546 Colonel C. Swiiilioe on 



middle of the wing, then outwards to the hinder margin near 

 the angle; a short bhickish subapical line attached on the 

 costa to a submarginal sinuous line ; marginal line grey ; 

 cilia ochreous grey, with grey patches : hind wings white, 

 without markings : abdomen grey, dorsal tufts blackish. 

 Underside white j legs with brownish markings; fore wings 

 suffused witli brown except towards hinder margin ; all the 

 wings with a brown spot at the end of the cell. 



Expanse of wings 1-^^^, inch. 



Coomassie {Whiteside) ; one example (type in B. M.). 



Genus Cadurca, nov. 



S . Antennae bipcctinate, with long pectinations throughout, 

 each branch covered with very fine but rather long seta?; 

 palpi porrect, hairy, the last joint hidden by hair; frons 

 hairy; thorax and abdomen slender, the latter not extending 

 beyond the hind wings : fore wings short, much narrower in 

 proportion than the hind wings ; costa nearly straight, apex 

 rounded, outer margin evenly curved, hinder margin nearly 

 straight : hind wings broad, rather ])roduced at the apex, 

 which extends to a level with the outer margin of the fore 

 wings ; outer margin very slightly curved ; anal angle slightly 

 produced : fore wings with vein 2 from a little beyond middle 

 of cell, 3 at an even distance between 2 and end of cell, 4 

 from tlie angle, 5 from a little above, 6 from upper angle ; 

 7, 8, 9, and 10 stalked, Jl from close to upper end of cell, 12 

 free: hind wings with veins 2, 3, 4, and 5 as in fore wings, 

 6 from upper angle, 7 from before angle. 



Cadurca venata, nov. 



(^ . Antennae, palpi, frons, thorax below, and legs black, 

 thorax above with longitudinal yellow and black stripes ; 

 abdomen pinkish yellow, witli black segmental bands above : 

 wings of a uniform pale pinkish grey, very thinly clothed, 

 costal and marginal line and all the veins prominently black ; 

 cilia concolorous with the wings. 



Expanse of wings 1^ inch. 



Bihe, W. Africa ; ten examples. 



Lymantria postfusca, nov. 



(J . Palpi black, speckled with wliite, bright orange 

 beneath ; antennae black ; head, thorax, and fore wings 

 white, thorax with a black spot in front and another in the 

 middle ; abdomen orange, with brown suffusion at the base 



