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of head. Maxillary extending to below anterior \ o£ eye ; 

 length of snout ^ the diameter of eye. Dorsal 111, 14, the 

 first and second spines close together, the third more remote ; 

 the first and third subequal, half the length of the second, 

 which is I the diameter of eye. Anal 13. Pectoral and 

 ventral extending to second or third ray of anal. Caudal 

 rounded. Uniformly olivaceous, fins pale. 



Length to base of caudal 70 mm. 



Easily distinguished from the Japanese species by the 

 form of the spinous dorsal and the more numerous rays. 



XVIII. — New Species of Indo- Australian and African 

 Heterocera. By Col. Charles Swinhoe, M.A., F.L.S., &c. 



Family Lymantriidae. 

 Euproctis lyoma^ nov. 



(J . Antennse, palpi, frons, head, body, and fore wings 

 bright ochreous yellow. Fore wings with two broad trans- 

 verse upright black bands, ante- and postmedial, from the 

 hinder margin towards the costa, which they do not quite 

 reach ; these bands are formed of clusters of black atoms, 

 and in some examples are connected together on the hinder 

 margin : hind wings and underside pale yellow, with no 

 markings. 



Expanse of wings -^q inch. 



4 c?, Bipindi, Cameroons. 



Allied to E. fasciata^ Walker, but much smaller and quite 

 distinct. 



Genus Sapelia, Swinhoe. 

 Sapelia, Swinhoe, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1903, p. 389. 



Sapelia flavipectus, 

 Sapelia Jlavipectus, Swinhoe, I, c. 



1 <J , Ashanti. 



1 ? , Sapele, River Niger. 



The male is better clothed than the female ; the frons and 

 pectus are yellow, as in the female, the antennse are blacker, 

 the head and thorax above are darker, and the legs have the 

 black knee-spots larger. 



Expanse of wings 1/^ inch. 



Types in B. M. 



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