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Show 1895.] FBOM BBITISH C E N T E A L AFBICA. 267 Deiopeia leonina, Walker, 1. c. vol. xxxi. p. 262 (1864). Deiopeia albocincta, Eambur, Cat. Lep. Andal. ii. p. 228, note (1866). Deiopeia serrata, Mabille, L e Nat. i. (3) p. 5 (1879). Africa generally and Madagascar. In Madagascar and the Mascarene Islands the allied Indian species A. cribraria also occurs; the latter varies considerably and has received many names. Lomaspilis pantheraria, Felder, referred to Argina by Mr. Kirby, is most probably a Geometrid Moth. PSEUDOSPIEIS, gen. nov. General aspect of Spiris, but the male with simple antennae, and the radial vein of the secondaries emitted from the middle of the discocellulars; subcostal vein of primaries 5-branched, the first branch emitted long before the end of the cell, the second at the end, the third, fourth, and fifth emitted from a long footstalk from end of cell, the upper radial is also emitted from the inferior margin of the same footstalk; in the secondaries the subcostal branches are emitted from a short footstalk ; the frenum is very long in both sexes; the palpi are short, the antennae thick and not unlike those of the Agaristidee; a prominent black corneous frontal process. Type, P. paidiformis. 68. PSEUDOSPIEIS PAIDIFOEMIS, sp. n. (Plate XV. figs. 8, 9.) o". Curiously like Pais gordoni both in pattern and colouring: primaries above pale buff, a black costal line running from the base to the basal fourth, from which point it thickens and leaves a narrow edging of the ground-colour to apex; a <-shaped subbasal line, the lower furca of which runs along the submedian vein, a dot near base of discoidal cell, a bisinuated undulated line across basal fourth to submedian vein, two annular markings forming an oblique %-sbaped character, an annular sigmoidal marking over end of cell, au oblique line, slightly zigzagged above the middle, at external third, a series of longitudinal iuternervular streaks to the outer margin, and the margin itself black; an irregular interrupted ferruginous-red band across the basal area between the two black lines ; the inner border, excepting at base, and a band, of the same form as aud immediately beyond the zigzagged discal black line, also ferruginous red, but the band edged on both sides with metallic silver scales: secondaries ferruginous red, with the apex, outer margin, and fringe blackish : thorax black, varied with whitish ; abdomen ochreous, banded with blackish. Under surface of wings pale tawny ferruginous, with the costal borders yellower; a tapering external yellowish border intersected by black stripes from costa, in tbe primaries extending to external angle and bounded on the costa by a blackish spot, but in the secondaries terminating at the extremity of the first median branch, bounded internally by a dusky streak, which becomes paler towards its inferior extremity; a blackish bar on the discocellulars : pectus blackish, clothed with ochreous hair; sides of frontal process and palpi white ; tibiae striped longitudinally and tarsi barred with |