Genera and Species 0/ Arctiadae. 4i7 



1743 a. Diacrisia metaleuca, sp. n. 



cJ . Head and thorax orange-yellow ; abdomen orange- 

 yellow, white at base and with ill-defined dorsal fuscous 

 bands. Fore wing uniform orange-yellow. Hind wing pure 

 white. 



Hab. W. Africa, Niger R., Anambra, 1 J type. Exp. 

 28 mm. 



1766 a. Diacrisia pulverea, sp. n. 



? . Head and thorax orange-yellow ; palpi, frons, an- 

 tennae, tibiae, and tarsi fuscous black ; abdomen orange, dorsal 

 and lateral series of black spots on first and terminal seg- 

 ments. Fore wing orange-yellow, finely powdered with 

 brown scales. Hind wing orange-yellow. 



Hab. Paraguay, Sapucay (Foster), 2 ? type. Kvp. 

 38-42 mm. 



1844 a. Amsacta seminigra, sp. n. 



(J . Antennae serrate ; head and thorax clothed with rather 

 rough hair ; fore tibise very short, the claws conjoined by a 

 curved corneous membrane, so as to form a triangular process. 



Head and thorax black ; femora scarlet above ; abdomen 

 orange, tinged Avitli red towards base ; a subdorsal series of 

 blackish spots, becoming bands on terminal segments ; a 

 series of lateral spots ; the ventral surface black. Fore wing 

 black ; an indistinct darker discoidal lunule and traces of 

 antemedial, medial, postmedial, and subterminal bands. 

 Hind wing white, the marginal areas tinged with yellow and 

 the base of inner margin slightly with red ; a small discoidal 

 black spot and two small subterminal spots above tornus. 



Hab. Abyssinia, Zegi Tsana {Degea), 1 ,$ type. Exp. 

 40 mm. 



1859 a. Estigmene unipuncta, sp. n. 



$ . Orange-yellow ; palpi, pectus, and legs grey-brown ; 

 abdomen with dorsal black spots on second, third, and fourth 

 segments ; a lateral series and the ventral surface grey-brown. 

 Fore wing with black point at lower angle of cell. 



Hab. Germ. E. Africa, Dar-es-Salem, 1 $ type. Exp. 

 38 mm. 



1866 a. Estigmene internigralis, sp. n. 



^. Head and thorax dirty ochreous; palpi and frons 

 mostly brown ; tegulse, stripes on patagia, and dorsum brown ; 



