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(1) Metarctia lateritia, HeiT Schaff. Aussereur, Schmett. f, 274 



(1855) 

 Anace rubra, Wlk. vii. 1720 (1856). 

 Helena venosa, Wlk. vii. 1723 (1856). 

 Hexaneura cinnamomea, Wllgrn. Wien. Ent. Mon. iv. p. 164 



(1860). 

 Autoviolis unicolor, Oberth. Ann. Mus. Geneva xv. p. 186 



(1880). 

 AutomoUs helleni, Snell. Notes, Leyd. Mus. viii. p. 1 (1886), id. 



Tijd. V. Ent. xxix. p. 224, pi. 8, f. 1. 

 Hah. Galla Country ; Nyasaland ; Natal (Gooch, Gueinzius, 



Marshall) ; Bechuanaland (Sir G. Metcalf) ; Cape Colony.. 



Exp. 44-60 mill. 



(2) Metarctia rufescens, Wlk. iii. 769 (1855), Hmpsn. Cat. Lep. 



Phal. B.M. i. p. 148, pi. 5, f. 6. 

 Hexanetira maculifera, Wllgrn. Wien. Ent. Mon. iv. p. 164 



(1860). 

 Metarctia paremphares , Holland, Psyche, vi. p. 395 (1893). 

 Hab. West Africa; Natal (Gueinzius); Cape Colony (Trimen). 



Exp. 34-42 mill. 



(3) Metarctia flavivena, n. sp. 



(? . Head, thorax, and abdomen crimson ; antennae, tegulse 

 except edges, patagia, stripes on thorax, and the greater part of leg& 

 black ; abdomen with slight segmental black lines, one on terminal 

 segment more prominent, the ventral surface yellovi^ with black 

 bands. ForeMdng fuscous-black, the veins costa, inner margin and 

 cilia yellow. Hindwing yellow with fuscous fascia on costal area ; 

 some crimson hair at base of inner margin. 



$ . Abdomen with the black bands rather more prominent ; hind- 

 wing with the interspaces of costal half suffused with black. 



Hab. British East Africa, Machakos (Crawshay) ; Mashonaland^ 

 SaHsbury (Marshall). Exp. $ 42, ? 46 mill. 



(4) Metarctia meteus, Stoll. Pap. Exot. iv. p. 347 B (1782). 

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



Hab. Natal, Karkloof (Marshall); Cape Colony (Dr. Smith), 

 Knysna (Trimen). Exp. 44 mill. 



(5) Metarctia crassa, Feld. Eeis. Nov. pi. 99, f. 16 (1874). 

 Hab. Cape Colony (Drege). Exp. 42 mill. 



