678 MR. H. DRtJCE ON NEW SPECIES OF [DeC. 20, 



small yellow spot at the end of the cell. The head, thorax, and 

 abdomen pale yellowish straw-colour ; antennae and legs darker 

 yellow. The female is in all respects identical with the male but 

 considerably larger. 



Expanse, c? 2| inches, 2 ^k inches. 



Sab. East Africa : Delagoa Bay {Mrs. Monteiro). 



This species is very distinct from any other known to me. 



Trabala, "Walk. 

 Trabala ROSA, n. sp. 



Male. Primaries reddish fawn-colour, darkest from the base to 

 about the middle, where it is crossed by a narrow black curved line, 

 which extends from the costal margin to the inner margin, and it is 

 bordered on the outer side by a narrow whitish line ; between the 

 line and the outer margin a row of small black spots crosses from 

 the apex to the inner margin near the anal angle; a small white 

 spot edged with black at the end of the cell. Secondaries reddish 

 fawn-colour, darkest at the base and along the inner margin ; 

 a narrow indistinct black line crossing the wing from near the apex 

 nearly to the middle of the inner margin, but not quite reaching it. 

 The underside of all the wings pinkish fawn-colour, with the bands 

 and spots as on the upperside, but of a reddish-brown colour, the 

 spots extending across the hind wing. Head, thorax, abdomen, 

 antennae, and legs uniform reddish fawn-colour. Female. Primaries 

 and secondaries uniform pale whitish fawn-colour shaded with pink, 

 thickly irrorated with minute black specks ; the primaries crossed 

 from the costal margin to the inner margin by two curved black 

 lines, the first near the base, the second beyond the middle, and a 

 submarginal row of black spots corresponding with those on the 

 primaries of the male ; the black band on the secondaries is very 

 indistinct. The underside much paler than above, with the sub- 

 marginal row of black spots quite large on both wings. Head, 

 thorax, and the abdomen the same colour as the wings ; the anal 

 tufts very large and a shade darker in colour than the abdomen. 

 Antennae and legs reddish fawn-colour. 



Expanse, S 3 inches, $ 4 inches. 



Hab. East Africa : Delagoa Bay {Mrs. Monteiro). 



This fine species is allied to Eutricha rennei, Dewitz, from which 

 it is quite distinct. 



Megasoma, Hiibn. 



Megasoma polydora, n. sp. (Plate LV. fig. 11, c? .) 



Male. Primaries reddish brown, paler along the outer margin, and 

 from the anal angle to the base ; a small white spot close to the 

 base, beyond which a minute white streak ; a round orange coloured 

 spot at the end of the cell, with a darker spot on the inner side ; a 

 narrow white streak crosses the wing from the apex to near the anal 

 angle, but does not quite reach that poiiit. Secondaries uniform 

 reddish brown ; the fringe and a few hairs along the inner margin 



