G8 AMATIDJB. 



crimson ; pectus and femora crimson, the tibiae and tarsi brown ; 

 abdomen red-brown, the base, anal tuft, and ventral surface crimson. 

 Fore wing* bright red-brown ; some crimson at base ; the costal 

 edge tinged with crimson. Hind wing and underside of both 

 wings pale crimson. 



Hab. Angola, N'Dalla Tando (Ansorge), type f $ in Coll. 

 Bethune-Baker. Exp. 42 millim. 



*283 b. Metarctia erlangeri. 



Metarctia erlangeri, Roths. Nov. Zool. xvii. p. 442 (1910), 5) & x i x - 



pi. xiv. f. 44. 

 Metarctia diversa, Beth. -Baker, A.M.N.H. (8) vii. p. 532 (1911), tf. 



■S • Head pale crimson, the palpi, sides of frons, and antenna? 

 dark brown ; thorax red-brown mixed with pale crimson ; pectus 

 and femora pale crimson, the tibiae and tarsi dark brown ; abdomen 

 pale crimson with a dark brown band before anal tuft and bands 

 on ventral surface. Fore wing red-brown, the costal edge pale 

 crimson. Hind wing pale crimson. 



5 . Fore wing with the costal edge red-brown, the cilia pale 

 crimson. 



Hab. Abysstnia, Arusi-Galla Country (Erlanger), type t 9 

 in Coll. Rothschild ; Angola, Muhumbua, Bihe, N'Dalla Tando 

 {Ansorge), type t 6 diversa in Coll. Bethune-Baker. Exp. 6 

 40, $ 56 millim. 



287 a. Metarctia pulverea. (Plate IV. 3g. 2.) 



Metarctia pulverea, Hmpsn. A.M.N.H. (7) xix. p. 225 (1907). 



5 . Head and thorax rufous ; abdomen greyish tinged with 

 rufous. Fore wing rufous thickly irrorated with black ; a small 

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

 patch. Hind wing greyish tinged with rufous. 



Hab. Uganda, Ruwenzori, 6000 ft. (Wollastou), 1 5 type. 

 Exp. 42 millim. 



287 b. Metarctia phseoptera. (Plate IV. fig. 3.) 



Metarctia phseoptera, Hmpsn. A.M.N. H. (8) iv. p. 344 (1909). 



5 . Head and thorax fuscous brown ; antennae with some pink 

 hair on basal joint in front ; prothorax with a slight pink spot ; 

 pectus with lateral pinkish streaks ; coxae and femora with some 

 pinkish hair ; abdomen dark brown with pinkish segmental rings. 

 Fore wing uniform fuscous brown, the cilia greyish at tips. Hind 

 wing fuscous brown, the disk somewhat semihyaline ; cilia greyish 

 at tips. 



Hab. Upper Congo {Wollanton), 1 $ type. Exp. 34 millim. 



