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Expanse of wings : cJ, 18 — 22 mm.; ?,24mm. 



Several examples from S. Africa. 



1 should have referred this species to invenusUt, Wlugru., but in a remark on 

 the nenration of his insect he speaks of an areole, which the present species certainly 

 has not. 



08. Thalassodes nigripvmctata >-i). no v. 



Vore.wings : deep green, thicker scaled tlian usnal in this genus, with numerous 

 wavy silvery strigulae ; no transverse lines, but a distinct lilack cell-spot ; costa 

 finely ochreous white ; fringe green, with no basal line. 



[finrhrini/s : the same. 



Underside uniform i)alc green ; the costa of forewiiigs ochreous. Fiice and 

 terminal joint of jmlpi deep brown-red ; vertex and tliorax green; abdomen cinereons- 

 ochreons, bnt probably faded. 



Expanse of wings : 28 mm. 



One S from the Cameroons, West Africa. 



Victoria gen. nov. 



? . Foreirings : elongate ; costa slightly indented in middle, strongly arched 

 before apex ; ajjex minutely produced : liindmargin crenulate, sinuous, elbowed at 

 vein 4. 



Ilinihrinys : with crenulate hindmargin, toothed at veins and 4. 



Antennae of ? bipectinate, with a tuft of scales at base ; the short palpi 

 and face hairy ; tongue absent ; pectus hairy ; metathorax and basal segments of 

 abdomen crested ; legs wanting. 



Ne.ui-atio)i : forewings, cell one-half the wing ; first median at two-thirds, 

 second and third from angle of cell ; last four subcostals stalked, first free. Hind- 

 wings with the two subcostals stalked ; medians as in forewings. 



Type : Victoria albipicta sp. nov. 



09. Victoria albipicta sp. nov. 



Farewings : green ; the costa fuscous, speckled witli I'nl'ous ; first line at one- 

 fourth, white, vertical, broadening to inner margin ; second at three-fourths, whitit 

 and slender, slightly waved, vertical, ending in a triangular white patch before anal 

 angle, with fuscons striae on it, and followed, between veins o and 6, by a small 

 square white blotch ; a white blotch at apex ; a thick black crenulate marginal line, 

 partially edged with white ; fringe rufous fuscous ; cell-sjJot large, ocenjiying the 

 whole length of the discoccllular, and marked with reddish scales. 



llindwings : whitish at base and along costal third, then pale green, with 

 whitish striae : a small black cell-dot ; fuscous dots on the four upper veins and on 

 inner margin, indicating a postmedian line; marginal line and fringe as in 

 forewings. 



Underside whitish, green-tinged ; costa and fringes rufous ; the white markings 

 of upperside showing through. Face, palpi, vertex, and collar ferrugiilous ; thonix 

 and patagia green ; abdomen reddish (probably green when fresh). 



Expanse of wings : 45 mm. 



One ? from Grahamstown, S. Africa. 



