70 AVLATID.E. 



and cilia yellow. Hind wing yellow with fuscous fascia on costal 

 area ; some crimson hair at base of inner margin. 



$ . Abdomen with the black bands rather more prominent ; hind 

 wing with the interspaces of costal half suffused with black. 



Hab. Br. E. Africa, Machakos (Crawshag), 1 J , 1 2 type, 

 Njoro (Cholmleg, Betton), 3 6 , Nakutu (Bodeker), 2 6 , Nakuru 

 (Bodeker),2 J; Uganda {Christy), 1 c? , Entebbe (Minchiri), 

 1 d", Mulema (Doggett), 16, L. Albert Edward (Wollaston), 

 1 S, Ruwenzori (Wollaston), 2 J; Mashonaland, Salisbury 

 (Marshall), 4 c? , 4 $ . Exp. 6 42, $ 46 millim. 



Subsp. 1. Fore wing with the veins scarlet; hind wing with 

 the interspaces filled in with fuscous. 



Hal. Abyssinia, Zegi Tsana (Degen), 2 3 . 



Subsp. 2. Fore wing with the veins scarlet ; hind wing pale 

 crimson. 



IL/b. N. Nigeria, Bauchi Prov., Panyam (Fox), 4 tf . 



290 a. Metarctia flaviciliata. (Plate IV. fig. 9.) 



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



c? . Head and teguke scarlet ; palpi, sides of frons, and antennae 

 fuscous ; thorax fuscous, the patagia with scarlet edges towards 

 base, the vertex with scarlet stripe ; tibhe and tarsi fuscous ; abdo- 

 men scarlet, the last two segments and ventral surface with fuscous 

 bands. Fore wing fuscous brown, the cilia ochreous yellow. Hind 

 wing pale fuscous, the base whitish, the inner margin yellow with 

 some scarlet hair towards base ; cilia ochreous yellow: Underside 

 of fore wing yellowish, the costal and apical area to vein 2 suffused 

 with fuscous brown, the cell clothed with scarlet hair ; hind wing 

 yellowish with the costal area suffused with fuscous. 



2 • Abdomen with narrow fuscous dorsal bands and broad band 

 p,ist before extremity ; fore wing fuscous black, hind wing fuscous, 

 the cilia of both wings yellow, the underside similar. 



Hub. Uganda, Siroko Pv. nr. Mt. Elgon (Weave), 1 S , Toro, 

 T)aro Forest (Neave), 1 6 , Beni Semliki (Legge <$f TVullaston), 

 1 <$ , 1 $ type. Exp. 6 48, $ 58 millim. 



290 b. Metarctia flavicincta. (Plate IV. fig. 10.) 



Metarctia flavicincta, Auriv. Ofv. K. Vet.-Akad. Forh. Ivii. p. 1057(1900). 

 Metarctia sarcosoma, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) viii. p. 170 (1901). 

 Metarctia contrasts, Beth.-Bakor, A. M, N. H. (8) vii. p. 533 (1910). 

 Metarctia uniformis, Beth.-Baker, A. M. N. H. (8) vii. p. 534 (1910). 



c? . Head, thorax, and abdomen flesh-pink ; palpi, antenna?, a 

 patch on thorax, tibia? and tarsi brown ; abdomen with the ventral 

 surface fulvous yellow with fuscous bands. Fore wing fuscous brown, 

 the inner marsrin and cilia ochreous. Hind win"' ochreous. 



