On some new Species of lleterocera. 265 



Skull: greatest length 15; basal length 129; orbital 

 breadth 8 ; intertemporal brcailth -I'li ; breadth of brain-case 

 8'2 ; nasal notch 'iV6 x 2'5 ; j)alate from bottom of prepalatal 

 notch 5 ; front of iippor canine to back of 7/1.' G ; front of 

 lower canine to back of 7/J.3 G'n. 



Ihih. Kitni, British East Africa; altitude .3500 feet. 



Type. .Male. B.M. no. 1. 2. 5. 1. Ori^nnal number 63. 

 Collected 26th November, 1900, by S. L. llinde. 



Its larger size and different colour will readily distinguish 

 this species from its nearest ally aS^. hirundo. 



XXXIV. — Descriptions of some new Species of lleterocera. 

 V>y W. b'ciiAUS, F.Z.S. 



Fani. Arctiidae. 

 Hi/perthcema albipuncta. 



Head and thorax brown. Abdomen roseate; a lateral 

 row of black spots. Primaries reddish brown, with fine wavy 

 transverse shadings; fringe black at the base, wdiite ter- 

 minally ; a white spot, circled with black, near the base and 

 below the median vein ; a minute black spot beyond the cell 

 between veins 4 and 5. Secondaries greyish brown, the 

 frini;e white. 



Expan.^e 32 millim. 



llab. Sao Paulo, Brazil. 



Ilyperthcema hcemacta. 



Palpi crimson. Head and thorax orange ; two black points 

 on collar. Abdomen red; two rows of black sj)ots laterally. 

 Primaries red, shaded with brown towards apex ; costa finely 

 brown ; fringe dark grey ; a black point at the base, a round 

 white spot circled with black below the median vein, and a 

 similar larger spot beyond the cell between veins 5 and 6. 

 Secondaries brown, streaked with white at the base. 



Expanse 35 millim. 



JJah. Costa Rica. 



Neritos sanguipuncta. 



Palpi yellow, outwardly roseate. Head brown ; vertex 

 yellow. Thorax brown. Abdomen roseate, underneath 

 yellow. Legs yellow. Primaries : the base from the costa 

 at one third to the inner angle brown, outwardly edged with 

 reddish ; a crimson spot about the middle of the submedian 



