new African Heterocera. 533 



fliorax pale brownisli ; abdomen pinkish ochreous. Legs 

 brown. Primaries nniform brownish grey slightly tinged 

 with pink, with a dark grey mark across the end of the cell ; 

 costa finely pink. Secondaries very pale pinkish, inclined to 

 be hyaline at the base. 



Expanse -iG mm. 



//a/>. N'Dalla Tando, N. Angola, 2700 feet; October 

 {Ansorge). 



Type in my collection. 



Metarctia contrasta, sp. n. 



cJ . Face and head rose-colour, collar smoke-brown edged 

 ■with rose-colour, antennae sooty brown ; thorax sooty brown, 

 with a metathoracic tuft of rose-colour ; abdomen uniform 

 rose-colour, ventral surface brown with yellow segmental 

 divisions. Legs brown. Primaries uniform dark sooty grey 

 with yellow fringes. Secondaries creamy white, semi- 

 diaphanous. 



Expanse 42 mm. 



Hab. N'Dalla Tando, N. Angola, 2700 feet ; November 

 (Ansorge), 



Type in my collection. 



Near M. flavicincta, Auriv., but the rose-coloured head, 

 collar, and abdomen easily distinguish it. 



Metarctia rubriltneata, sp. n. 



^ . Head, antennas, thorax, and abdomen uniform umber- 

 brown. Legs yellowish brown tinged with pink ; ventral 

 surface yellowish. Both wings uniform umber-brown. 

 Primaries with a red subcostal line for four-fifths of the 

 costa, a small red spot near the end of the cell and another 

 beyond it, a red spot below the angle of vein 2. Secondaries 

 spotless. 



Expanse 36 mm. 



Hab. N'Dalla Tando, N. Angola, 2700 feet ; November 

 {Ansorge). 



Type in my collection. 



Metarctia ruhrihasa, sp. n. 



? . Head red, antennae black, collar, thorax, and abdomen 

 pinkish brown. Primaries pinkish brown, with the base 

 very restricted rosy ; costa very finely pale pinkish. 

 Secondaries uniform deep cream tinged with pink. 



Expanse 42 mm. 



Hab. N'Dalla Tando, N. Angola, 2700 feet ; December 

 {Ansorge) . 



Type in my collection. 



