66 On new Species of African Heterocera. 



Expanse, $ 40, ? 50 mm. 



Hob. Damba Island, Uganda. 



Types in the Oxford Museum. 



The male and female were captured in copula by Dr.G.D. H. 

 Carpenter in the first half of June, 1911, on the shore on the 

 E. side of Damba Island. Dr. Carpenter has also bred a 

 series of seven specimens from larvae taken on Damba Island. 

 Cocoons were first spun June 3, 1911, and the first moth 

 emerged June 13. Three specimens, apparently of this 

 species, exist unnamed in the British Museum. The locality 

 given is Ilesha, N. Nigeria. 



Agaristidae. 

 Schausia Jlavifrons, sp. n. 



£ . Both wings black, with white patches. Primaries 

 with a white basal point; a small white subovate patch in 

 the cell ; a large, long, oblong postmedian patch ; a leaden 

 basal stripe ; a very oblique leaden stripe across the hinder 

 third of the cell ; cell closed with a leaden crescent ; an 

 oblique leaden subapical stripe and a trace of one below the 

 costa. Secondaries with a large subhyaline white central 

 patch to well beyond the cell. Palpi, frons, collar, and 

 pectus bright orange. 



Expanse 48 mm. 



Hob. Mombasa. 



Type in the Oxford Museum. Collected by the Rev. K. 

 St. A. Rogers on March 13, 1906. 



Lasiocampidae. 

 Gastroplakwis idakiwi, sp. n. 



$ . Head, face, and terminal segments of abdomen pale 

 orange-grey ; thorax and abdomen jmle ochreous grey, the 

 latter being the paler. Primaries pale ochreous grey, irro- 

 rated finely with darker grey ; costa finely ashen grey, with 

 an enlarged ashen area in front of the apex ; a trace of a fine 

 grey, crenulate, median line ; the fine, very oblique, crenulate 

 postmedian line is grey, and is followed by an irregular very 

 oblique line of grey shading; a blackish spot closes the cell. 

 Secondaries uniform pale straw-colour. 



Expanse 60 mm. 



Bab. Idakun, 4 miles N.W. of Oni Camp (Lagos district). 



Type in the Oxford Museum. The larvee were found by 

 W. A. Lam born on the 2nd of February, 1912; they spun 



