gOl NOVITATCS ZOOLOGICAE XXVI. 1919. 



of fulvous orange scales on each segment, the anal tuft orange at middle and 

 below ; palpi fulvous orange with some black above on 2nd joint at extremity 

 and on 3rd joint ; fore coxae fulvous orange ; (mid and hind legs wanting). 

 Forewing black -brown glossed with blue-green, the ciUa more cupreous brown. 

 Hindwing black -brown ; the cell and streaks in the interspaces above and below 

 submedian fold to end of cell and short streaks bej-ond the cell above and below 

 vein 6 hyaUne. Underside of forewing with the costa to beyond end of cell and 

 the median nervure towards base fulvous orange ; hindwing with the costa 

 fulvous orange towards base. 



Natal, Durban (Queckett), 1 3 type. Exp. 24 mill. 



(19) * Chamanthedon critheis. 



t Aegeria critheis Druoe, A.M.N.H. (7) iv. p. 202 (1899). 



Lanrenco Marques. The hind legs of the type are wanting. 



(20) * Chamanthedon tiresa. 

 t Aegeria tiresa Druce, A.M.N.H. (7) iv. p. 202 (1899). 

 Lourenco Uarqnes. 



Gen. Chamaesphecia. 



Type. 

 CAomaespftccia SpUler, Hoffmann's 6V.Sc/in». £«r.ii. p. 316(1910) .... empiformis 



(1) t* Chamaesphecia tritonias n. sp. 



5. Head, thorax, and abdomen black with a purple gloss, the frons white at 

 sides, the neck with yellow ring, the thorax irrorated with yellow, the patagia 

 edged with yellow, the abdomen with yellow bands on 2nd to 6th segments ; 

 palpi yellow, the 2nd joint towards extremity and the 3rd joint black above ; 

 (fore and mid legs wanting), the fore coxae yellow, the hind legs yellow with black 

 band on the tibiae from the medial spurs to near extremity and the tarsi black 

 ringed \Tith yellow above. Forewing yellow hyaUne with an opalescent gloss, 

 the veins and margins dark reddish brown, the costal area and intcr.spaces of 

 terminal area irrorated with yellow ; a golden-yellow discoidal bar defined by 

 some black scales ; the terminal band broad, indenting the hyaUne area in the 

 fork of veins 7, 8. Hindwing yellowish hyaUne, the veins and margins narrowly 

 black -brown with some yellow^ on the veins to end of cell and on inner area, the 

 hair on inner margin yeUow. Underside of forewing with the costa and subcostal 

 nervure yellow to end of cell ; hindwing with yellow streak below costa to near 

 apex. 



Assam, Khasis, type ? in Coll. Kothschild. Exp. 40 mill. 



(2) t Chamaesphecia ethiopica n. sp. 



?. Head, thorax, and abdomen black -brown mixed with some grey-white, the 

 frons cupreous brown, white at sides, the neck with white ring, the abdomen with 

 white ring on each segment, the anal tuft black with some white hair at sides ; 

 antennae with a sUght blue gloss ; palpi with the basal joint white and the 2nd 

 joint white above and below ; pectus with some white ; fore coxae white ; legs 

 black-brown, the tibiae and tarsi ringed with white ; ventral surface of abdomen 

 grey-brown, the 4th segment with white Une. Forewing hyaUne, the veins 



