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form is niucli smaller, and the spots are wliite, ami not j'ellow 

 as in that species. 



This is the smallest form of Sij)itom,is that I am acquainted, 

 with, and the figure is slightly larger than natural size. 



Ilahitat Kedai, 31st 'December, 1911, 2 §; 15tli March, 

 1912, 1 S . Eximnse, S 13, $ 15 mm. 



Family A r c t i a d /e. 



Subfamily Arctian^. 



250. EsTiGMENE TENUJsrRiC4ATA Hampson, Ana. S. Afr. Mus. 

 ii. p. 54 (1900); C. L. P. pi. xiviii. fig. 16. 

 Habitat, Masongaleni, 18th April, 1911, 1 5 . 



250a. EsTiGMENE LEMNiscATA Distant, A. M. N. H. (7) i. 



p. 116 (1898) ; C. L. P. pi. xlvii. fig. 20. 



Ilahitat. Meru, B. E. Africa, taken by Lady Colvile, 1 c5' • 

 This specimen is much more heavily marked, as regards the 



black bands, than the figure above quoted, and, moreover, has a 



black band along the costa. 



250 b. ESTIGMENE LiNEA Walker, Cat. iii. p. 671 (1855); C. L. P. 

 pi. xlvii. fig, 2. 



Habitat. Meru, B. E. Africa, taken by Lady Colvile, 2 cf . 



These specimens agree fairly well with the figure in C. L. P., 

 but one example is much lighter in tone than the other, whilst 

 both have more heavy black markings. 



251. Teracotona subterminata Hampson, C. L. P. iii. p. 471, 

 pi. L fig. 16(1901). 



Habitat. Masongaleni, 18th April, 1911, 1 c?. 



Family H Y p s i D ^. 



252. BiTIIRA AGANICE, Sp. n." (PI. L fig. 11.) 



Description. — $ . Head and thorax pale grey-bi'own ; antennae 

 black, and pectinate for half the length, filamentous thence to 

 tip. Two black spots on collar, two on each of the patagia, and 

 one on metathorax. Abdomen pale orange, with a dorsal row of 

 black sj)ots on first three somites, and a lateral series on each 

 somite, Fore wing pale grey-brown, with the following black 

 points : two basal ; two subbasal, one of which is near the base 

 of costa, and one below base of cell ; two antemedial, one of 

 which is below cell, and one above vein 1 ; one in cell before 

 middle, and one in interspaces 3, 4, and 6, near base, and beyond 

 cell. Hind wing dull yellow. Underside similar to upperside, 

 unmarked. 



This form is nearest to Bitlira aganois Felder, which has only 

 one basal black spot and one in cell. 



Habitat. Kedai, 7th January, 1912, 1 5 . Expanse 36 mm. 



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