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Hindwinqs : with an irrefjular red discal blotch frnra near base to ii(':ir niiildle 

 of hindmarjfin, touching costa beyond midillc ; fringes of Ijoth wings black. 

 Underside dnUcr. Head, thorax, and abdomen black. 

 E.\]ianse of wings : 4() mm. 

 One S on the road between Stanley Pool and Lnkolele, 1S'.)4 (Harrison). 



134. Turckheimeria argentiplaga sp. nov. 



Forewinqs : velvety black, with an oval obliiine whiti' blotch towards ajiex 

 extending from vein 7 to vein 3, crossed by veins 4 and (1 as black lines, vein T) 

 remaining white : fringe black. 



Hiiulwiiiqa : ]inrple-black, the pnride tinge in certain liglits very brilliant, much 

 more so than in the forewiugs. 



Underside of forewings more brownish, towards base and inner margin smoky 

 white ; hindwings occnpied by a large oval bluish white patch, the inner and hind- 

 margins and apex broadly Idack, the costa narrowly black ; extreme base orange, 

 edged by a black line. Paljji, npper half of face, vertex, antennae, thorax, and 

 abdomen black ; lower half of face white ; collar scarlet ; pectus orange. 



Expanse of wings : 48 mm. 



Two Si taken on the road from Stanley Pool to Lukolele, 1804 (Harrison). 



135. Turckheimeria rubriplaga sji. nov. 



Forewings : velvety black, with an irregularly shaped white blotcli beyond cell, 

 extending from subcostal vein to near liindmargin, constricted in the middle opposite 

 the cell, and prolonged hindward. 



Hindwings : black ; fringes of botb wings black. 



Underside of forewings as above, but paler and tinged with reddish along the 

 veins towards base ; hindwings deep red, with a narrow crennlated black border 

 from costa before apex, thinning off along liindmargin to a point at anal angle. 

 Pectus, underside of abdomen, and collar red ; lower half of face white ; all else 

 black. 



Expanse of wings : 4.j mm. 



One S from Sierra Leoue. 



13(i. Xanthomima cyanoxautha pallida snbsp. nov. 



Meyrick's type of cijanoxantha, a ?,was from Port Moresby, New Guinea. 

 A pair from Stephansort, German New Guinea, dill'er from the type in that the 

 slate-coloured central area of the dark marginal fascia has become much paler. In 

 the ? the difference is less conspicuous, as only the area opposite the cell of fore- 

 wings is whitish, with dark striae. On the other hand, in the S there is a whitish 

 fascia from anal angle upwards, widening out beyond the cell into a whitish blotch, 

 with an acute jirojection inwards along vein fi, while in the hindwings the centre of 

 the black fascia is occupied by a scries of yellow lunular blotches, which towards 

 the apex are coalesccnt. The fringe of both wings is wholly black, without any 

 trace of white dots at the ends of the veins, as described by Mr. Mevrick. 



