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outer area irregularly suifased with fulvous, with iuterrnpteJ traces of a yellow 

 submargiaal waved line. 



Underside similar, with all the tints brighter and plainer. Head, thorax, and 

 abdomen yellow speckled with bright fulvous. 



Expanse of wings : 40 mm. 



1 ^ from the Kassai and Loange Rivers, Congo, September 1893 (Audreae). 



38. Paracrocota maeviaria. 



Aspilates maeviaria Guon. Phal. ii. p. 185. 



A ? from Cnbal River, Angola, April 1899 (Penrice), agrees well with 

 Guen^e's description, but can hardly be left in the genus Aspilates. It agrees in 

 nenration with Pai-acrocota epionata Warr. ; but not in shape of wings : inasmuch 

 as the apex of forewing is very decidedly produced, the bindmargin beneath the 

 apex being slightly indented, and faintly bulging at middle ; the hiudmargin of 

 hindwings is evenly curved throughout, and not at all projecting at middle. 



The forewings are rather deep yellow, with a few dark brown atoms, mainly 

 towards the costa ; the costal region is tinged with orange, the costal edge being 

 grey, and there is an orange spot on inner margin at the usual jjlace of the first 

 line ; the obliqne streak from apex is broadly pale liver-coloured, distinctly edged 

 internally with darker, and externally with some orange scales, containing a dot 

 of black scales between the veins. Hindwings pale yellow, almost whitish in 

 costal half, with a curved streak from three-funrths of inner margin, running 

 parallel to hindmargin, and becoming obsolete before reaching the costa ; both 

 wings with distinct cell-spot. 



Expanse of wings : 36 mm. 



On the underside the hindwings are deeper yellow than the forewings, with 

 coarse brown speckling and the line brown and well-marked throughout ; the 

 forewings pale yellow with the line faint except towards ape.x. 



I have given this fresh description because Guen^e's original one is somewhat 

 less ample than usual, and was made mainly by a comparison with A. gilcaria 

 of Europe. 



