( 4!)7 ) 



23. Thalassodes stictimai'go sp. nov. 



Foreimnga : deep greeu with silveiy \eniiiculations, and seniidiaphanous ; costa 

 ochreous, distinctly dotted with fuscous ; cell-spot small, blackish ; on middle of 

 inner margin a large white spot with a distinct blackish spot on its outer edge ; fringe 

 green witli distinct dark spots at base beyond the veins, and white dashes through 

 the fringe beyond them. 



Hindwlnf/s: with no spot on inner margin; else like forewings. 



Underside pale green, deejier towards costa of forewings ; costal etlge ochraceous, 

 dotted with fuscous ; fringes as above. Face dark mouse-colour j pal[ii and forelegs 

 brown ; vertex, thora.x, and patagia deep green ; abdomen pale olive-green with pale 

 dorsal spots. 



Expanse of wings : S 38 mm.; ? 42 mm. 



Two tJc?, one ?, from the Escarpment, British East Africa, February — .^larch 

 1901 (Doherty). 



Characterised by the large white and black spot on inner margin of forewings 

 and the spotted costa and hindmargin. 



24. Thalassodes unicolor sp. noc. 



Furewini/s : pah^ yellowish green, the costa and fringe inckided ; faint traces of 

 pale verniiculations, hut no lines. 



Hindiviiiijfi : the same. 



Underside whitish green. Face dee|) led ; pali)i reddisli-tinged ; vertex white • 

 thorax green like wings ; abdomen whitish gi-een, beneath the scales apparently 

 deep red. 



Expanse of wings : 35 mm. 



One ? from Forcados, Niger, November 1899 (Dr. Ansorge). 



25. Victoria marginata sp. nov. 



Fnrewiiujs : deep green ; costal area whitish varied with reddish fuscous scales ; 

 the lines obscure, very fine, white ; first at one-fourth, a second before middle, bent 

 outwards to lower end of cell, vertical to vein 2, again outwards to two-fifths of inner 

 margin ; outer line represented by a broad dentate lunulate whitish band freckled 

 with reddish fuscous, vertical from vein 4 to anal angle, interrupted across cell, and 

 marked by a pale triangular spot below costa at two-thirds ; marginal line purple, 

 preceded by an irregular whitish edging; fringe whitish, reddish-tinged. 



Hindwings : with the two outer lines as in forewings; the costal area broadly 

 whitish ; a vinous patch at anal angle. 



Underside uniform whitish green; co.sta of forewings ochreous. Head, thorax, 

 and abdomen all discoloured ; the face above reddish ; thorax white and green ; dorsal 

 crests of abdomen reddish. 



Expanse of wings : 40 mm. 



One ? from Oguta, Niger, October 1901 (Dr. Ansorge). 



Xenochroma gen. nov. 

 Forewings: costa straiglit. slightly arched at base; apex blunt; nearly rect- 

 angular; hindmargin decidedly angled at vein 4, straight on each side and more 

 oblique below. 



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