a>i>/ t/ir a//ic(/ !/r<Mi/>.^ of flm Fainihj Ai-ciVuhv. 27 



along the suli-iuedian nervure ; secondaries with a l)lack dot at 

 end of cell ; venter testaceous ; costa of primaries l)elow testa- 

 ceous ; otherwise as above : ex})anse of wings 1 inch, 1 to 2 

 lines. 



Loanda, August, 1872 ; Ainhriz, October, 1872 ; {Montclro). 

 B.M. 



Allied to L. ryx-ula, but much less marked with brown than in 

 any examples of that species, also smaller and paler in colouring. 



Lacijdcs lineata* 



$. Spllosoiaa linen, Walker, Lep. Het. 3, p. 671, n. 12, 

 (1855). 



$. Spilo.'ionni dnrsuJis, Walker, L c. n. 13, (1855). 



^ . Spilo-^onni sfriijutinK, Wallengren, Wien. Ent. Monatschr. 

 4, p. 161, n. 5, (1860); Kongl. Svensk. Akad. HandL 5, p. 49, 

 n. 2, (1865). 



Var. ^1Si)ilo><(»)i(i friiiirafinii, Walker, Lep. Het. 7, p. 1781, 

 (1856). 



8. Africa, {Ar;/c'j>f >ui</ Smith), Xatal, {Gurii>::ias), Cape, 

 {Drecie), B.M. 



The example mentioned as coming from West Africa is geiieri- 

 cally distinct. 



CJenus EriLACYDES, //. (jcn. 



Differs from the preceding genus in its altogether less woolly 

 thorax, and from the African section in its much longer ])alpi. 

 Ty])e E. s!mnJim.<t. 



Ejnlari/ilcs sintiiJaits, ii. ■<ii. 



^ . In appearance very like Lurj/dcs liiicnfa'^, but altogether 

 paler in colour, with no bifurcate termination to the median 

 streak of primaries ; thorax narrower. 



Head pale stramineous, brownish in front ; antennte black ; 

 palpi black above, whity-brown below ; collar and thorax stram- 

 ineous, the latter with a dorsal black streak ; abdomen golden 

 orange with dorsal black spots and lateral black points ; prima- 

 ries silky straminecius with a l)lack streak, slightly widening from 



* This is evidently more correct than linca, but if preferred the name 

 dorsalis may be adopted. 



