360 Mr. \V. L. Distant on 



Fara. Lymantriidae. 

 Dasychira confinis^ sp. n. 



Head, pronotum, and base of abdomen cretaceous, remaining 

 two thirds of abdomen bright ocin-aceous ; posterior margins 

 of the three basal segments black and with two discal trans- 

 verse black spots before apex. Antenna? cretaceous, its fringe 

 ochraceous ; ejes black, with their basal margins brownish. 

 Body beneath and legs cretaceous ; apex of abdomen ochra- 

 ceous ; legs with indeterminate black markings. 



Wings above and beneath cretaceous, unicolorous. 



Exp. wings 46 millim. 



JIah. Transvaal, on the Natal frontier. 



Chadisra hicolor, sp. n. 



Head, pronotum, and apex of abdomen cinereous ; antennai 

 and abdomen ochraceous ; body beneath and legs cinereous, 

 base of abdomen narrowly ochraceous. 



Anterior wings cinereous ; a lunulate fascia at end of cell 

 and a much waved lineate fascia crossing wing beyond cell, 

 blackish. Posterior wings bright ochraceous; a marginal 

 spot composed of black s])eckles near anal angle. Anterior 

 wings beneath a little paler than above, with the blackish 

 markings invisible. 



Exp. wings 47 millim. 



Uab. Transvaal, Pretoria. 



Chadisra is an Oriental genus founded on a species from 

 Ceylon ; but Sir G. F. Hampson has kindly examined the 

 Transvaal species and pronounced it congeneric. 



Heteronygmia flammeola, sp. n. 



Head and pronotum griseous, longly pilose, posterior pro- 

 notal tult ochraceous ; abdomen ochraceous, with the posterior 

 segmental margins blackish ; body beneath and legs ochra- 

 ceous ; tibia? more or less strongly pilose and griseous; 

 abdomen with central and lateral longitudinal series of sub- 

 quadrate ])iceous spots. 



Anterior wings saftron-coloured, with a large patch of 

 brow n and piceous speckles on inner basal margin ; two spots 

 in centre of cell, one beneath cell, some shading beneath apical 

 area of cell, lineate fascire (mixed with piceous) at end of 

 cell, and beyond this a much waved linear fascia crossing 

 wing very dark ochraceous ; a submarginal outer line of dark 

 brownish speckles, recurved and much angulatod at apex ; 



