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Show 1887.] LEPIDOPTERA F R O M TROPICAL AFRICA. 675 crescent-shaped black lines, those nearest the base and the outer margin being the most distinct ; the fringe black and white. Secondaries white, broadly marked with blackish grey from the base to the anal angle. The underside of all the wings pure white. Head, thorax, and the underside of the abdomen white shaded with grey, the upperside of the latter greyish black, with a row of black tufts from the base to the anus. The female is the same as the male, excepting that it is much larger, and all the markings on the primaries much more indistinct; the secondaries are also much more dusky. Expanse, 3 If inch, $ 2$ inches. Hab. East Africa : Delagoa Bay (Mrs. Monteiro). This species is allied to Dasychira mascarena, Butl., from Madagascar, but resembles Dicranura vinula, Linn. DASYCHIRA? REMOTA, n. sp. Male. Primaries silvery grey, crossed by two wide brown bands (which are thickly irrorated with silvery scales), the first close to the base, the second beyond nearest the apex, almost joining the first on the inner margin ; a black spot at the base, and a marginal row of small black dots from the apex to the anal angle ; secondaries silvery white, with an indistinct brownish-black band crossing the wing from the inner margin close to the anal angle (where it is the widest) to the apex, which it does not quite reach, a small spot at the end of the cell, and a marginal row of spots all black. Underside silvery grey, primaries clouded with brownish black beyond the middle; the marginal row of black spots on both wings the same as above. Head, the upper and underside of the thorax, and abdomen pule greyish brown ; the upperside of the abdomen bright orange, with a row of small black spots on each side. Antennae and palpi pale fawn-colour, legs greyish. The female the same as the male but larger, and the dark markings not so distinct. Expanse, 3 1| inch, $ If inch. Hab. West Africa: Gambia (Capt. A. Moloney). This species varies slightly, some specimens being much paler in colour than others, with the markings very indistinct. LASIOCAMPID-E. HIBBILDES, n. gen. Male. Body slender. Abdomen about half the length of the hind wings. Palpi very minute, clothed with hairs. Antennae rather long, deeply pectinated ; legs very short, not clothed with hairs, as in the genus Sarmalia. Wiugs broad and rounded at the apex, the inner margin fringed, subcostal nervure with two branches. The cell is rather long and broad ; secondaries narrow, long and rounded at the anal angle. HlBRILDES NORAX, n. Sp. Male. Semihyaline ; primaries and secondaries uniformly covered |
