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Ab. 1. contrasta. Head, thorax, and abdomen deeper crimson. 



Ab. 2. un if 'orm is. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous tinged 

 with fulvous. 



Hab. Gold Coast, Kumasi (Sanders), 1 8; Congo, type f cT in 

 Mus. Stockholm ; Portuguese W. Afbica, Malange, type f d 

 uniformis in Coll. Bethune- Baker ; Angola, N'Dalla Tando (An- 

 sorr/e), typef o contrasta in Coll. Bethune-Baker ; Br. E. Afkjca, 

 Machakos (Crawshay), 1 8 type sarcosoma, Nairobi (Craivshay), 

 1 d; Uganda (Doggetf), 1 d 1 , Entebbe (Minchin), 3 d , Bugoma 

 (LaJbury), 1 d . iftpp. 44 millim. 



*290 c. Metarctia noctis. (Plate IV. fig. 11.) 



Metarctia noctis, Druce, A. M. N. H. (8) v. p. 394 (1910). 



6 . Haad, teguhe, and shoulders fulvous yellow, the rest of 

 thorax fuscous brown, palpi and sides of frons fuscous ; pectus and 

 legs fulvous yellow; abdomen fuscous with some yellow hairs, the 

 ventral surface fulvous yellow. Fore wing fuscous, the costal edge 

 yellow towards base. Hind wing fuscous, the interspaces whitish 

 and thinly scaled except towards margins ; the underside with the 

 basal half yellowish. 



ILab. Abyssima, Dire Daomi (Kristenseri), typefc? in Coll. 

 Joicey. Exp. 32 millim. 



290 d. Metarctia bicolora. (Plate IV. fig. 12.) 



Decimia bicolora, Wlk. vii. 1718 (1856). 



c? . Head and thorax fulvous yellow, the dorsum of pro- and 

 mesothorax brown ; antennae brown except the shaft above towards 

 base; palpi brown; abdomen fulvous yellow Avith diffused dorsal 

 brown bands on each segment. Fore wing brown, the costal edge 

 and cilia yellow; some yellow hair at base of inner margin ; the 

 interspaces just below end of cell somewhat semihyaline. Hind 

 wing brown, the interspaces semihyaline except towards termen ; 

 cilia yellow ; some yellow hair on inner margin. 



Hab. Natal, Maritzburg (Ilerensburg), 1 6 , Durban, 1 tf 

 type. Exp. 34-36 millim. 



290. Metarctia msteus del. Decimia bicolora. 



Larva. Fawcett, Trans. Zool. Soc. xvii. p. 178, pi. vii. ff. 15-19. 



Black above, reddish ochreous below; each somite with eight 

 tubercles from which spring six tufts of long and short black hairs, 

 the long hairs greyish at tips, the two lower tubercles with tufts 

 of red hair; head red ; spiracles black ; legs and elaspers reddish. 



Food-plants : Gnidia, Lasiosiphon, and Acalypha, 



