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ficent silk-moth ; yet it seems to be not uncommon in Mada- 

 gascar. 



Lasiocampidse. 



BoROCEKA, Boisduval. 



49. Borocera madagascariensis. 



Borocera madagascariensis, Boisduval, Faun. Madag. pi. 12. figs. 5, 6 

 (1833). 



^. Fianarantsoa. 



" Called 'Land-amboa.'" 



This species is so poorly figured in the " Faune de 

 Madagascar " that it is by no means surprising to find a 

 second species of the same genus described by Mr. Walker 

 under the name of Oonometa postica^ and separated from B. 

 madagascariensis by 495 pages. 



Hadeuidse. 



DiANTH(ECiA, Boisduval. 



50. Dianthoscia graminicolens, n. sp. 



Very near to '' Hadena (?) " leucosoma of Felder ; but the 

 primaries dark shining cupreous brown with white-edged 

 greyish-brown markings, the submarginal white dots replaced 

 by an interrupted zigzag white line, which borders the inner 

 edges of the black triangular marginal spots : secondaries also 

 of a slightly brownish rather than greyish tint. Expanse of 

 wings 1 inch 4 lines. 



" Found amongst grass. Fianarantsoa." 



But for the submai-ginal white dots in Felder's figure and 

 the absence of the submarginal zigzag line, I should have taken 

 it for an undercoloured representation of this species. 



Catephiidse. 



AUDEA, Walker. 



51. Audea oclireipennis^ n. sp. 



Primaries ashy grey, the internal area and apex clouded 

 with brown ; an abbreviated zigzag black litura at the base, 

 followed at a short distance by a zigzag black line which 

 crosses the wing ; a slightly curved and irregular transverse 

 central dusky line ; two parallel zigzag blackish lines just 

 beyond the middle, the outer one very indistinct and followed 

 by a series of hastate white spots, two of which (near the 



