viridis. 
crucifera. 
thersites. 
viridipal- 
lens. 
bonaberien- 
sis. 
mkattana. 
albos'par ga¬ 
in. 
apicata. 
circumdata. 
albicostaia. 
diluta. 
flava. 
pallida. 
184 DASYCHIRA. By Dr. M. Hering. 
Hindwing ash-grey with a whitish fringe, beneath purely white. Expanse: 44 mm. Ogove. It may he a 
Notodontida. 
B. viridis Holl. Antenna at the base with a white dot. Body olive-coloured, abdomen grey, beneath 
whitish. Fore wing basally near the hind-margin whitish, then olive-green, turning greyish-blue towards the 
centre of the wing. At the cross-vein a spot of erect dark scales, beyond it a narrow line of similar scales in a 
right angle to the hind-margin, then a curved olive-coloured band which is united with the dark line at the 
hind-margin. Beyond it an irregular olive-brown transverse line. Apex fawn-coloured; at the distal margin 
a row of olive-coloured internerval spots, fringe olive-coloured. Hindwing whitish, fringe brown. Expanse: 
32 mm. Ogove. 
D. crucifera Holl. Body brown, dorsal tufts on the abdomen darker. Forewing dark brown, some¬ 
what purple. Subbasal line dark brown, distally slightly bordered with yellowish. Submedian line bent and 
dentate; behind it an almost square dark brown spot at the costal margin, enclosing the cell-end. The narrow 
postmedian line below veins 2 and 3 with lighter spots. Submarginal line dark brown, distally to it a row of 
dark internerval spots and a dark marginal line. Fringe lilac-grey speckled with brown. The light areas before 
the apex between the spot at the cell-end and the submarginal line are so arranged that they show the contours 
of an Andreas-cross. Hindwing yellowish-brown. Expanse: 40 to 55 mm. Ogove. 
D. thersites Holl. Body blackish-brown; forewing dark brown, with blackish shadows at the base 
and beyond the cell-end. At the cell-end a dark brown spot. Submarginal and marginal lines irregular and 
dark. Fringe speckled light and dark grey. Hindwing grey. Expanse: 38 mm. Ogove. 
D. viridipallens nom. nov. (— pallida Holl. nec Btlr.). Body greenish-brown, beneath whitish. Forewing 
greenish-brown, very pale, with darker transverse lines and reniform spot at the cell-end. Behind it a double 
undulate median line, a dark submarginal line and a marginal line, expanded to a spot at the hind-margin. 
Fringe speckled light and brown. Hindwing pale yellowish-brown, fringe lighter. Expanse: 43 mm. Ogove. 
D. bonaberiensis Strd. (= hildvides Holl.) (25 a). Forewing greyish-brown, an antemedian transverse 
line below the costal margin, rectangularly broken and a post median one, distally bordered with white, almost 
parallel to the margin. Distally to it a row of brown internerval spots. Under surface of both wings straw- 
coloured, more or less powdered with brown. Hindwing above whitish, with a brownish hue towards the margin. 
Abdomen whitish, without hair-tufts. Expanse: 42 mm. Cameroon. It resembles considerably the Limacodid 
Ctenocompa liilda Drc. Cameroon, Congo, Transvaal. 
D. mkattana Strd. (25 a). Forewing light grey, with a strongly broken subbasal transverse line, a 
zigzag-shaped antemedian one and a strongly curved postmedian one, of a blackish colour, slightly bordered 
with dark red; an indistinct row of submarginal and marginal dots. Hindwing above grey, beneath white. 
German East Africa. 
D. albospargata Holl. Body red-brown. Forewing dark brown with a black ring at the cell-end. A 
broad chalky white stripe extends from the cell obliquely to the apex, indented by the black ring and a brown 
spot at the costal margin before the apex. Some indistinct pale transverse lines before the margin. Hindwing 
pale yellowish-brown. Expanse: 25 mm. Ogove. 
D. apicata Holl. Forewing dark brown, with a whitish crescentiform spot at the hind-margin near 
the base. Apex broadly whitish, this area interrupted by a dark brown cloud, a continuation of the submarginal 
line. On the margin a row of whitish dots. Fringe speckled light and dark brown. Cross-vein with a black small 
spot edged with light brown. Hindwing pale grey, at the margin lighter. Expanse: 22 mm. Ogove. 
D. circumdata Holl. Body brown. Forewing dark brown, clouded, and dotted with blackish. Distal 
margin and hind-margin broad reddish-brown like the upper surface of the thorax. Some whitish dots near 
the apex, an indistinct submarginal row of small brown dots; fringe speckled dark brown and reddish-brown. 
Hindwing pale brownish-yellow. Expanse: 26 mm. Ogove. 
D. albicostata Holl. (25 b). Forewing dark brown, extreme base whitish with several dark transverse 
lines. Anterior half of the wing chalky white, before the apex interrupted by a brown oblique streak, behind 
it some brown dots. Hinclwing yellowish-grey. Ogove, German East Africa. 
D. diluta Holl. Body ash-grey. Forewing chalky white, at the hind-margin clouded with pale brown, 
and on the hindmarginal half with 4 pale brown transverse lines, the distal ones of which extend farther in 
front than the proximal ones. Hindwing glaringly white. Expanse: 20 mm. Ogove. 
D. flava Holl. Body yellowish-grey, dorsal tufts on the abdomen dark brown. Forewing pale yellowish- 
brown, in the centre and at the distal margin clouded darker brown, in the centre with an incomplete transverse 
macular band. Hindwing pale greyish-yellow, at the anal angle with some dark brown "spots. A variable species. 
Expanse: 23 mm. Ogove. 
D. pallida Btlr. (25 b). Forewing greyish-white, costal margin somewhat greenish-grey, clouded 
darker. At the cell-end 1 or 2 blackish dots, from which an oblique line extends to the centre of the hind- 
