296 ABCTIAD^. 



1771. Diacrisia rhodesiana. (Plate XLV. fig. 24.) 



Biacrisia rhodesiana, Hmpsn, Ann. S. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 57 (1900). 



(S . Head and thorax pale grey-brown ; palpi above and branches 

 of antennae black ; vertex of head and edges of tegulae, patagia, and 

 thorax orange-red ; pectus orange-yellow ; fore legs and mid and 

 hind tibiae and tarsi above fuscous : abdomen orange, with dorsal 

 series of black bands and lateral series of points, the ventral surface 

 greyish. Fore wing yellow, the interspaces almost filled by pale 

 grey-brown fasciae, leaving streaks on the veins and in cell and sub- 

 median fold yellow. Hind wing yellowish white. 



5 rather darker ; hind wing orange-yellow. 



Hah. Mashonaland, Salisbury {Marshall)^ 3 c? , 2 5 type. Exp., 

 ^ 46, 2 56 millim. 



1772. Diacrisia scita. (Plate XLV. fig. 15.) 



Antheua scita, Wlk. xxxi. 298 (1864) ; Kirby, Oat. Het. p. 243. 



(5' . Orange ; palpi blackish, orange below ; lower part of frons 

 and antennae grey-brown; tegulae and patagia grey-brown edged 

 with orange ; vertex of thorax grey-brown ; legs striped with 

 blackish ; abdomen with dorsal series of short black bands, 

 and lateral series of spots. Fore wing with the interspaces nearly 

 filled by grey-brown fasciae. Hind wing with the interspaces 

 fuscous black, leaving tbe veins, part of inner area, and cilia 

 orange. 



Hah. Natal (Oueinzius), 3 6 type, Malvern (Marshall), 1 (5*, 

 Durban (Crooc/i), 1 c?. ^^P- 40-44 millim. 



1773. Diacrisia latiradiata, n. sp. (Plate XLV. fig. 11.) 



$ . Head and thorax yellow tinged with olive-brown ; palpi, 

 lower part of frons, antennae, a broad stripe on vertex of thorax, 

 pectus, and legs deep black ; abdomen orange above, with segmental 

 black bands expanding into dorsal spots, a lateral series of black spots 

 connected with the black ventral surface which has a series of 

 orange spots reduced towards extremity. Fore wing fulvous 

 orange, with deep black fasciae nearly filling the cell, submedian 

 interspace, and the interspaces beyond the^cell ; a slight postmedial 

 black streak above inner margin. Hind wing fuscous black, the 

 base yellowish, the cilia yellow. 



Hah. Br. C. Africa, Fwambo {Nutt), 1 $ type. Exp. 46 millim. 



1774. Diacrisia bretaudiaui. 



Gonerda hretaudiaui, Oberth. Et. Eut. xx. p. 55, pi. x. ff. 179, 180 (1896) ; 

 Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iv. p. 491. 



(S . Head and thorax olive-yellow ; palpi black at sides, a black 

 streak on frons and vertex of head ; tegulae, vertex of thorax, and 

 upper edge of patagia with black streaks ; neck with crimson ring ; 



