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neck golden yellow, white below ; thorax black, the patagia with tufts of orange 

 hair at extremity and orange-tipped tufts behind them ; abdomen black with a 

 slight fulvous tinge on two basal segments, then with some white scales especially 

 on the three terminal segments, the anal tuft white above ; pectus and legs 

 black, the fore coxae white at sides, the terminal half of tibiae orange-yellow with 

 a black spot above, the tarsi ringed with white, the mid legs with orange-yellow 

 bands above at middle and extremity of tibiae, and the tarsi ringed with white, 

 the hind legs with bands at middle and extremity of tibiae which are orange-yellow 

 above, white below, the spurs white, the tarsi ringed with white ; ventral surface 

 of abdomen white and brown, the anal tuft orange -yellow. Fore\ving hyaUne, 

 the veins and margins black, the costal area black, tapering to apex, the discoidal 

 bar strong, the cilia black-brown. Hindmng hyaline, the veins and margins 

 narrowly hyaline, some j'ellow hair at base of inner margin, the cilia black-brown. 

 N.W. Rhodesia, Solwezi (H. DoUman), 1 ^ type. Exp. 26 mill. 



(6) t Lepidopoda sylphina n. sp. 



$. Head and thorax black, the vertex of head and tips of patagia with some 

 ochreous hair, the neck with ochreous ring ; the frons with white Unes at sides ; 

 palpi with the 2nd joint white at base and in front and behind ; abdomen black 

 ■with some ochreous scales and white segmental lines, stronger on the two terminal 

 segments, the anal tuft fulvous yellow, the ventral surface with large white scales 

 mixed except towards extremity ; pectus ochreous white and black ; legs black, 

 the fore coxae with white patches, the mid and hind tibiae with some ochreous 

 and white hair above. Forewing hyaline, the veins and margins narrowly black, 

 the costal area and a discoidal bar black. Hindwing hyaUne, the veins and 

 margins narrowly black, the cell with the hyaUne tinged with rufous ; the inner 

 area clothed with black and white scales except towards tornus. 



Sierra Leone, Kamag-Bonse (Simpson), 2 $ type. Exp. 18 mill. 



Gen. Episannina. 



Type. 



Episannina Auriv., Ark. f. Zool. ii. 12. p. 44 (1905) chalybea 



Sylphidia Le Cerf, Bull. Mus. Nat. Hist. Paris, xvii. p. 305 (1911) . . . perlucida 



(1) * Episannina chalybea. 



Episannina chalybea Auriv., Ark. f. Zool. ii. 12. p. 45 (1905). 



Sylphidia pulchra Le Cerf, Oberth. ^t. Up. Cmnp. xii. 1. pi. 380. f. 3185 (1916) ; id. I.e. xiv. p. 348. 



Cameroons. 



(2) * Episannina perlucida. 



Sylphidia perlucida Le Cerf, Bull. Mus. Nat. Hist. Soc. Paris, xvii. p. 306. pi. v. £. 3 ( 1911) ; id. Oberth. 

 St. Lep. Comp. xiv. p. 346. pi. 479. f . 3950. 

 Gaboon, 



(3) Episannina albifrons. 



t Lepidopoda albifrons Hmpsn., A.M.N.H. (8) vi. p. 151 (1910) ^ (is a $). 

 Gold Coast. 



(4) t Episannina flavicincta n. sp. 

 (J. Head and thorax black with a slight purple gloss, some silvery blue 

 between antennae, the frons edged with white above and at sides, the palpi white, 



