new Species of Lepidoptera. 433 



greyish brown. Primaries black; a yellowish-brown spot at 

 the end of the coll, one beyond on the costal margin from 

 which a series of small spots extends across the wing to the 

 inner margin ; the fringe yellowish brown : secondaries black ; 

 a small yellowish-brown spot at the end of tiie cell, below 

 which a wide yellowish-brown band crosses the wing from 

 the anal angle almost to the inner margin; the fringe yellow. 

 Underside : primaries very similar to the upperside, but 

 much browner in colour : secondaries reddish brown, crossed 

 from the costal to the inner margin by two very indistinct 

 redder brown bands, the wing slightly irrorated with small 

 reddish spots. — Female very similar to the male, but blacker. 

 Expanse, ^ ? , lj\, inch. 



Hah. East Africa, Dar-es-Salaam [Mus. Druce) 

 This species is allied to Farosmodes icleria^ Mab. 



Fam. Agaristidae. 



Xanthospilopterijx melanosoma, sp. n. 



Male. — Head, antennae, collar, tegulie, thorax, and abdomen 

 black ; the collar and thorax spotted with white; a tuft of 

 yellow hair at the base of the abdomen ; a row of white spots 

 down the middle and on each side of the abdomen ; the legs 

 black, banded with orange and white. Primaries black, with 

 three small bluish-white dots on the costal margin close to 

 the base ; two yellow spots nearest the base, one at the end 

 of the cell and one below extending almost to the anal angle, 

 above which a curved yellow band, becoming narrow near 

 the costal margin ; the veins crossing the band are black : 

 secondaries orange-red, darkest from the middle to the inner 

 margin ; the apex and outer margin bordered with black 

 nearly to the anal angle. Underside : primaries bright 

 yellow, the costal margin, apex, and outer margin black ; a 

 large black mark at the end of cell, a round black spot in the 

 cell, and an indistinct black spot below the cell : secondaries 

 very similar to the upperside, but paler in colour. 



Expanse 2| inches. 



Hab. East Africa {Mus. Druce). 



Fara. Arctiida9. 



Eucyane hermccaj sp. n. 



Male. — Head, palpi, antcnna3, collar, tegula?, and tliorax 

 black, the collar and tegulaj irrorated with metallic-green 

 scales ; abdomen above blue, dark brown on the underside. 



