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oblique snbterminal macnlate bar from costa near apex, small spots above and below 

 veins 6, 5, 4, 3 and 1, and a spot above vein 2, the spots at vein 5 nearer the termen ; 



a terminal series of small spots. Hindwing ochreous white ; the underside 



with small medial and postmedial spots above and below vein 8, and a slight 

 subterminal spot below vein 2. 



Hab. Abyssinia (Drake-Brockman), 1 $ type. Exp. 44 mill. 



1755 j. Diacrisia rhodochroa n. sp. (Lep. PhaL, PL 59,/. 9) 



<?. Head white ; palpi deep brown, the basal joint crimson ; lower part of frons 

 deep brown ; antennae black ; thorax pale flesh-pink, the tegulae crimson below ; 

 pectus and legs deep brown, some crimson below base of wings, the fore coxae with 

 crimson patches, the mid and bind coxae whitish, the femora crimson above; 

 abdomen deep crimson with dorsal series of black points except at base and lateral 



and sublateral series, the anal tuft and ventral surface white. Forewing ochreous 



tinged with pale flesh-pink; a small black spot at base; antemedial spots below 

 costa and above vein 1 and a point below vein 1 ; a black point at upper angle of 

 cell ; a faint diffused brownish postmedial line, excurved to vein 5, then very 



oblique and with pairs of small black spots on each side of veins 3, 2, and 1. 



Hindiving pale semihyaline flesh-colour, the inner area tinged with crimson ; the 

 underside with the costal area tinged with crimson, a black striga on upper 

 discocellular. 



Hab. Java, Nongkodjadja (Cockayne), 1 S type. Exp. 52 mill. 



1770/. Diacrisia lentifasciata n. sp. (Lep. PhaL, PL 60./ 5) 



<$ . Head and thorax fulvous orange, the tegulae and patagia grey, edged with 

 fulvous orange; antennae blackish, the shaft greyish above; palpi blackish at 

 sides ; fore coxae and femora streaked with blackish, the tibiae on outer side and the 

 tarsi blackish ; abdomen fulvous orange with dorsal and lateral series of black spots 

 and sublateral blackish stripe except at base and extremity. Foreiving orange- 

 yellow, the costal edge pale ; some pale greyish below base of costa ; faint greyish 

 stripes below the cell and vein 2 and beyond the cell in discal fold to near termen ; 



cilia pale at tips. Hindwing yellowish white, the inner area deeper yellow. 



Underside yellowish white, the costal area of both wings orange-yellow. 



Hab. Mashonaland, Salisbury (Marshall), 2 S S type. Exp. 44 mill. 



1770^. Diacrisia sinefascia n. sp. (Lep. PhaL, PL 60./ 6) 



Head and thorax pale yellow, with some orange-yellow at tips of tegulae 

 and base of patagia ; antennae black ; palpi blackish at sides ; pectus orange ; 

 fore coxae with blackish patches, the fore femora streaked with blackish, the fore and 

 mid tibiae blackish on outer side, the hind tibiae blackish at base and with blackish 

 stripe towards extremities, the tarsi blackish ; abdomen orange with dorsal series 

 df black bars and lateral and sublateral series of spots except at base and extremity, 

 the ventral surface yellowish white. Foreiving uniform pale yellow. Hind- 

 wing pale yellow, with some orange-yellow hair on inner area. 



Hab. TSS. Nigeria, Minna (Macfie), 1 ? , Zungeru (Macfie), 1 ? ; Mashonaland, 

 Salisbury (Marshall), 2 J c? type. Exp. 42-52 mill. 



