new African Heterocera. 259 



yellowish cream-colour, tinged slightly but very indefinitely 

 with brownish near the outer margin. 



? . Like the male, but much paler, the thorax, ventral 

 surface, and primaries being pale rusty brown instead of rich 

 chocolate ; the postmedial line, though obscure as in the 

 male, is broader and bisected, and there is an obscure trace of 

 a subterminal scalloped line in the primaries. 



Expanse, $ 74, ? 101-102 mm. 



Hab. Fort Jameson, N.E. Rhodesia. 



Types in my collection. 



This species is near M. cuneilinea. 



Metanastria denticula, sp. n. 



$ . Palpi rusty brown ; head and thorax pale fawn-grey ; 

 abdomen yellowish brown, ventral surface greyish. Pri- 

 maries pinkish grey, with a twin median oblique irregular 

 line of black subdentate marks, sometimes degenerating into 

 black points, the interior being dull grey ; a similar oblique, 

 postmedian twin serrated line, the black points being only 

 visible on the internal one of the two lines : secondaries 

 yellowish straw-colour, tinged with pinkish beyond the median 

 area and becoming greyish in the terminal area. 



Expanse 66 mm. 



Hab. Fort Jameson, N.E. Rhodesia. 



Type in my collection. 



This species is near M. honrathi, Dewitz. 



Philotherma clara, sp. n. 



S . Head, thorax, and abdomen pale cream-colour. Both 

 wings pale cream-colour, tinged slightly with pinkish : pri- 

 maries with a fine oblique dark antemedian line, and a dark 

 oblique postmedian line angled basewards just below the 

 costa, these two lines converging towards each other on the 

 inner margin ; a trace of a small dark spot in the cell : 

 secondaries markless. 



Expanse 79 mm. 



Hab. Fort Jameson, N.E. Rhodesia. 



Type in my collection. 



This species is near P. sordida, Auriv. 



Gonometa drucet, sp. n. 



cJ. Palpi, head, and antennae rufous brown ; thorax purplish 

 brown ; abdomen pale yellowish brown. Primaries dark 

 purplish brown, somewhat rusty on the veins near the cells ; 



18* 



