( -iv ) 



Type: Ardiojiidn amhiist,> (Alaliill.'). IhilLSac. h'ul. li'l'j. XXV. p. .i'jdSHl') 

 Madagascar). 



Most nearly relal<'d to those species of Aegocern \/Mr. wliii-li liavi\ in tiip ni(ili\ 

 the front of tlie head narrowed heliind, Imt differs from tlieni in tlic lerminal joint of 

 the palpi lieing in either sex of eijual Irnglli and as long as the first joint of the 

 anterior tarsi. The long terminal joint lA' I hi- |ial|ii of ^1. (imhushi nd>lcd .Mahille 

 to descrihe the insect as a sjiecies of Hyi'sa llh. ! I Tlie hinder tarsi and long s]mrs 

 of the posterior tibiae being clothed with long hairs seems to be a character pecniiar 

 to this genns and the American genus Eiixchin-opicnts (irote. In Aci/ocera irvmeni 

 Feld. and tli/rin(t (Drnee) the liasal joint of the hindtarsi bears in the moles some 

 long hairs on the n]iperside ; in tlie niiilc oi the only species of the new genus all 

 the joints are hairy, Imt less di-nsely ^o than the hindtihiae. K. .1. 



Paida .bud. gen. no\-. 



S ?. Forehead jiroduced into a tripartite horn, of which the middle part is much 

 longer than the two lateral parts, a little turned upwards and sharjily pointed. 

 Antennae thinner tlian in Pais lliibn. I'alpi slender, hrst and second joints 

 moderately hairy, third joint not hairy (a.s it is in iVu'sj, long, four times as long as 

 broad. Middle and liinder tibiae clothed with long hairs at the njiper- and underside. 



Nenration : vein 9 of forewings originating between areole and middle of vein 8; 

 veins ."5, 4, 5 as in Aei/ocfra. Latr. ; second [lartition of median nervure longer than 

 the respective portion of the outer margin. Hindwings with veins '.'> and 4 together 

 from lower angle of cell ; second jiartition of median vein longer than the lower disco- 

 cellular veinlet. 



Type : Piiuhi pulchra, Trimen, Tr. Enl. Soc. Loud. (3). I. p. .524 (IHti;!) (Damara- 

 land). We have 2 S from "South Africa'' and a ? from ^^'eenen, Natal (caught in 

 January 1895) of this handsome insect. 



Paida differs from Pais Hiibn. in the structure of the head and the long and 

 naked terminal joint of the pal]ii. From Aerjoccra Latr. and allies the new genus 

 can easily be distinguished by the horn of the head. K. .1. 



24. Godasa rufodiscalis Kothsch. sp. nov. 



jMalp;. — Upperside : forewings chocolate-brown, passing into reddish chocolate 

 towards the margin, covered with a number of small blue jiatches, especially one at 

 the base behind the costa, one beyond the middle of cell, another on the di.-^co- 

 cellular veinlets, and three before the submedian vein. There are eight small while 

 spots close to the outer margin, the last being the largest. Hindwings black, with a 

 large discal patch, broadest at the abdominal margin, of a bright rufous colour. It 

 extends anteriorly to the sulimedian vein. The outer black area of hindwings has 

 a width of 2 millimetres at anal angle and 'i millimetres at the submedian vein ; 

 the inner edge of rufous patch is indented with black upon the discocellulars. 



Utidcrside black-brown. Forewings without any markings, and hindwings 

 showing rufous ])atch very distinctly as above. 



Head, palpi, thorax, legs, first, second, and last segments of abdomen, a series of 

 dorsal and abdominal spots black ; tip of first and second joints of jialpi, three spots 

 on the anterior tibiae, and tips of all tarsal joints white. Rest of abdomen yellow. 



Kxpanse : forewing AM 20 mm.; lOl II mm.; I'M II mm. 

 hindwin" „ 14 „ ; ,, II ,, ; ,. It) „ 



