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cell. Secondaries dark orange-yellow, bordered from the apex to the 

 anal angle and thence along the inner margin to the base with 

 bright pink ; a large central round fawn-coloured ocellus broadly 

 edged with black. The underside uniform pale pinkish brown. 

 Head and thorax orange-yellow ; collar and underside of the thorax 

 pure white ; a wide pink band at the base of the thorax. Abdomen, 

 upperside orange-yellow, underside pale pinkish brown ; the anus 

 pink ; antennae brown, deeply pectinated ; legs pale brown. Expanse 

 Sg inches. 



Hah. East Africa, Matebele Country. Mus. Druce. 



This species is allied to B. pygmrea, Maassen, from which it is 

 at once distinguished by not having the black band across the pri- 

 maries and the absence of the white dot at the end of the cell, 

 and difference in the colour of the antennae. 



Lasiocampid^. 



StIBOLEPIS SYLVIA, sp. n. 



Primaries silvery white, brownish black along the costal margin, 

 the apex, and outer margin ; the veins from the cell to the outer 

 margin dusky. Secondaries silvery white, with the apex and outer 

 margin narrowly edged with brownish black ; the veins a short way 

 up from the margin dusky. Underside as above, excepting that the 

 primaries have less black at the apex. Head and thorax yellowish 

 white. Abdomen dark yellow ; antennae black ; legs yellow. 

 Expanse 2\ inches. 



Hah. West Africa, Cameroons {Thompson). Mus. Druce. 



This beautiful species is allied to Stibolepis nivea, Butler, from 

 which it is at once distinguished by its smaller size and entire 

 absence of the black marginal band of that species. 



Chrysopoloma ROSEA, sp. n. (Plate XXXVIII. fig. 3.) 



Primaries fawn-colour, shaded with pink along the inner margin, 

 crossed beyond the middle by a row of brownish-red spots. Secon- 

 daries pale yellow, the fringe pinkish. The head, thorax, and 

 abdomen pale yellowish -fawn colour; legs brownish black ; antenna) 

 black. Expanse 1| inch. 



Hab. East Africa, Delagoa Bay. Mus. Druce. 



This pretty little species is allied to Chrysopoloma obtusa, Walker, 

 also from East Africa. 



Chrysopoloma citrina, sp. n. (Plate XXXVIH. fig. 4.) 



Primaries pale yellow, crossed about the middle, from the costal 

 to the inner margin, by a band of very small brown spots, beyond 

 which is a second band, extending from the apex to the inner margin ; 

 the second band is very much wider, and near the inner margin 

 it has several whitish spots ; a submarginal row of minute dots 

 extending from the apex to the anal angle. Secondaries pale yellow, 

 with a central and submarginal row of small brown spots. The 

 fringe of both primaries and secondaries pale yellow ; the underside 



