new Species of Fltterocera. 395 



Metarctia ferrigera, sp. n. 



Female. — Head, collar, tegula?, thorax, and abdomen 

 greyish brown, antenna? and palpi black, legs reddish brown. 

 Primaries greyish brown, thickly irrorated with darker brown 

 scales ; a dark brown spot at the end of the cell, one beyond 

 and one below the cell ; a marginal row of dark brown spots 

 extends from the apex to the anal angle : secondaries pale 

 yellow. 



Expanse 1\ inches. 



Hab. W. Africa, Bitje, Ja River, 2000 feet, dry season 

 (G. L. Bates, Mas. Druce). 



Fam. Agaristidae. 

 Xynthospilopteryx batesi, sp. n. 



Female. — Head, palpi, antenna?, collar, tegulas, thorax, 

 legs, and the abdomen black ; head, palpi, collar, and tegulaj 

 spotted with white. Primaries black, crossed near the apex 

 by a wide chrome-yellow band that does not extend to the 

 outer margin ; a large chrome-yellow spot at the end of the 

 cell, a larger one below the cell, and a small round spot at 

 the anal angle; several blue spots on the costal margin and 

 two blue streaks between the chrome-yellow bands; two 

 chrome-yellow streaks on the inner margin, the marginal one 

 the largest ; the fringe white at the apex, the fringe along 

 the outer margin black : secondaries deep black, the fringe 

 white. Underside : primaries as above ; secondaries black, 

 with a wide yellow band along the costal margin extending 

 from near the base almost to the apex ; the fringe of both 

 wings white. 



Expanse 3^ inches. 



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

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



This species is allied to Xynthospilopteryx grandis, Druce, 

 from Old Calabar. 



Xynthospilopteryx comaria, sp. n. 



Male. — Head, palpi, collar, and tegulae black, spotted with 

 white ; antennae black; thorax black, with two central white 

 spots, the base of the thorax clothed with chrome-yellow 

 hairs; abdomen brownish black, the upperside and sides 

 spotted with white, the underside black, banded with white ; 

 legs black, banded with yellow and white. Primaries black, 

 a white band near the apex crossed by black veins ; a square 



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