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2 . Palpi, frons, pectus, and legs black ; a triangular black dorsal 

 patch on tegulae and a pair of stripes on thorax ; hind wing black, 

 with discoidal yellow spots, the cilia yellow. 



Ilab. TiiANSvAAL (Cregoe), 1 c^ , 1 $ . B:cjj. 40 millim. Typof 

 2 in Coll. Distant. 



1860. Estigmene tenuistrigata. (Plate XLVIII. fig. 16.) 



Aloa tenuistrigata, Hmpsn. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 54 (1900). 



Head and thorax bright ochreous yellow ; palpi above, antenucT, 

 and tibiae and tarsi above black ; abdomen orange, with dorsal black 

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

 Fore wing bright ochreous yellow ; the veins wdth fine black streaks, 

 except the costal and base of subcostal nervures. Hind wing 

 ochreous yellow, the veins with very slight black streaks. 



Hah, Mashonaland, Salisbury {Marshall)^ 5 d" , 2 $ , type. Exj). 

 46 millim. 



1861. Estigmene lemniscata. (Plate XLVII. fig. 20.) 



Spilosoma lemniscata, Dist. A. M. IV. H. (7) i. p. 116 (1898). 



2 <■ Head and thorax bright yellow ; palpi, frons, and antennae 

 black, the upper part of frons with some yellow scales, an orange 

 spot on vertex of head ; black stripes on tegulae and thorax, diverging 

 and enclosing a yellow spot on metathorax ; outer edge of patagia 

 with black spot ; pectus and legs black-brown, fore femora yellow 

 on outer side ; abdomen orange, with dorsal black patches at base 

 and extremity and bands on medial segments ; the ventral surface 

 black, emitting lateral bands. Pore wing bright yellow ; a black 

 stripe on vein 1 ; a stripe on median nervure and streaks on the 

 nervules, a slight streak on vein 5, a streak on vein 6, and V-shaped 

 mark on veins 7, 8. Hind wing black, the cilia orange-yellow. 



c? . Palpi, frons, and pectus yellow ; legs yellow and brown ; 

 thorax without black stripes ; abdomen ochreous below, the dorsal 

 spots even in size throughout ; fore wing with the black stripes 

 much reduced ; hind wing yellowish white. 



Hah. Mashonaland, {Salisbury {Marshall), 1 c^" ; Teansvaal, 

 Johannesburg (d'egoe), 1 cT , 1 $ typef in Coll. Distant. Exjj. 

 34: millim. 



1862. Estigmene scita. (Plate XLVII. fig. 8.) 

 Aloa sciia, Wlk. xxxi. 302 (1864) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 243. 



2 . Ochreous ; palpi blackish ; antennae black ; neck with orange 

 ring ; thorax with black stripe on vertex ; legs blackish, the femora 

 orange above ; abdomen orange above, with dorsal and lateral series 

 of black spots. Pore wing with black fascia on median nervure 

 gradually expanding from base to end of cell, where it is one-third 

 width of wing, then narrowing to just before termen; a fascia from 



