TINEIBiE, —AEGERIADiE, 
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Harycia malacodepta, n. sp. 
■ cJ. 17 mm. Head light ochreous. Palpi grey. Anfenme 
fasciculate-ciliated (2). Thorax grey, anteriorly suffused dark 
fuscous. Forewings moderate, slightly dilated, costa gently arched, 
apex rounded-obtuse, termen rather obliquely rounded; veins all 
separate ; brownish-grey, strewn small indistinct darker strigulse ; 
an obscure transverse spot of darker suffusion on end of cell: cilia 
pale greyish. Hindwings grey; cilia pale greyish. 
Uganda, Sanga, October ( G . L. 11. Hancock) ; 1 ex. (Brit. Mus.). 
Harycia ophiocephala, n. sp. 
£. 43 mm. Head, thorax whitish-grey, crown grey, three 
spots of dark grey suffusion on thorax anteriorly. Palpi very short, 
very slender. Abdomen grey, with woolly anal tuft and long 
exposed curved ovipositor (6 mm.). Forewings moderately broad, 
costa moderately arched, termen obliquely rounded; 7 absent, 
8 to apex, 9 and 10 approximated from angle ; whitish-grey, with 
fine thinly strewn black transverse striguise ; a suffused blackish 
oval spot in disc at g : cilia pale greyish. Hindwings and cilia 
light grey ; frenulum of three stout spreading spines. 
Sierra Leone, Njala, August ( E. Hargreaves) ; 1 ex. (Brit. Mus.) 
This species, exceptionally large for the genus, obviously mimics in 
foym and markings of wing a snake’s head. The known larvoe of 
JSargcia are case-dwellers ; the unusually long ovipositor suggests 
that in this instance the larval habit may be subterranean. 
AEGERIADiE. 
ERISHATICA, n. g. 
Head with appressed scales ; ocelli large, far posterior; tongue 
developed. Antennae f, gradually dilated to near apex, thence 
tapering to apex, terminated by two or three minute hairs. Labial 
palpi moderate, curved, ascending, second joint loosely rough-scaled, 
terminal joint short, loosely scaled, pointed. Maxillary palpi absent. 
Hind tibiae with appressed scales. Forewings 2 from angle, 3 rather 
near, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to apex, 9-11 equidistant. Hindwings 1|, 
ovate ; 2 from 4, nearly approximated to 3 throughout, 3 and 4 
connate from angle, 6 and 7 rather approximated towards base. 
Erismatica erythropis, n. sp. 
21 mm. Head red on crown, face grey. Palpi dark grey some¬ 
what mixed red. Antennae dark grey. Thorax grey, three fine 
partially marked red lines, collar blue-grey, red spots on shoulders. 
Abdomen dark leaden-grey, a few red scales on segmental margins, 
ventral surface with red bands on last five segments, anal tuft dark 
grey, beneath crimson except on sides. Legs dark leaden-grey, 
middle and hind tibiae with red bands. Forewings dark grey, 
