98 NOVITiTES ZOOLOGICAE XXVI. 1919. 



a wedge-shaped hyaline mark in the cell towards extremity ; a semihyaline white 

 fascia below the cell except at b;isc ; an incurved hyaline band formed of five 

 Rmall spots in the interspaces between veins 9 and 3 beyond the cell ; a series of 

 small hyaline white spots edged with brown just before termen between apex 

 and vein 3 ; cilia red-brown. Hindwing black -brown ; a hyahne subbasal 

 band interrupted by the brownish veins frc ni costa to above inner margin towards 

 which it narrows ; a triangular hyaline spot beyond the cell ; a series of small 

 hyaline white spots edged with brown just before termen from apex to below 

 vein 2 ; cilia red-brown ; the hair on inner margin white towards base. 

 Natal, ]\Ialvern (Jansc), 1 3 tjpe. Exp. 26 mill. 



Gen. Sura. 



Type. 

 Sura Wlk.. viii. 65 (1856) ........... xylocopiformia 



(1) t Sura pyrocera n. sp. 



?. Head, thorax, and abdomen black glossed with blue, the antennae, sides 

 of frons, and palpi fiery orange, the vertex of head with some orange scales, the 

 neck -with orange ring and some white behind the eyes, the patagia -with fiery- 

 orange patches, the anal tuft fiery orange except at base ; fore and mid femora 

 wth some fiery orange at extremities, the tibiae and tarsi fierj' orange. Forewing 

 uniform black strongly glossed with metallic blue-green. Hindwing black 

 strongly glossed with metallic greenish blue ; a hyaUne fascia in the cell, two in 

 submodian interspace above and below the fold from near base to near termen, 

 and a more wedge-shaped patch above inner margin ; two short fasciae beyond 

 the cell above and below vein 6. 



Ab.l. Hindwing metallic blue without the green tinge, hardly a trace of the 

 two hyaline fasciae beyond the cell. 



Br. C.Africa, Ruo Valley (Neave), 1 $ type; Fortnguese E. Africa, Ruo 

 Valley (Neave), 1 $. Exp. 26-30 mill. 



(2) Suia ruficauda. 



|- Aegeria ruficanda Roths., Nov. Zool. xviii. p. 46 (1911) and xix. pi. iv. f. 36. 

 " Germ. E. Africa " ; Br. C. Africa, Mt. Mlanje (Neave). 



(3) fSura rufitibia n. sp. 



?. Head, thorax, and abdomen black shot with greenish blue, the palpi with 

 the terminal half of 2nd joint in front and the 3id joint rufous, the anal tuft 

 orange above except at base ; (fore and mid legs wanting) ; hind legs with the 

 coxae white, the femora rufous above, white bcluw, the tibiae fringed wth rufous 

 hair above, the spurs white. Forewing uniform black strongly glossed with 

 metallic blue-green. Hindwing black strongly glossed with metallic blue-green, 

 a hyaline latcia in the cell, a fascia above subniedian fold from near base to 

 towards termen, a slight fascia below the fold, and a short fascia above middle of 

 inner margin ; two very short hyaline streaks beyond the cell above and below 

 vein 6. 



N. Nigeria, Baro (Morrison), 1 $ type. Exp. 40 mill. 



