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shade od the costal margin at about two thirds from the base ; 

 some greenish scales at the base of the costal vein, below 

 the subcostal vein, and at the inner angle; an inner, outer, 

 and submarginal transverse irregular dark line, in part very 

 indistinct ; the fringe alternately light and dark brown : 

 underneath yellow ; at the base of the inner margin a broad 

 brownish space ; the apical third of the wing brownish, faintly 

 mottled with yellow. Secondaries above brown, darkest 

 along the costal margin ; an orange band starting near the 

 base, and gradually widening towards the middle of the outer 

 margin: underneath yellowish, shaded with brown; a large 

 dark brown space at the apex ; a transverse wavy brown line 

 not reaching the inner margin, and a dark lunular mark in 

 the cell. Body above dark brown, underneath light brown. 

 Expanse 39 millim. 



Orgyia ticana, sp. nov. (Plate L fig. 11.) 



Primaries above dark brown ; along the inner margin and 

 at the apex yellowish ; a basal, median, and outer transverse 

 angular dark line, partly bordered with yellowish where 

 approaching the lighter shades on the wing ; at the end of 

 the cell two short dark transverse streaks : underneath light 

 brown, darker in the disc ; an outer transverse nearly straight 

 brown line. Secondaries above greyish brown : underneath 

 light brown ; a small brown ring in the cell and two trans- 

 verse brownish lines, the outer one being indistinct and 

 broken. Body brown. 



Expanse 20 millim. 



Dasychira acrisia. 



Deiopeia (?) acrisia, Plotz, Stett. ent. Zeit. xli. p. 83. 



Fam. LIMACODIDJ. 



Heterolepis plotzi, sp. nov. (Plate II. fig. 1.) 



Primaries above with the costal margin and outer third of 

 the wing light brown ; at the apex a terminal velvety brown 

 line, preceded by a broad but short dark brown mark; other- 



