66 NOVITATES ZOOLOGICAB XXVI. 1919. 



white behind ; pectus with yellow patches at sides ; femora and tibiae streaked 

 with white, the tarsi ringed with white ; ventral surface of abdomen cupreous 

 bro\vn with white bands on 4th, 5th, and 6th segments. Forewing black 

 glossed with purple ; a hyaline fascia below the cell, wedge-shaped streak in end 

 of cell and short streaks beyond the cell between veins 7 and 3 ; some yellow 

 scales on the discoidal spot and slight streaks in the interspaces of terminal area. 

 Hindwing hyaline, the veins and margins narrowly black. 

 Ceylon (Green), 1 (J type. Exp. 16 mill. 



(10) Chamanthedon hilariformis. 

 t Aegeria hilariformis Wlk., viii. 57 (1856). 

 ITatal. 



(11) t Chamanthedon xanthopasta n. sp. 



(J. Head and thorax black, the neck with some yellow scales, the tegulae 

 with some yellow at sides, the patagia with some yellow above and tufts of pale 

 yellow hair at extremity, the frons yellow below ; abdomen black with dor.sal 

 series of large elliptical pale yellow spots, confluent towards extremity, the anal 

 tuft with orange-yellow streaks at middle and sides ; palpi white, tinged with 

 yellow at sides except towards base and with some black scales towards extremity ; 

 pectus black and greyish ; legs mostly white with some yellow and black, the 

 tarsi entirely white ; ventral surface of abdomen with j'ellowish white segmental 

 bands, obsolescent towards base, the anal tuft orange-yellow below. Forewing 

 hyaline, the veins and margins black ; slight whitish streaks on and below costa, 

 on base of median nervure and above inner margin to end of cell ; the discoidal 

 bar defined on outer side by golden yellow ; a golden-yeUow patch on apical 

 area extending to vein 4. Hindwing hyaline, the veins white, black beyond the 

 cell ; a small black spot at upper angle of cell ; the termen black ; the hair on 

 inner margin white. Underside of forewing with the costa and veins to end of 

 cell white ; hindwing with the veins white to termen. 



Mashoualand, Maroe (Marshall), 1 <5 ; Transvaal, Waterberg Distr. (Distant) 

 1 <?, Johannesburg (Cooke) 1 S type. Exp. 28-30 mill. 



(12) I Chamanthedon leucocera n. sp. 



(J. Head and thorax black-brown glossed with bronze, the frons white with 

 some bronze above, the neck with yellow ring, the patagia and metathorax 

 tipped -with orange ; abdomen orange with dorsal series of black-brown patches 

 forming dorsal bands on 2nd and 4th segments, the anal tuft with some 

 black at middle and sides ; antennae bronze-brown, pure white above towards 

 tips ; palpi pale yellow ; pectus and legs orange-yellow^-, the femora black above, 

 the mid and hind tibiae at extremities and tarsi banded with black. Fore%\ing 

 hyaline, the veins and margins black-brown ; the discoidal bar strong ; four 

 hyaline streaks beyond the cell ; the terminal band expanding towards apex 

 and indenting the hyaline area in the fork between veins 7, 8. Hindwing hj-aline, 

 the veins and margins black-brown ; the costa yellow to beyond middle. Under- 

 side of forewing with the costal area golden yellow towards apex ; hindwing with 

 the costa orange-yellow to towards apex, interrupted by a black-brown spot at 

 upper angle of cell. 



Br. C. Africa, Mt. Mlanje (Neave) 1 <J type. Exp. 16 mill. 



