New Lepidoptera collected by Mr. T. A. Bams 159 



of distal spots. The arrangement of markings is much as in rubrovitta 

 Auriv. 



$ . Upperside dark ochreous-brown. Fore wing with crimson 

 markings ; a stripe below costa from base to near apex, a discoidal spot, 

 a spot in middle of cell, a smaller spot in base of cellule 6, two indis- 

 tinct spots in bases of cellules 3 and 4, a well-marked spot below base 

 of vein 2, an indistinct series of submarginal spots formed of scattered 

 crimson scaling, a dot at base of submedian. Hind wing without 

 markings. 



Underside paler with some spots faintly showing through. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen dark ochreous-brown. Antennae 

 yellowish-brown. Palpi dark ochreous-brown, crimson at sides. Frons 

 edged with crimson. Eyes edged with crimson. Legs ochreous, 

 femora crimson above, tibiae black above. Ventral surface of abdomen 

 ochreous. 



Length of fore wing : 16 mm. 



Habitat. — Ituri Forest, N.W. Beni, January, 1920, two S S 

 (type) ; Semliki Forest, E. Semliki Valley, Euwenzori, December, 1919, 

 one <? . 



AECTIIDAE. 

 4. Spilosoma rufa sp. nov. 



Allied to melanodisca Hmps. but antennae more broadly pectinate, 

 a larger insect, and differently coloured. 



<? . Upperside reddish-orange. Fore wing with lines marked by 

 indistinct black points on the veins. A subbasal angled line, a discal 

 line paralleled to it, a postdiscal line, a marginal line. All these lines 

 are indistinctly indicated by black points, and in the paratype are not 

 visible, there remaining only 6 black points. Hind wing tinged with 

 crimson. A black discoidal spot and some black submarginal marks 

 including two well-marked anal spots. 



Underside ochreous faintly washed with crimson. Fore wing with 

 a black discoidal streak and costa with some brown scaling. Hind 

 wing with blackish scaling at base of costa, a black discoidal streak, 

 and traces of the submarginal marks above. 



Head and thorax ochreous; antennae grey-white; palpi ochreous; 

 femora ochreous, crimson above ; tibiae and tarsi dark brown tinged 

 with crimson ; abdomen pale crimson with small black dorsal spots on 

 segments 6 — 8. 



Length of fore wing : 17 mm. 



