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12. Zaniarada exquisita spec. nov. 



Forewiiig : pearly white, seiiiitrivijfipiii\'iit ; tlie base and costa narrowly, a large 

 roundish cell-si)ot, and the marginal two-fifths black-brown ; the marginal area is 

 limited by a black line, lunnlate between the veins and slightly outciirved, but not 

 forming a sinus. This line is edged outwardly by a similar line of dnll metallic 

 scales, followed by a baud of olive-brown before the blacker central area, which 

 again towards outer margin becomes slightly paler ; marginal lino black ; fringe 

 blackish. 



Uin<1wiii(j : with the marginal dark area narrower, especially towards anal 

 angle, the limiting line forming a shallow sinus between veins 2 and 4 ; inner 

 margin narrowly black. 



Underside with the dark markings velvety brown-black. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen black; abdomen beneath pale. 



Expanse of wings : 3U mm. 



1 ¥ from Moyamba, Sierra Leone, May I'Myi ((Jator). 



13. Zamarada flavicosta ab. regularis nov. 



Diifers from the typical form of //nr /casta Warr. in having the rufous border of 

 both wings narrower, and its inner edge on fnrewing waved but straight, without 

 any sinus between veins 2 and 4, only faintly bent outwards below vein 2 ; on the 

 hindwing this edge is uniformly curved throughout; the hyaline portion of the 

 wings is yellowish rather than green. 



1 ? from Wassaw district, forty-five miles inland from Hekoudi, Gold Coast. 

 1 have seen 2 6 S from Sierra Leone agreeing with this ?. 



Subfamily ABRAXINAE. 

 14. Nothabraxas conspersa sjiec. nov. 



Foreu'iiKj : white, semitranspareut, dotted and in j>arts suffused with fuscous 

 grey; some larger black spots at base; first line from one-fourth of costa to 

 one-third of inner margin, starting from a large brown spot, bent outwards on 

 median vein and ending in a black spot ; a black costal blotch before middle ; 

 outer line sinuous, from three-fourths of costa to two-thirds of inner margin, 

 followed by black dashes on veins and a fuscous grey fascia formed of coalesceut 

 spots ; a dark marginal blotch from below apex to vein 4 ; a paler oblique streak 

 from apex ; whole marginal area with coarse grey and black speckling ; fringe 

 whitish grey ; lower half of discocellnlar black. 



llbulwiiKj : whitish, spotted with blackish towards outer margin, forming a 

 blotch at apex and a submarginal spot beyond cell ; cell-spot blackish. 



Underside similar. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen white spotted with grey ; antennae dark grey. 



Exjianse of wings : 44 mm. 



1 i from Taveta, German East Africa. 



SriiFAMii.Y BHACCINAE. 



!•"). Ereunetea curvifera spec. nov. 



Differs from I'., fiihjula Warr. in having the line marking tiie division 



between the orange-red basal and the brown apical area of forewing a uniform 



curve instead of being liexuous, starting from before the middle of costa and 



