394 Mr. H. Druce on 



with red on each segment; antennas black; underside of 

 thorax and upperside of the legs red. Primaries pale fawn- 

 colour, the veins darker in colour; a square-shaped hyaline 

 spot edged with red in the cell, below which is a small round 

 hyaline spot edged with red ; beyond the cell a band of five 

 hyaline spots partly cross the wing, the first two spots the 

 smallest, the third and fourth spots considerably larger, the 

 fifth spot small ; the fringe fawn-colour : secondaries cream- 

 colour, broadly pink along the inner margin, the fringe fawn- 

 colour at the apex. Underside very similar to the upperside, 

 but paler in colour. — Female very similar to the male, but 

 larger, the secondaries much redder. 



Expanse, <$ If, ? 2^ inches. 



Hub. West Africa, Biije, Ja River, Cameroons, 2000 feet, 

 wet season (6r. L. Bates, Mas. Druce). 



Allied to Pseudapicoiioma specuirgera, Grunb. 



P seudajriconoma umbra, sp. n. 



Male. — Head, collar, tegulse, and thorax dark brown ; palpi 

 and antennae black ; abdomen greyish brown, each segment 

 banded with chrome-yellow ; the underside and the legs dark 

 brown. Primaries dark brown ; a small hyaline dot in the 

 cell, one below, and five hyaline spots crossing the wing 

 beyond the cell ; the fringe dark brown : secondaries dark 

 brown, pinkish at the base and along the inner margin ; three 

 small hyaline spots below the end of the ceil, the first 

 minute, the second the largest ; the fringe dark brown. The 

 underside the same as the upperside, except that the inner 

 margin of the primaries is pink from the base to the anal 

 angle. 



Expanse 2^ inches. 



Hab. West Africa, Bitje, Ja River, Cameroons, 2000 feet, 

 wet season (G. L. Bates, Mus. Druce). 



This species differs from all others known to me by having 

 hyaline spots on the secondaries. 



Metarctia noctis, sp. n. 



Male. — Head, antenna?, collar, tegulas, underside of the 

 abdomen, and legs reddish brown ; thorax and abdomen black. 

 Primaries black, the costal margin edged with yellowish 

 brown ; the fringe black : secondaries semihyaline black, 

 darkest at the apex and along the inner margin. On the 

 underside the wings are yellowish at the base. 



Expanse 1 £ inch. 



Hub. Abyssinia, Dire Daoua (G. Krislensen, Mus. Druce). 



