674 MR. H. DRUCE ON NEW SPECIES OF [DeC. 20, 



the cocoon of A. infractor: in shape it is much the same as that of 

 A. moloneyi, but rather longer and shghtly darker in colour ; it was 

 obtained by Mr. A. Higgins at lie Ife, about fifty miles inland from 

 Lagos, where it was very common, hanging from the trees ; but it 

 is not found near the coast. The natives eat the larvge, which are of 

 a reddish-brown colour; they fry them in palm-oil. Mr. Higgins 

 informs me tliey are of a sweetish taste when cooked. They also make 

 use of the silk, taking it from the cocoons, washing it, and forming 

 it into hanks, which they sell in the market-places ; it is also made 

 into rough cloths by the women. About 60 moths have come out 

 of the cocoon, 25 males and 35 females, some of them crippled. The 

 silk closely resembles that of A. moloneyi, but it is darker brown 

 and not quite so glossy. The cocoons were placed in a warm orchid- 

 house, and about a week afterwartls two moths came out, then others 

 every day, but only when the sun was shining on the cocoon, which 

 was placed close u|) to the glass; the moths always emerged between 

 10 and 12 o'clock in the morning. 



Anaphe carteri, Walsingham. 



Female. Very like the male but much larger, the black band on 

 the primaries much wider and not divided in the middle ; the black 

 border on the costal and inner margin is wider ; tlie antennse are 

 black and rather deeply pectinated. 



Expanse $ 2\ inches. 



Hab. West Africa : Gambia {Carter). 



The male of this species was described by Lord Walsingham, 

 Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Zool. ii. p. 433, t. xlv. f. 9. Through the 

 kindness of Mr. Carter I am now able to describe the female. 



Choerotriche, Butl. 



ChCEROTRICHE ORESTES, n. sp. 



Male. Primaries citron-yellow, crossed from the costal to the inner 

 margin by six bands of indistinct orange spots, those close to the 

 base being the darkest in colour ; a black crescent-shaped narrow 

 line at the end of the cell, and, beyond, a band of small greyish dots 

 extending from near the apex to the inner margin. Secondaries 

 uniform silky cream-colour. The underside of all the wings cream- 

 colour, slightly darker at the base. Head, thorax, and abdomen 

 yellow. Female the same as the male, excepting that the markings 

 on the primaries are much more indistinct, and the abdomen is of 

 a dark brown colour, with a very large anal tuft of hairs. 



Expanse, d If inch, 5 2f inches. 



Hab. West Africa : Mongo-ma Lubah {L. W. Thompson). 



A fine species, not unlike Cispia punctifascia. Walker, from India. 



Dasychira, Steph. 

 Dasychira cangia, n. sp. 



Male. Primaries greyish white, with all the veins yellowish, 

 crossed from the costal to the inner margin with many rows of 



