinkish 
  brown 
  

   and 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  small 
  spot 
  of 
  black 
  scales 
  in 
  each 
  cell. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  28 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Malange, 
  W. 
  Africa 
  ; 
  November. 
  

  

  Type 
  in 
  my 
  collection. 
  

  

  Limacodidae. 
  

   Thosea 
  aurifrons, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  c£. 
  Face, 
  head, 
  and 
  prothorax 
  golden 
  orange,' 
  rest 
  of 
  

   thorax 
  dark 
  rufous, 
  abdomen 
  dark 
  rufous. 
  Primaries 
  : 
  basal 
  

   half 
  paler 
  rufous, 
  posterior 
  half 
  purplish 
  brown, 
  the 
  two 
  areas 
  

   separated 
  by 
  an 
  oblique 
  dark 
  stripe 
  ; 
  a 
  waved 
  dark 
  stripe 
  

   from 
  before 
  the 
  apex 
  to 
  vein 
  4 
  on 
  the 
  termen, 
  tornus 
  below 
  

   this 
  rufous. 
  Secondaries 
  uniform 
  purplish 
  brown. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  28 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Malange, 
  W. 
  Africa 
  ; 
  October. 
  

  

  Type 
  in 
  my 
  collection. 
  

  

  Thosea 
  lineapunctata, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  <$ 
  . 
  Head, 
  thorax, 
  abdomen, 
  and 
  both 
  wings 
  very 
  pale 
  

   pinkish 
  brown. 
  Primaries 
  with 
  an 
  oblique 
  median 
  darker 
  

   stripe, 
  shouldered 
  on 
  the 
  lower 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  cell, 
  having 
  a 
  

   white 
  exterior 
  edging 
  ; 
  from 
  the 
  costa 
  just 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  

   apex 
  there 
  descends 
  to 
  about 
  vein 
  3 
  a 
  waved 
  line 
  of 
  small 
  

   confluent 
  dark 
  spots; 
  apical 
  half 
  of 
  termen 
  darkly 
  clouded, 
  

   the 
  lower 
  median 
  area 
  and 
  the 
  fold 
  beyond 
  the 
  oblique 
  stripe 
  

   finely 
  irrorated 
  with 
  rufous, 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  form 
  an 
  indefinite 
  cloud; 
  

   the 
  basal 
  area 
  also 
  irrorated 
  to 
  a 
  slight 
  extent 
  in 
  like 
  manner. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  26 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  N'Dalla 
  Tando, 
  2700 
  feet 
  ; 
  November. 
  

  

  Type 
  in 
  my 
  collection. 
  

  

  