Genera and Specms ^/' SyntomiJae. 225 



yellowi.sli ; the uinleisiilc flesh-yellow, tlie disk wliiii.sh ; a 

 curved brown discoidul band. 



Huh. Uganda, Ruwenzori, 6000' {Ruwenzori Exp.)^ 1 cJ 

 type. Exp. '6\ mm. 



287 a. Metarctia pulverea, .^sp. n. 



? . Head nnd thorax rufoiH ; abdomen greyish tini,^ed with 

 rulons. Fore wiiiif rufous thickly irrorated with black; a 

 small blackish spot above base of vein 2; a diffused blackish 

 discnidal patch. Hind wing greyish tinged with rufous. 



Hab. Uganda, Ruwenzori, 6000' {Ruwenzori Exp.), 1 ? 

 type. Exp. 12 mm. 



2 1 J ^ . Meta ret ia flu v icili uta, s p . n . 



cJ . Head and legulae scarlet ; palpi, sides of frons, and 

 antennge fuscous ; thorax fuscous, the patagia with scarlet 

 edges towards base, the vertex with scarlet strlf)e ; tibiae and 

 tarsi fuscous ; abdomen scarlet, the last two segments and 

 ventral surface with fuscous bands. Fore wing fuscous 

 brown, the cilia ochreoiis yellow. Hind wing pale fuscous, 

 the base whitish, the inner margin yellow, with some scarlet 

 hair towards base ; cilia ochreous yellow. Underside of fore 

 wing yellowish, the costal and aj)ical area to vein 2 suffused 

 with fuscous brown, the cell clothed with scarlet hair; hind 

 wing yellowish, with the costal area suffused with fuscous. 



? . Abdomen with narrow fuscous dorsal bands and broad 

 band just before extremity ; fore wing fuscous black, hind 

 wing fuscous, the cilia of botii wings yellow, the underside 

 similar. 



Hah. Uganda, Beni >Semliki {F.egye d: WoUaston), 1 J, 

 1 $ typt-"- Exj)., S 4;8j ? 58 mm. 



299. Psextdapiconoma ehtjans. 



? . Head and thorax blue-grey tinged with brown ; pal[)i, 

 sides of irons, basal joint of antennae above^ and back ot head 

 crimson ; pectus (except in frontj, sides of coxre, femora 

 above, and tibia? on inner side crimson ; abdomen blue-grey 

 tinged with brown, the first two segments with diflfused sub- 

 dor?al orange bands, slightly connected dorsally on second 

 segment; the next five segments with subdorsal black bands, 

 narrowing at middle; the lateral tufts of hair brown; the 

 ventral surface with crimson subventral patches on first six 

 segments and slight marks on anal segment. Fore wing pale 



