534 ^Ir. Cr. T. Bethunc-Bakcr 07i 



Metarctia uniformis, sp. n. 



^. Head and thorax yellow; abdomen paler yellowish ; 

 antennae brown. Legs brown. Primaries uniform pale sooty 

 brown, slightly darker along the costa and the inner margin. 

 Secondaries creamy white. 



P/xpanse 32 mm. 



Hab. Malange, Portuguese W. Africa ; December. 



'^i'ype in my collection. 



Near M.flavicincta, Auriv. 



Arctiadae. 



LlTHOSIAN^. 



Nola angola y sp. n. 

 ? . Head and thorax white ; abdomen grey. Primaries 

 with base white, narrowly grey at costa; median area and all 

 the rest of tlie wing dark grey, except a white subovate costal 

 patch from the end of cell into the apex, the terminal area 

 being very dark ; there is a trace of a dark postmedian and 

 angled subtermiual line across the ovate white patch. 

 Secondaries grey, whitish towards the base. 



Expanse 24 mm. 



Ihib. N'Dalla Tando, 2700 feet ; November (jbisorge). 



Type in my collection. 



C/iionrt'ina ruhritermino, sp. n. 



(^ . Head, thorax, and abdomen white. Both wings pure 

 white. Primaries with three fine blood-red lines, viz., 

 median one slightly angulated, postmedian very deeply 

 projected outwards between veins 3 and 4, the third being a 

 terminal line ; a black spot in the cell followed by another 

 at the end of the cell ; costa with a small subbasal spot and 

 another below it at the base of the cell, a subcostal spot just 

 outside the postmedian line. 



Expanse 20 mm. 



Hah. Oni (Lagos) ; April. 



Type in the Oxford Museum. 



llema melanosticfa, sp. n. 



(5". Head and pectus yellow, antennge yellow with dark 

 shalts. Collar yellow ; thorax white with yellowish patagia ; 

 abdomen yellow. Both wings pure white. Primaries with 

 costa very tinely black to the costal spot, a deep black sub- 

 costal spot just beyond the centre, a second below it shifted 

 slightly inwards below the angle of vein 2. Secondaries 

 quite spotless, 



? . Like the male. 



