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4. Eupterote styx spec. nov. 



S. Head, thorax, and primary dark umber-brown, the hitter with a very 

 obscure trace of three or t'onr darker bauds acniss the centre of the wins ; a 

 snbterminal slightly curved, dull ochreons line darkly edged; from here a broad 

 dark grey area with a scalloped external margin ; termen dull ochreons brown. 

 Secondary paler brown, with three or four obscure darker lines across the median 

 area : a pale postmedian line darkly edged, followed by a broad dark grey band 

 with a scalloped external margin ; termen dull ochreous brown. 



Expanse, 94 mm. 



IIa6. Mafalu, 6000 ft., August; Biagi. 



Type in my collection. 



Paracydas gen. nov. 



Palpi minute; antennae bipectinate ; wings, primary broad, rapidly ex- 

 panding ; costa slightly excavated ; apex rounded, depressed ; termen very slightly 

 aud evenly arched. Secondary rather small, with termen strongly rounded. 

 Neuration : cell extremely small in both wings, not more than a fifth, with 

 veiulets dividing it. Primary vein 4 from the lower angle, 5 from the upper 

 angle, 6, 7, 8, 9 stalked, the latter ris,ing suddenly to 11, aud lying beneath 

 it, 11 rising abruptly to 13, and lying below, touching it for all its length. 

 Secondary with 3 and 4 from the lower angle, o, 6, and 7 stalked. 



Type : Paracydas biagi B-B. 



5. Paracydas biagi spec. nov. 



(?. Head and thorax deep reddish velvety chocolate-brown: abdomen orange- 

 red ; ventral surface brown. Primary deep reddish brown, with the terminal area 

 broadly lilac-grey, preceded by a narrow grey line (in some specimens a small 

 white spot is at the end of the cell). Secondary somewhat less dark and less 

 red than the primary. In fresh specimens the texture is very silky. 



Expanse, 54 mm. 



Hab. Biagi, Mambare River (A. S. Meek). 



Type in my collection. 



6. Damata varians spec. nov. 



S. Head and thorax dark brownish grey, with a slate-grey patch on the 

 collar and jiale ochreous grey patagia. Primary pale ochreous grey, with a large 

 dark slate-grey patch from the end of the cell to the termen along vein 3, 

 leaving a lougish broad ochreous costal dash from the apex ; an oblique darkish 

 brown band from the base of vein 3 basewards ; two obliijuely placed dark 

 velvety spots below vein 2, a mauve-grey stripe in the lower jiart of the cell ; 

 median and postmedian area brownish. Secondary creamy white, with a dark 

 Iniiule at the anal angle. The primary has a mottled aud much variegated 

 appearance. 



Expanse, ftO mm. 



Hab. Kebea Range, July, 0000 ft. 



Type in my collection. 



