398 Mr. If. Druce on 



white spot at the end of the cell ; an oval-shaped white spot 

 below, a large white spot close to the base, and a minute 

 white dot at the base ; the fringe black : secondaries carmine- 

 red, shading to chrome-yellow near the apex; the apex and 

 outer margin broadly bordered with black; the fringe black. 

 Underside : primaries chrome-yellow, the costal margin, a 

 round spot in the cell, a wide bar at the end of the cell, the 

 apex, and outer margin all black : secondaries very similar 

 to the upperside, but the black mark at the end of the cell is 

 much more distinct; the fringes of both wings black. 



Expanse 3 inches. 



I lab. West Africa, Bitje, Ja River, Oameroons, 2000 feet, 

 dry season (6r. L. Bates, Mus. Druce). 



Fam. Lasiocampidae. 



Lasiocampa noctt's, sp. n. 



Male. — Head, antennae, palpi, collar, and thorax black ; 

 abdomen black, the underside reddish brown; legs brown. 

 Primaries and secondaries brownish black ; a blackish-grey 

 ill-defined mark beyond the cell; the fringes of both wing3 

 black. Underside: primaries fawn-colour, the costal margin, 

 apex, and outer margin brownish black : secondaries fawn- 

 colonr, thickly irrorated with brown scales ; a waved central 

 brown line crossing the middle of the wing from the costal to 

 the inner margin ; several indistinct brown spots near the 

 anal angle. 



Expanse 2 inches. 



Hab. W. Africa, Upper Kasai District, Congo Free State 

 (P. Landbeck, Mus. Druce). 



Allied to Lasiocampa heres, Schaus, from Sierra Leone. 



Lomadonta albisigna, sp. n. 



Male. — Head, collar, and tegulse yellowish white ; an- 

 tennae pale brown ; thorax and upperside of the abdomen 

 pale yellowish brown ; the underside of the thorax, abdomen, 

 and legs white. Primaries pale yellow, crossed with fine 

 waved reddish lines ; a square white spot below the end of 

 the cell and a wide greyish-brown band crosses the wings near 

 the apex from the costal to the outer margin; the fringe 

 alternately yellow and greyish brown : secondaries pure 

 white, clouded with pale yellowish brown at the apex and 

 partly round the outer margin. Underside : both wings pure 

 white; primaries with the greyish-brown band as above, the 

 apex shaded with yellow. 



