1912.] 183 



DESCRIPTIONS OF TWO NEW SPECIES OP MICBO-LEPIDOPTERA* 



by herbert druce, f.l.s., k.r.g.s., &c. 



Fam. 8PABGAN0THID^. 



Atteria docima, sp. nov. 



c? . Head and antennae black ; thorax and abdomen reddish-brown, the 

 latter black beneath ; the anal segments also spotted with black ; the anal tuft 

 gi-eyish white ; legs reddish brown. Primaries, orange-red ; the costal margin 

 black, thickly streaked with white ; the apex and outer margin black, to the 

 end of the cell, streaked with fine white lines ; the inner margin spotted with 

 black, the fringe alternately black and wliite. Secondaries rather darker red 

 than the primaries ; the apex and outer margin broadly bordered with black, 

 which is broken into spots near the anal angle ; the fringe alternately black 

 and white ; the under side very similar to the upper side, biit the black not 

 crossed by white streaks as above. Expanse, 1^ inches. 



Hab. : Peru, La Merced, 2000-3000 feet. Mtis. Druce. 



Fam. tine id ^. 



Ommatothelxis, Wlsm. 



Ommatothelxis grandis, sp. nov. 



? . Head, collar, tegulae, and thorax, bright metallic blue ; palpi, bluish- 

 black, red at the base on the under side ; antennae black ; abdomen white, 

 banded with blue, the anus bright red ; coxae, femora, and tibiae, bright red ; 

 tarsi, blue-black, banded with white. Primaries blue-black, crossed about the 

 middle by a wide white band ; the base of the wing very thickly irrorated 

 with bright blue scales ; the veins and marginal line tliickly covered with 

 bright metallic blue scales ; the fringe white at the apex, black on the oiiter 

 margin. Secondaries white, broadly bordered with black at the apex, and 

 partly round the oiiter margin ; the fringe bluish-black. Under side very 

 similar to the upper side, but with the base of the primaries white. 

 Expanse, 2i inches. 



Hab. : West Africa, Bitji Ja Eiver, Camerooiis, 2000 feet. Dry 

 season. Mus. Druce. 



A NEW BRITISH TIPULID. 

 BY DR. E. BERGROTH, C.M.Z.S. 



In this Magazine, 1893, p. 285, and 1895, p. 52, a British species 

 of the genus (or subgenus) Eplielia has been recorded by Bradley under 

 the name E. variinervis, Zett., supposed to be identical with the 

 Limnobia variinervis of Zetterstedt. As Wahlgren has shown that 



* Coloured figures will be given in ;i future number of the two insects now described— H. D. 



