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base of abdomen green ; rest of abdomen ochreous ; basal segments with slight 

 reddisli tufts. 



Expanse of wiugs : 2:5 mm. 



Three d S from Weenen, Natal. 



84. Hemithea vermiculata sj). uciv. 



Forewings : jjale green, densely covered with minnte white wavy striae ; no 

 lines visible ; fringe broad, pale yellowish. 



lliiulwiiiys : the same, with an obscure darker cell-spot. 



Underside wliitish green. Face and jialpi dark brown ; tliorax and alidomen 

 pale green. 



Expanse of wings : 19 mm. 



One 6 from Warri, River Niger, June 1896 (Dr. Roth). 



Antennae with well-developed fascicles of cilia. 



Hypocoela gen. nov. 



Forewings : with costa strongly arched, tlie apex not produced ; hiudmargin 

 oblique, with a shallow excision between veins 6 and 4 ; anal angle well marked. 



Ilindwings : with inner margin lengthened, apex rounded, hindmargia evenly 

 vnirved. 



Palpi short, porrect ; antennae of S bipectiuate to two-thirds. 



Neuration : forewings, discocellnlar acutely inaugulated ; veins 7, 8, 9, 10 

 stalked, 1 1 anastomosing with costal. 



Type : Hypocoela subfulm sp. nov. 



A development of Tannorhiniis Butler. 



85. Hypocoela subfulva sp. nov. 



Forewings : dnll olive-green, faintly speckled with darker ; a straight oblique 

 brown line from costa at three-fourths, below which it is slightly bent, to inner 

 margin beyond middle, followed by a paler streak; marginal area with an olive- 

 brown shade, broad on inner margin, narrowing to a point at vein 6 ; marginal line 

 dark green, black along the excision and at the submedian fold, and there preceded 

 by some whitish scales ; fringe rufons olive, with two white patches in the excision ; 

 a small black cell-dot. 



Ilindwtjujs : the same, but the snbmarginal fascia of uniform width throughout 

 and much speckled with darker ; fringe rufous. 



Underside of forewings yellow-green, becoming fulvous towards inner margin, 

 with two Idack spots in cell and a black snbmarginal and marginal blotch towards 

 inner margin ; liindwings deep orange-fulvous, with a few black specks. 



Expanse of wings : 32 mm. 



One c? from Warri, River Niger, June 189G (Dr. Roth). 



86. Metallochlora differens sp. nov. 



Foreicings : pale apple-green ; tlie costa yellowish, with fine purplish striae ; 

 a minute red cell-dot ; faint traces of two darker green paler-edged wavy transverse 

 lines, first from costa at one-fourth, second at three-fourths, to one-third and two- 

 thirds of inner margin respectively ; fringe yellow. 



