BUTTERFLIES, MOTHS, AND BEETLES 305 



Redoa niaria, sp. nov. 



It belongs to the family Liparidaj, and is allied to the Indian 

 species Redoa clara Walk, and Redoa rinaria Moore. Expanse : 

 43 millim. 



It is iridescent white, thinly scaled, subhyaline, with 2 silvery- 

 white bands on the forewings. 



It was caught at Mtebe (Port Alice) in Uganda on July 12, 

 1894. 



Cropera pallida, sp. nov. 



It belongs to the family Liparidae. At the Natural History 

 Museum, South Kensington, there are specimens from Natal 

 and Delagoa Bay. Expanse : 24-34 millim. 



Forewings pale yellow with slight orange tint, with 3 or 4 

 irregular and indistinct transverse whitish b^nds ; an orange spot 

 in the middle of the wing. Hindwings pale yellow, unspotted. 



It is noted as abundant on the coast of Mozambique in 1893. 



Lasioptila ansorgei, sp. nov. 



It belongs to the family Saturniid^. 



This very rare moth had to be classed as a new genus 

 (Lasioptila). 



It is of a rich fawn colour, slightly varied with rosy grey. 

 The forewings have a slight transverse black dash towards the 

 base, and a narrow vitreous lunule bordered with black on both 

 sides, and with the horns turned outwards, at the end of the cell. 

 Hindwings with a narrow black lunule opening outwards, and 

 most distinct on the underside, at the end of the cell. 



Only one specimen, a female, was caught in Uganda on 

 December 12, 1894. 



Hibrildes ansorgei, sp. nov. 



It belongs to the family Lasiocampidaj. 



Body is reddish-brown, antennae strongly bipectinated. Fore- 

 wings smoky hyaline with black cilia ; a blackish mark at the 

 end of the cell, beyond which is a broad white band ; a row 

 of submarginal white spots between the nervures. Hindwings 

 tawny yellow, with a broad lunule at the end of the cell ; a 

 rather narrow black border marked with 6 large white spots 

 between the nervures. Expanse : 60 millim. 



Only two specimens, both females, were caught in the Mag- 

 wangwara country, German East Africa, on January 19, 1894. 



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