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and fold, very thick on the costa and beyond tlie cell in the 

 costal area, but less thick on the terminal area ; a trace of a 

 basal irregular line ; a darkly outlined spot closing the cell, 

 with a crenulate postmedian fine dark line ; termen and 

 fringes darkly spotted. Secondaries ochreous grey, becoming 

 greyer towards the termen. 



Expanse, <$ 38, ? 50 mm. 



Hub. Damba Island, Uganda. 



Types in the Oxford Museum. Bred from larvaa found by 

 Dr. Carpenter. First cpeoon was spun May 4, 1911 ; the 

 first emergence occurred May 17-18. 



There is one specimen much more prominently and darkly 

 marked, so that it is possible there may be a fair range of 

 variation with this species, as is the case with some others 

 of the genus. 



Dasychira umbrensis, sp. it. 



<J $ . Head, thorax, abdomen, and both wings dull 

 darkish brown, of a mottled appearance, with very little 

 definite marking. Primaries with three dark dots at the 

 lower angle of the cell arranged in an inverted triangle ; an 

 obscure, dark, irregular, strongly serrate postmedian line ; a 

 series of submarginal interneural dark spots ; fringes spotted 

 in both wings. Secondaries uniform in colour. 



Expanse, $ 43, ? 48 mm. 



Hob. Damba Island, Uganda. 



Types in the Oxford Museum. Bred from larvae found by 

 Dr. Carpenter. First cocoon was spun July 15, 1911, and 

 the first moth emerged July 26. 



Dasychira carpenteri, sp. n. 



<$ . Primaries very pale grey, with a dark basal line, highly 

 dentate ; a double irregular median line, enclosing a whitish 

 space in which is a dark dot ; the outer line is highly seal- 

 loped ; beyond this is another interrupted serrate line; cell 

 closed by a dark crescent, with a small spot in the crescent, 

 above which and slightly further out is a dark costal patch, 

 followed by a double crenulate postmedian line ; termen with 

 an irregular series of dark spots; the wing is dusted a good 

 deal with very fine brownish scales. Secondaries straw- 

 yellow, with a broad darkish border tapering down to the 

 anal angle. 



? . Similar to the male, but darker grey, with the lines 

 less prominent and with the crescent-shaped mark closing the 

 cell developed into a fair-sized spot. 



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