NOVITATES ZOOLOGICAE XXII. 1915. 277 



9. Casphalia elegans spec. nov. 



(J ? . Nigra ; prothorace ferrngiueo ; mesothorace macula magna ntrimqne ante 

 alam sita snlphnrea notato ; abdomiae et pectore anrantiacis ; alis antiois piincto 

 minnto basali et fascia macnlari subapicali pallida snlpbureis ; posticis aurantiaco- 

 sulfnreis («?) vel anrantiacis (?), nigro-limbatis, pnneto medio nigro. 



Al. ant. long. S 13 mm., lat. 5 mm. 

 ? 18 „ „ 7"5 „ 



Ihb. Gambaga, Gold Coast Hinterland (Dr. Bury), 1 S and 1 ?. 



Head, palpi, antennae, iipperside of thorax, tibiae, tarsi, and upperside of 

 femora, in S also base of abdomen black, a few yellow hair-scales on frons and at 

 base of antennae, and pale orange scaling on upperside of palpi ; collar ferruginous 

 orange ; abdomen and breast orange, a large spot on each pataginm in front of wing 

 sulphur-yellow. Hair-scales on sole of hiudtarsus partly clayish buff. In ? tip of 

 abdomen black. 



Wings, upperm/e : forewiug in shape similar to that of C.Jiancollis Walk. 

 (1856), dull brownish black, a small spot at extreme base, a macular subapical band 

 sulphur-yellow, the band close to cell from radial 1 to below median 1, consisting of 

 five spots, the upper two spots a little more proximal than the others and 2 to 



3 mm. long, the next two somewhat smaller, the fifth small, in ¥ vestigial. 



Hindwing in cJ pale yellow shaded with orange, in ? orange ; anal angle distinct, 

 in c? projecting ; a narrow black marginal band, in S extending along abdominal 

 margin to base ; width of distal border at apex 1 mm. in <S and nearly 2 mm. in ? , 

 below centre ^ mm. in S and very little more in ? ; abdominal border of c? a little 

 over 1 mm., absent in ? ; a discocellnlar spot also black, joined to the diffuse black 

 costal border in c?, isolated in ¥, the costa not being black in ?. 



Underside similar to upper, sulphur-yellow basal spot of forewing absent, 

 subapical band slightly wider, the last sjiot of it larger and better defined ; black 

 costal border of hindwing of S somewhat broader. 



Neuration essentially as in C. extranea Walk. (1869). 



Genitalia of <S: Tenth tergite and sternite longer and slenderer than in 

 C. extranea, the apex of the tergite less abruptly bent downwards. Claspers much 

 shorter, not produced into a long apical process, as is the case in extranea Walk. 

 (1869), nigridorsa Auriv. (190.5), and mgerrima Holl. (1893). 



Zarachella gen. nov. 



?. Prope Casphaliam Walk. (1866). Alarum anticarum costae subcostales 

 1° et 2^" liberae, S'", 4", .5" petiolatae, radialis P ab cellulae angnlo snperiore foi-titer 

 producto emissa, medianae Pet 2" petiolatae; alae posticae rotundati-ovatae, cellula 

 inter costas radiales P'" et 2""" operta, radiali P cum subcostali longissime petiolata. 



Genotypns : X. specidaris spec. nov. 



The genus is a most interesting one as regards its neuration. On forewing 

 subcostal 1 very little more distal than stalk of medians ; upper angle of cell much 

 produced ; subcostal 2 from near upper angle, 3, 4, and .5 stalked, 4 halfway between 

 5 and apex of 3 ; radial 1 from very close to stalk of subcostals ; cross-vein D'- 

 angulate, upper arm of angle long, lower short ; radials 2 and 3 close together, 

 3 from above cell-iingle ; medians on a short stalk, which is longer in the left wing 

 than in the right one. Hindwing with the costal and distal margins completely 



