JSPISPAItlS. 
521 
irrorated and striated with black, the costa from before middle 
to near apex and the terminal area from below apex to a 
point at submedian fold whiter ; antemedial line rather 
diffused white, oblique to just below the cell, then inwardly 
oblique ; an oblique blackish shade from below middle of 
costa to beyond lower angle of cell, then a faint incurved 
line ; postmedial line white, excurved to vein 2, then oblique 
to inner margin near tornus, an oblique whitish bar beyond it 
from vein 3 to submedian fold ; a terminal series of small 
dark lunules ; cilia chequered with chocolate-brown and 
tipped with brown to vein 5, then white irrorated with brown. 
Hind wing white suffused with purple-brown and striated 
with black, the costal area and inner margin Avhiter ; a minute 
black discoidal spot ; an oblique brown shade beyond the cell 
from vein 6 to inner margin ; postmedial line white, oblique 
to vein 4 Avhere it is angled outwards to termen, then in- 
curved and slightly sinuous, the area beyond it beloAv vein 4 
chocolate-brown Avith a rufous patch on termen between 
vein 3 and submedian fold ; cilia white irrorated with broAvn 
to below vein 4, then chocolate-brown with white tips. Under- 
side Avhite striated Avith black ; fore Aving Avith the costal half 
tinged with pale ochreous brown, a faint waved broA\ r n post- 
medial line, a semicircular chocolate-broAvn apical patch 
extending to vein 5 and defined on inner side by white ; 
hind Aving Avith small black discoidal spot, the postmedial 
line pale brown, strongly crone late and angled outwards to 
near termen below vein 5. 
$. Head, thorax, and abdomen strongly suffused with rufous, 
the last Avithout the chocolate-broAvn band ; fore wing strongly 
suffused with purplish rufous, the costa whitish to beyond 
middle ; hind Aving suffused Avith purplish broAvn, the costa 
and inner margin Avhiter, the patch beyond the postmedial 
line red-brown shading to rufous at termen ; underside 
tinged Avith purplish. 
Hab. Br. C. Africa, Mt. Mlanje ( Neave ), 7 <$, 5 $ type. 
Exp. 33^2 millim. 
Larva. YelloAv, the six anterior somites suffused with rufous, 
the warts large, each with a single black spinous hair ; feeds 
on a thorny shrub, the native name of which means “ Leopard's 
ClaAv ” ; forms a cocoon of silk coA T ered Avith excreta, earth, 
etc. 
Episparis pyrocausta, n. sp. 
<$. Head, tegulae, and base of patagia red-broAvn, the rest 
of thorax and abdomen fiery red ; pectus and legs white, the 
fore tibiae red-broAvn, the spurs and mid tarsi at base banded 
with black, the hind tarsi Avith black spots above ; abdomen 
white at base, then red-broAvn. Fore Aving fiery red, the costa 
