SIERRA LEONE LEPIDOPTERA. 23 



Subfam. PILE&OPTERIN.E. 



Anace burra, sp. nov. (Plate I. fig. 6.) 



Primaries and body pinkish fawn-colour. Secondaries 

 paler, with only the extreme margins darker. Antennas dark 

 brown ; tarsi brown. 



Expanse 31 miliim. 



Metarctia erubescens. 



Metarctia erubescens, Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. B. M. xxxi. 

 p. 315. 



Casphalia picta, sp. nov. (Plate II. fig. 6.) 



Primaries with the basal third yellow, except a small black 

 space at the base itself; the entire costa and outer portion of 

 the wing black ; a subapical oblique yellow spot. Secondaries 

 orange ; the outer margin broadly black ; a small round 

 black spot beyond the cell. Head and collar orange. Thorax 

 brown. Abdomen orange ; the anal segment black. 



Expanse 32 miliim. 



Subfam. SPILOSOMATINiE. 



Alpeims maculosus. 



Bombyx maculosa, Stoll, Pap. Ex. iv. t. 370, B. 



Fam. LITHOSIID.E. 



TJtetheisa pulchella. 



Tinea pulchella, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 534. 



Argina leonina. 



Deiopeia leonina, Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. B. M. xxxi. p. 262. 



Argina cingulifera? 



Deiopeia cingulifera, Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. B. M. ii. 

 p. 569. 



