NOVITATES ZOOLOGICAE XXII. 1916. 317 



Gelasmodes gen. nov. 



Face smooth. Palpus rather loug and slender, with appressed scales ; third 

 joint in c? moderate, in ? rather loug. Tongue developed. AnteUna in both sexes 

 bipectinate nearly to apex with long branches. Femora glabrous. Hindtibia in 

 S not dilated, in both sexes with all spnrs. Abdomen scarcely crested. Frenulum 

 in <S developed, from before a moderate basal expansion ; in ? wanting. Forewing 

 with costa gently arched, apex moderate, termen slightly carved, obli(iae, tornus 

 moderate ; cell less than one-half, DC curved, becoming rather strongly oblique ; 

 SC shortly stalked, arising just before R', anastomosing at a point or moderately 

 with C, SC- before HC'% R- from well before middle of DC, M' connate or separate. 

 Hindwing sliaped about as in Thalasaodes, the angle at R^ well developed; cell 

 rather short, DU rather strongly oblique ; C approximated to SC rather shortly 

 near base (sometimes with anastomosis at a point), then rapidly diverging ; SC* 

 stalked, R- normal, M' connate or closely approximated. 



Type of the genns : Gelasmodes fasciata (Warr.) = Leacogbjpliica fasciata 

 Warr. 



1 have now seen, in addition to Warren's type, both sexes from Abanga River 

 (Gaboon), Bitye, Ja River (Cameroons) and Aburi (Gold Coast). Distinct from 

 Thalassodex in the strongly pectinate ? antenna, subcostal venation of forewing 

 and non-stalking of M' of hindwing. 



15. Chlorodrepana allevata sp. nov. 



S, 32 mm. Face deep red. Vertex and antenna pale, mixed with reddish. 

 Thorax and abdomen whitish ochreous, the hitter with a tinge of red dorsally, the 

 crests small, white. 



Forewiny rather deep, bright opaque green, costal and distal margins narrowly 

 whitish ochreons, the former with the extreme edge red, a reddish admixture from 

 base to beyond one-half and a few fascous dots, the latter with a fine red terminal 



line; fringe whitish ochreons, with a purple-red dividing-line. Hindiviiig vf\t\\ 



ground-colour, termen and fringe as on forewing, the costal margin broadly whitish 

 ochreons, to the same extent as the salmon-colour of C. cri/piochroma Front {Nov. 

 Zool. XX. 417). 



Underside very much paler, the hindwing uniform, the forewing with costal 

 border ochreons, in proximal part mixed with red ; both wings with fringe nearly 

 as above. 



Entebbe, Uganda, November 1902. Type in coll. Rothschild. 



A very distinct species, the distal borders more than twice as narrow as in 

 angustimargo, costal area of hindwing whiter, underside quite different. Forewing 

 with SC anastomosing rather strongly with C, R' separate ; both wings with DC 

 curved, becoming extremely oblique, R^ arising quite near R', M' well separate. A 

 manifest link between Chlorodrepana and Ompkax. 



1 6. Metallochlora melanopis sp. nov. 



c??, 36-37 mm. Face black, with a few red scales. Palpus blackish above, 

 reddish on side, pale beneath. Antennal ciliation, even in the c?, minute. Vertex 

 and upperside of thorax and abdomen green ; abdominal crests rather glossy, mixed 

 brown and black. Legs tinged in places with rufous. 



Wings shaped almost as in Antharmostes interalbicans Warr. (tail of hindwing 



