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Dasychira poatalha, nov. 



S . Palpi and antcunaj oclireous grey, shafts of the latter 

 pure white towards the base ; head and thorax oclireous red, 

 with lar;j;e white sj)ots : fore wings white, primrose-tinged; 

 a broad, medial, upright, ochreous-red band, inside of this is 

 a band of two or three lines connected with tiie medial band 

 in places, torniing several white spots, several lines at the 

 base connected with the other band on the costa and hinder 

 margin, leaving an inner white space, beyond the medial 

 band ; all the veins are oclireous red, with two transverse 

 irregular lines ; cilia oclireous red : hind wings, abdomen, 

 and all the underside pure white, without markings. 



Expanse of wings 1^^ inch. 



Ooomassie [Whiteside) ; one example (type in B. M.). 



Abdomen without dorsal tufts. 



Pasychira glovera, nov. 



(J. Palpi, antennoe, head, thorax, and fore wings pinkish 

 cream-colour : fore wings with the basal third olive-brown, 

 limited by a brown line having two short outward dentations 

 on the subco-ital and medial veins ; the brown space includes 

 a subbasal short brown line and a large cream-coloured spot 

 or patch in its middle ; a discal, sinuous, very fine, brown 

 line, which bends inwards on vein 2 and then is outwardly 

 oblique to tiie hinder margin ; a brown streak crosses it on 

 vein 5, and on vein 2 it bends inwards and circles upwards to 

 the costa ; there is also a costal subapical brown patch and 

 some brownish patches on the cilia: hind wings and abdomen 

 white, without markings. Underside white ; legs with 

 brown markings ; both wings with short discal brown lines 

 running down from the costa. 



Expanse of wings 1^^ incii. 



Uganda, Entebbe [Minchin) ; one example (type in B. M.). 



Abdomen with dorsal tufts. 



Dasychira rocana, nov. 



(^ . Pal|ii black, with white tips; antenmu pinkish grey, 

 the shafts whitish ; collar and fore j)art of thorax olive-brown, 

 the remainder and the basal third of fore wings greenish 

 grey smeared in parts with white and limited by an erect 

 and straight black line ; remainder of the wing olive-brown, 

 finely irroratcd with grey; a blackish, fine, sinuous line from 

 the costa one fifth from apex curves inwards at vein 3 to the 



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