NOTITATES ZOOLOOICAE XXVI. 1919. lOl 



(I) fParanthrene propyria n. sp. 



(?. Head fulvous red, the fascicles at end of antennal branches blackish, 

 some white hair behind the eyes ; tegulae fulvous red and blackish ; thorax 

 black, the patagia tinged with red and with tufts of fulvous red hair at extremity ; 

 abdomen black glossed with blue, the anal tuft fulvous red and black ; fore legs 

 black, the tibiae above and tarsi at extremity fulvous red, the mid and hind legs 

 with the femora black, the tibiae and tarsi fulvous red, the spurs whitish. Fore- 

 wing hyaline, the costal area fiery red, the median nervure black and red, the 

 discoidal bar strong, fiery red defined by black, the veins beyond the cell, inner 

 margin, and termen black ; a short hyaline mark above bases of veins 7, 8 ; 

 the red extending before termen to below vein 6. Hindwing hyaline, the veins 

 and margins narrowly black ; the underside with the costa streaked with fiery red. 



N.W. Rhodesia, Solwezi (H. Dollman), 1 (J type. Exp. 40 mill. 



(2) Faranthrene flammans. 



t Sciapleron flammans Hmpsn., Moths Ind. 1. p. 191 (1893). 

 Punjab, Murree. 



(3) * Faranthrene anthrax. 



Faranthrene anthrax Le Ceri, Oberth. l5t. Lep. Camp. xii. i. pi. 377. f. 3154 (1916) ; id. I.e. xiv. p. 270. 

 Sierra Leone. 



(4) f Faranthrene thalassina n. sp. 



(J. Head, thorax, and abdomen black glossed with blue-green, the frons 

 greyish edged with silvery, the palpi black-brown mixed with white, the neck 

 with bronze ring above and some white behind the eyes and below. Forewing 

 black suffused with metallic blue-green, with purple reflections on terminal area. 

 Hindwing bronze-green, the interspaces of terminal area hyaline from below 

 vein 5, lengthening to tornus where the hyaline extends to above middle of inner 

 margin. 



?. Palpi with some orange on third joint, the neck with orange ring, the 

 patagia and fore coxae with some orange scales ; forewing with the terminal area 

 blue ; hindwing metallic blue with hardly a trace of green. 



Br. C. Africa, Mt. Mlanje (Neave), 1 ,5, 1 ? type. Exp. 40 mill. 



(5) t Faranthrene chalcochlora n. sp. 



?. Head, thorax, and abdomen black glossed with greenish blue with purple 

 reflections ; palpi with some white hairs in front of 2nd joint ; tibiae with 

 the spurs white above. Forewing black suffused with dark green, the veins with 

 diffused streaks of brilhant metalhc golden green. Hindwing black, strongly 

 suffused with brilliant metallic golden green, the interspaces of terminal area 

 with hyaUne patches, short towards apex and below vein 2 extending to before 

 middle ; cilia blackish. 



N.W. Rhodesia, Mwengwa (H. Dollman), 1 $ type. Exp. 44 mill. 



(6) t Faranthrene xanthopyga n. sp. 



?. Head, thorax, and abdomen black -brown, the vertex of head mostly 

 rufous, the antennae rufous below towards tips, the frons whitish above, the palpi 

 rufous, the abdomen with the terminal part of penultimate segment, the anal 



