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Hibrildes veuosa, sp. nov. 



It belongs to the family Lasiocampidae, and is allied to 

 Hibrildes norax Druce, the type of the genus; but in that 

 species the thorax is white, and the wings are also much whiter 

 than in Hibrildes venosa. It may be the male of Hibrildes 

 ansorgei. 



It is creamy white and subhyaline. Forewings have costal area 

 yellowish, tips brownish. Antennae black, head orange, thorax 

 clothed with yellow hairs, abdomen reddish. Expanse : 57 millim. 



Three specimens, all of them male, were caught in the 

 Magwangwara country, German East Africa, on January 16 

 and 19, 1894. 



Lichenopteryx conspersa, sp. nov. 



It belongs to the family Lasiocampidae. 



Antennae very long, brown, very deeply bipectinated. Wings 

 buff and very densely clothed with scales and hair. Forewings 

 with many scattered brown and black spots. Hindwings nearly 

 as long and broad as the forewings. Expanse : 53 millim. 



Two specimens, a male and a female, were caught near 

 the Kesokon River in the Uganda Protectorate, along the old 

 caravan route. 



Pyrainarista rufescens, sp. nov. 



It is a very rare moth, and has been classed as a new genus 

 (Pyramarista). It belongs to the family Hypopyridae, and is 

 allied to Hypopyra bosei Saalmliller from Madagascar. 



Fawn colour ; tinged with rosy on the costa. Antennae with 

 a row of short triangular teeth on each side, terminating in a 

 slender curved bristle. Forewings with a triangular black spot 

 on the middle of the costa. Abdomen with small anal tuft. 

 Expanse : 81 millim. 



Only one specimen, a male, was captured at Parumbira at 

 the north-east end of Lake Nyassa on November 15, 1893. 



Maxula africana, sp. nov. 



It belongs to the family Hypopyridae, and is allied to the 

 common and variable East Indian Maxula unistriata Guen., 

 but without the zigzag lines and rows of black dots on the disc 

 which we meet with in that species. 



The male has the wings grey, dusted with black, with a sub- 



