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SATURNIIDAE. 

 S. Ceranchia ansorgei sp. nov. (I'l. VII. tig. o). 



J. Uppersicle : forewiug hair-lmiwn, with a slight tint of ocrn-drab in costal 

 region; jnst before middle of wing there is an almost straight transverse white 

 band, expanded between costal and inner margin, faintly curved behind, and slightly 

 edged witli yellow basally; width of band 2i mm.; a second band rnns, in a slight 

 curve, from the costal margin, where it begins .5 mm. short of the apex, to the end 

 of vein 2, grailnally tapering off behind; the anterior portion of the band is bordered 

 ontwarcUy by a brick-red line; upon the discocellulars there is a small eye-spot, 

 2 mm. in diameter, consisting of a yellow, a black, and a white ring snrrouading a 

 black centre. 



Hindwing white from base to apex of cell, gradually Ijeconiing dark greyish 

 drab: a submarginal white band similar to that of the forewing, edged outwardly 

 with pale yellow; a small black spot at end of cell. 



Underside: forewing dark greyish drab, white towards base; median band not dis- 

 tinctly marked; outer band as aliove; outer two rings of eye-spot absent. Hindwing 

 as above, but costal region dark greyisli drab to near base, the white colour thus 

 being restricted to a large patch extending from base to apex of cell, bordered 

 anteriorly by the subcostal nervnre; stigma bordered with white; submarginal band 

 as above. 



Head, underside of abdomen and legs drab-colour; legs faintly yellowish; 

 pronotum, sides of sterna and abdomen white; meso- and metanotum and upperside 

 of abdomen greyish drab. 



Length: forewing 40 mm., hindwing 29 mm. 



Ilf(b. Kiboko Kiver, Uganda Protectorate, November 5th, 1896 (Dr. I. W. 

 Ansorge); IS. 



Differs from C. mollis Butl., its nearest ally, especially iu the presence of the 

 submarginal white band on both wings. 



CHALCOSIIDAE. 

 6. Chalcosia (?) albomedia sp. nov. (PI. VII. fig. 6). 



? . Upperside : forewing black, with a slight metallic green gloss at the base; 

 a longitudinal band running from the base to beyond the ajiex of the cell, where it 

 is widest, white; the band is constricted at its basal third. Hindwing white; outer 

 margin bordereil with black; at the inner edge of this border there are bluish green 

 scales, especially between veins 3 and 6 and at the anal angle: abdominal margin of 

 wing with black and metallic bluish green scales; base with black hairs. 



Underside: forewing metallic blue-green e.xcept outer fourth: white median 

 band reduced in length, basal third wanting, rest of baud separated into two patches 

 by means of a transverse bar in the middle of the cell. Hindwing bluish green 

 at the base, abdominal margin, and edge of the white area; black outer border 

 narrower behind than it is above. 



Head and end of abdomen ochraceous; ])rothorax, front part of mesothorax, and 

 a dot near hind edge of mesothorax white; rest of body bluish green. 

 Forewing: length 31 mm., breadth lo mm. 

 Hiudwins: „ 24 „ „ 16 „ 



