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preceded and followed by irregular rufons shadinw, with a pale spot of the groand- 

 colonr in middle tonching hiudmargiii : olive-browa luargiual spots between the 

 veins ; fringe pale greenish. 



Hindivings : similar ; the cell-spot smaller. 



Underside pale ochreous, without speckling : costa with iine black striae and 

 three dark spots ; cell-spot black, larger on forcwings ; a broad smoky black snb- 

 marginal fascia diffnsed to hiMdmargin of forcwings beyond cell. Head, thorax, and 

 abdomen oclireons green mottled with brown. 



E.xpanse of wings : 48 mm. 



One 6 from Penaiig (Cnrtis). A distinct pale local form. 



135. Racotis zebrina sp. nov. 



Forcwings: with the ground-colour, where visible, niucli palor and brighter 

 than in R. s<jiiali<l(i Hutler, or boarmiaria Gnen. ; the dark markings being like- 

 wise deeper and more defined ; the fovea in i glassy and conspicuous ; basal patch 

 formed of dark olive streaks, mixed with black, and edged by a distinct pale thick 

 line ; inner edge of central fascia dark olive, fnllowed in cell liy a cloudy black spot ; 

 discal ocellus very black and jjlain, followed immediately by the central shade : outer 

 edge of fascia formed of snbcontiguous blackish vein-spots, succeeded by an inter- 

 rupted pale line ; the broad dark fascia beyond much more distinct, especially the 

 series of dark luunles which are edged by the pale submarginal line ; marginal spots 

 blackish ; fringe fuscons olive. 



IIi)ulirings : the same. 



Underside bright pale ochreous, with broad smoky black submarginal fasciae 

 and cell-spots ; the basal area mottled with coarse smoky brown blotches. Head, 

 thorax, and abdomen dark olive-fuscous. 



Expanse of wings : 4.s mm. 



Two SS from AVarri, Niger Coast Protectorate, June Is'JT (Dr. Roth). 



Over and above its smaller size and more brightly contrasted markings, ^the 

 species may be distinguished at once from A'. Hqualida Butler by the i antennae. 

 In sqttalkia the pectinations are quite short and straight, nearly at right angles 

 to the shaft, ciliated laterally and apically ; in zebrina they are much longer and 

 coarser, oblique and thickened towards the tips, with strong ciliations. 



130. Serraca spissata sj). nov. 



Allied to S. cosfaria Guen., but rather smaller, the ground-colour brighter, 

 more ochreous ; the markings and lines darker. The hindwings, instead of having 

 the hindmargiu fully rounded, are narrower, and towards the anal angle subtrnncated ; 

 the inner margin beneath with three parallel rows of brushlike hairs, and above 

 also hairy below vein 2, which has the same direction as in costaria, leaving the 

 median at right angles just before 3, and then curved and running parallel to it. 

 In one example the whole width of the central fascia is occupied by fuliginous, this 

 tint extending also, but narrowed, from inner margin of forcwings to the middle. 

 Underside and body as in costaria. 



Two <J d from Nias Island. 



