new African Heterocera. 549 



Dasycldra obsoletissima, sp. n. 



Head and thorax sooty brown; abdomen paler brown. 

 Piimaries dark sooty brown, with only a single obscure, 

 oblique, dark grey spotted line in the postmedian area. 

 Secondaries darkish grey. 



Expanse 29 mm. 



Bab. N'Dalla Tando (N. Angola), 2700 feet; October. 



Type in my collection. 



Near D. caruleifascia, Holl. 



Dasychira inconspicua, sp. n. 



^ . Head, thorax, and abdomen brown. Primaries brown, 

 with a slight greyish tinge ; the obscure dentate subterminal 

 line, receding somewhat as it approaches the tornus, is the 

 only mark. Secondaries uniform dirty brown. 



Expanse 35 mm. 



Bab. Gunnal, W. Africa. 



Type in my collection. 



Dasycldra perdita^ sp. n. 



(J. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale brown. Primaries 

 uniform dirty brown, of a rough texture, and without any 

 marks at all, but with the veins showing darkly through in 

 the radial area. Secondaries pale brown, with the veins 

 showii)g darkly through. 



Expanse 34 mm. 



Hab. Gunnal, W. Africa. 



Type in my collection. 



Dasychira exoleta, sp. n. 



(J. Head, thorax, and abdomen mauve-brown. Primaries 

 chocolate-brown, with a deep blackish-brown stripe along the 

 centre of the fold ending a little in front of the termen ; this 

 stripe is interrupted by the pale antemedian line and again 

 by a grey mark in the median area ; across the median area 

 is a large, greyish, very irregular patch occupying the poste- 

 lior part of the cell, below which it is suddenly constricted 

 and equally suddenly expands to the inner margin ; the 

 liostmedian line is represented by a dark double line from 

 the costa to vein 5 ; a trace of a deep velvety subterminal 

 line is visible which is exceedingly irregular and interrupted 

 and deeply dentate, from which extend two or three fine 

 dashes into the termen. Secondaries uniform greyish brown. 



Expanse 40 mm. 



Bab. Malange, W. Africa. 



Type in my collection. 



Allied to D. gonnphora^ Holl. 



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