22 ON A COLLECTION OF 



spot. Abdomen above crimson, with a black transverse band 

 on each segment. Underneath, the body is yellowish, the 

 legs outwardly streaked with brown. 

 Expanse 34 millim. 



Subfam. THYRETIN.E. 



Thyretes caffra. 



Thyretes caffra, Wallengr. Wien. Ent. Mon. vii. p. 138. 



Eressa bivittata. 



Syntomis bivittata, Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. B. M. xxxi. p. 66. 



Saluinca aurifrons. 



Saluinca aurifrons, Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. B. M. xxxi. 

 p. 109. 



Subfam. EUCHROMIIKE. 



Euchromia leonis. 



Euchromia leonis, Butl. Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond., Zool. xii. 

 p. 383. 



Euchromia fulvida. 



Euchromia fulvida, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1888, 

 p. 112, t. 4. f. 5. 



Larva feeds upon sweet potato {Batatas edulis). It has 

 been noticed feeding at mid-day, in the full glare of: the sun. 

 All the species of this family are fond of flying about garden- 

 hedges, preferably those of Lantana. They are to be found 

 sparingly all the year round, but appear in greater numbers 

 in August, towards the cessation of the heavy rains. Period 

 of pupation about 12 days. {W. G. C.) 



Earn. AECTIID^E. 



Subfam. CHARIDEIKE. 



Charidea vicaria. 



Euchromia vicaria, Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. B. M. i. p. 207. 



