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72. Episothalma marginata sp. nov. 



Foreioings: deep green; tlie costa rufous, thickly dotted with fuscous and much 

 darker ou basal half; marginal third rufous grc}-, with dark fuscous strigae, edged 

 iuterually by a wavy dark brown line, which forms a sinus in the middle and a 

 curve on the inner margin ; fringe fuscous, with a darker basal line. 



Ifindicings: similar, liut the costal area bmadly greyish fuscous; the inner 

 margin narrowly rufous brown. 



Underside pale dull green, with the marginal area reduced, dull browu. Face, 

 palpi, and collar black-brown ; fillet rnfous ; thorax and base of abdomen green ; 

 rest of abdomen and tufts rufous brown. 



Expanse of wings : 25 mm. 



One 6 from Sierra Leone. 



73. Episothalma semigrisea sp. nov. 



Foreivinqs : deep green in basal half; marginal half and costa greyish drab, 

 thickly strewn with dark liver-coloured striae ; the two colours separated by a 

 sinuous brown line from tlie lower edge of the costal streak ; a dark l)rown marginal 

 line ; fringe concolorous. 



Hind wings: with the costal half and the outer half gre}', with brown striae; 

 the inner margin narrowly grey, lea^^ng only a restricted green space near inner 

 margin. 



Underside dull liver-coloured, with traces of a straight pale submarginal baud, 

 complete on hindwings, but indistinct on forewings, except on inner margin ; costa 

 of forewings ochreous ; inner margin whitish ; a small pale patch below apex, and a 

 larger one before the angle at middle. Face and vertex dark liver-colour ; thorax 

 pale drab ; abdomen greyish cinereous. 



Expanse of wings : 32 mm. 



One S from Upoto, Congo (Kev. Oram). 



Closely related to E. marginata from Sierra Leone, but larger, with the green 

 area much smaller. 



74. Euchloris oleagina sp. nov. 



Foreicinqx : whitish, tinged with yellow : the costa broadly yellowish; fringe 

 concolorous. 



Ilindwings : the same, as is the underside. 



Face deep red ; palpi and forelegs reddisli ; thorax and abdomen greased, 

 jirobably concolorous with wings. 



Expanse of wings : 20 mm. 



Two 6 6 from Weeuen, Natal, dated October 1893 and January 1895. 



The antennae are thickened, with strong produced serrations, which are laterally 

 pubescent ; the frenulum is absent ; the wings, like the bodies, are saturated with 

 grease, and were j)robably once greenish. 



75. Eucrostes rubridisca sp. nov. 



Forewings : bright green ; the costa broadly whitish ; cell-spot orange-red ; 

 marginal line of the same colour, with traces of marginal spots. 



Ilindwings : the same. The fringes of both wings are entirely gone. 



