LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 807 



Male. White. Head luteous, white behind. Palpi luteous 

 Antennae brown, whitish above. Abdomen luteous, with a row of 

 black dots on each side beneath. Legs thickly clothed with long 

 pale yellow hairs. Wings with numerous brown points ; each with 

 an oblique discal band of black dots ; under side of fore wings tes- 

 taceous, of hind wings slightly testaceous. Length of the body 

 6 — 7 lines ; of the wings 18—20 lines. 



a. South Africa. Presented by Dr. A. Smith. 



b. Interior of South Africa. Presented by the late Earl of Derby, 

 e. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan. 



The Sierra Leone specimen is of a much purer white than the 

 others, the brown points on the wings are almost wanting, and 

 the black dots in the bands are muoh fewer and smaller. 



Foem. ? Mari similis ; abdomen nigro non guttatum ; tarsi fasciis 

 fuscis ; alee e punctis fuscis fasciis duabus obliquis submar- 

 ginalibus, nigro non guttatce. 



Female P Like the male Abdomen without black dots. Tarsi 

 with brown bands. Wings without black dots, but with browu 

 points forming two oblique submarginal bands. Length of the 

 body 8 lines ; of the wings 22 lines. 



a. Congo. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



Asia. 



A. Alae albse. - - - - - - antica, Walk. 



B. Alas obscura?. 



A. Alae bifasciatae. - - - - convergens, Walk. 



B. Alee quadrifasciatae. - varia, Walk. 



Asia. 



10. Dasychira antica. 



Mas. Alba; caput antice nigrum ; antennae fuscce ; thorax fascia 

 antica lutea; abdomen nigro fasciatum, alas non superans ; 

 pedes antici nigricantes ; alee anticce fasciis tribus obliquis 

 subundulatis fuscis. 



Male. White. Head in front and palpi black. Antennae 

 brown. Thorax with a pale luteous band in front. Abdomen 

 above with a black band on the fore border of each segment, not ex- 

 tending beyond the hind wings. Fore legs mostly black. Fore 

 wings with three slender oblique slightly undulating brown bands ; 



