THE ANNALS 



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MAGAZINE OF NATURAL HISTORY. 



[EIGHTH SERIES.] 



No. 29. MAY 1910. 



LVIT. — Descriptions of some new Species of Heterocera from 

 Tropical Africa. By Herbert Druce, F.L.S. &c. 



Fam. Syntomidse. 



P seudapiconoma batesi, sp. n. 



Female. — Head, collar, and tegulse chrome-yellow ; an- 

 tennae black, the base bright red ; palpi red ; thorax brown ; 

 abdomen chrome-yellow, banded with black, the anal seg- 

 ment bright red ; legs red. Primaries dark brown, the costal 

 vein bright red from the base almost to the apex ; two small 

 chrome-yellow spots edged with red beyond the cell nearest 

 the costal margin ; a square chvome-yellow spot at the end 

 of the cell, a small spot below, and a rather large oval-shaped 

 spot nearest the inner margin, all the spots edged with red, 

 the veins red : secondaries uniform chrome-yellow. Under- 

 side very similar to the upperside, the base of the primaries 

 yellow; a round yellow dot nearest the apex ; secondaries as 

 above. 



Expanse 2 inches. 



Bab. W. Africa, Bitje, Ja River, Cameroons, 2000 feet, 

 dry season {G. L. Bates, Mus. Druce). 



P snidapiconoma laureola, sp. n. 



Male. — Head, tegulse, thorax, and abdomen pale fawn- 

 colour; collar red, tegulae edged with red, abdomen banded 

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