158 New Lepidoptera collected by Mr. T. A. Barns 



V.— NEW HETEROCERA. 



By J. JOICEY and G. TALBOT. 



Figures of these forms will be published later. 



AMATIDAE. 



1. Apisa subargentea sp. nov. 

 Apparently allied to rendalli Eoths. 



? . Upperside of fore wing glossy grey, a sort of old-silver colour, 

 without markings. Hind wing more whitish. Underside as above. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen grey, abdomen slightly glossy. Anten- 

 nae with shaft grey, branches yellowish-brown. Palpi dark grey, 

 legs grey. 



Length of fore wing : 16 mm. 



Habitat. — Lake Tshohoa, Ruanda District, August, 1919, one ? . 



2. Metarctia virgata sp. nov. 



Distinguished by the pale ochreous veins on the black-brown ground- 

 colour of the fore wing. 



<? . Upperside of fore wing with blackish-brown ground-colour. 

 Veins marked with pale ochreous, costa and thin outer marginal line 

 pale ochreous. An oblique pale ochreous streak between the lower 

 edge of cell and submedian. A pale ochreous line from the base of 

 cellule 6 to vein 3, angled outwards to vein 4. Hind wing grey-white 

 with the distal area smoky-brown, the veins and a marginal line pale 

 ochreous. 



Underside of fore wing paler than above. Hind wing suffused with 

 blackish-brown. 



Antennae pale brown, shaft pale ochreous. Palpi blackish-brown, 

 marked with pale ochreous above. Head and thorax blackish-brown, 

 abdomen grey-brown, legs dark ochreous-brown. 



Length of fore wing : 15 mm. 



Habitat. — Mikeno Volcano, N. Kivu, 2,400 feet, September, 1919, 

 two 3 $ . 



3. Metarctia ochreog aster, sp. nov. 



Allied to rubrilineata B.-Bkr., but the ground-colour is dark 

 ochreous-brown, the spots are differently placed and there are traces 



