GG AMATIDJE. 



Fore wing fuscous brown, the basal half suffused with fulvous 

 orange and with fulvous orange patch at base of inner area and 

 the costal area orange to towards apex ; a rounded orange-yellow 

 spot below base of vein 2, a rather lunulate spot in end of cell, 

 postmedial spots beyond the cell and above base of vein 2, and 

 elongate spots in the interspaces of terminal area from costa to 

 vein 2, the spots above veins 3 and 2 extending to near the cell. 

 Hind wing orange-yellow, the veins of terminal half dark brown, 

 the termen with some brown suffusion and the cilia brown. 



JIab. S. Nigeria, Lagos (Lamborn), type f $ in Mus. Oxon. 

 Exp. 3S millim. 



*279*. Metarctia rubrilineata. (Plate III. fig. 30.) 



Metarctia rubrilineata, Beth.-Baker, A. M. N. H. (S) vii. p. 533 (1911). 



d . Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown ; palpi, sides of frons, 

 and basal joint of antenna in front crimson ; coxae crimson ; legs 

 tinged with crimson in front; abdomen ventrally pale crimson. 

 Fore wing red-brown ; a crimson streak below costa from near 

 base to near apex; a small crimson spot above base of vein 2 and 

 small spots in and beyond end of cell. Hind wing red-brown. 



Blab. Angola, N'Dalla Tando (Ausorge), type f d in Coll. 

 Bethune-Baker. Exp. 34 millim. 



*279 c. Metarctia ruhrovitta. 



Metarctia ruhrovitta, Auriv. Ark. f. Zool. ii. 4, p. 31 (1904) ; Roths. Nov. 

 Zool. six. pi. xiv. f. 41. 



$ . Head and thorax pale fulvous brown, palpi and a line behind 

 the eyes scarlet; antennae pale yellow; metathorax with scarlet 

 patch; legs yellowish, the fore coxae scarlet, the femora and tibise 

 above tinged with scarlet ; abdomen pale brown with scarlet dorsal 

 bands, the extremity yellow. Fore wing pale brown ; a scarlet 

 streak below costa ; some scarlet at base of inner margin ; an 

 oblique scarlet spot below base of vein 2 ; a spot in end of cell and 

 spots beyond the cell above veins 3 and 5 and small spot above 4 ; 

 a subterminal series of scarlet spots, almost obsolete towards apex, 

 more prominent towards tornus. Hind wing scarlet, the cilia pale 

 brown. Underside of fore wing with the cell to near extremity 

 and inner area to near tornus scarlet; a spot in end of eell and 

 obliquely curved fascia above vein 2 ; hind wing pale brown with 

 the cell and inner area scarlet. 



Hab. Camekoons, type t $ i" Mus. Stockholm. Exp. 40 

 millim. 



*2S0tf. Metarctia ferrigera. (Plate III. fig. 31.) 



Metarctia ferngera, Druce, A. M. N. H. (S) v. p. 395 (1910). 



$ . Head, thorax, and abdomen brown mixed with ochreous ; 

 palpi fuscous with some crimson at sides ; antennae black with some 

 ochreous scales on upperside of shaft, the basal joint crimson ; legs 



