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Family ARCTIID^. 



Genus ANAGE Walker. 

 6. A. melaleuca sp. nov. cf. — Antennae with a white shaft and pale 

 brown pectinations. Front, collar and patagia pale red ; thorax and 

 abdomen luteous ; and extremity of abdomen tipped with slaty gray. 

 The lower side of the thorax and abdomen whitish ; legs white, with the 

 tibiae of the anterior pair margined in front with gray. The anterior 

 wings are white, lightly laved toward the base with yellowish. The costa 

 is narrowly edged with slaty gray, as far as the middle, and the whole 

 outer half of the wing is marked with the same color, the inner line of 

 demarcation sweeping around in a graceful curve from the middle of the 

 costa to the inner margin before the outer angle. The secondaries are 

 white, laved with yellowish on the inner margin and at the base. The 

 wings on the under side are marked as upon the upper side. Expanse 

 24 mm. 



Habitat. — Cameroons (coll. Kerr). 



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LASIOCAMPA MEDUSA n. sp. 

 By Dr. Herman Strecker. 



I received about a year since from Mr. Max Albright, of the 

 Soldiers' Home, Los Angeles County, California, a female Lasio- 

 campa (or Gloveria as the American authors have it) ; it was 

 raised from the larva and is different from arizonensis or any of 

 the Mexican species known to me. It expands four inches; the 

 thorax and primaries above are very dark smoky gray, basal part 

 of wings and thorax heavily furred, the mesial part a shade paler, 

 minute white hairs are sprinkled over the whole surface; a small 

 white discal spot, as in arizonensis and other species; inferiors 

 and abdomen almost as dark as the primaries, but more brownish 

 in tint; under surface of all wings almost uniform dark brown 

 with a sprinkling of white hairs, most noticeable towards the 

 costal margins; abdomen darker and also with the sprinkling of 

 white hairs. This insect is larger than any of the American 

 species known to me, and will be easily known by its deep, almost 

 black color and lack of ornamentation, except the discal spot as 

 well as by its general heavy appearance. The wings are much 

 less pointed apically than in arizonensis and broader in propor- 

 tion to their length, the abdomen is much longer, extending far 

 beyond the inferiors. I know of but this one example which 

 was sent to me along with the cocoon and pupa case from which 

 it emerged. 



