( 579 ) 



111 tlie British Miiseiiiu 1 c? from : tSa])elc'. Niger. AuotiiLr S. I'rom Lagos, in 

 CI ill. Driice. 



The triiucate upex of the forewiug and the pale colour distinguish this species 

 easily from jjla<jiiif(i. 



oii'J. Temnora eleg^ans d'\. Vll. f. li, i). 



*Di<Klomlti eleijoiis Rothschild. Iris vii. p. 298. u. o (181)4) (Sierra Leone : — coll. Slaudinger). 



<S ? . One of the prettiest species of the genus. Palpi triangular, pointed. 

 Kye-lashes rather dense. Merum of midcoxa not cariuate. Long terminal spur of 

 hiudtibia about one-third the length of first tarsal segment. Uj»perside of tibiae 

 the same in colour as breast. Abdomen beneath with two rows of black dots. 

 Distal margins of wings dentate ; that of forewing bisinuate, apex acute. Hind- 

 wing bright orange-rufous, with a sharply marked marginal band. Underside of 

 wings dull orange-rufous, hindwing shaded with grey : both wings with brown 

 distal marginal band, which is half as wide again on the forewing as on the 

 hindwing : three discal lines on hindwing, distinct. 



6. Abdiiminal scent-tuft scarlet. Tenth tergite slender : sternitc very broad, 

 sinuate, the lobes rounded (PI. XLIV. f. 40). Harpe broad (PI. L. f. 9), flattened, 

 obtuse, of the same type as in zantus, inonmtam, etc. Penis-sheath with an 

 elongate patch of teeth (PI. LV. f. 55) ; the duct, which is pushed out in the 

 specimen figured, bears some setae at end and a strongly chitiuised dagger-like 

 spine. 



lldb. Sierra Leone. 



In the Tring Museum 3 SS, ~ ? ? from : Sierra Leone : one of the S S in 

 August 1898 (Capt. Stevens). 



olii. Temnora palpalis si>ec. nov. (PI. Vll. f. lo, <?). 



6 . Similar to crennlnfa, rather more cinnamon-brown above, tawny-brown below. 

 Antenna somewhat longer. First protarsal segment not longer than second and 

 third together. Hind edge of midcoxal merum not distinctly cariniform. First 

 segment of palpus with conspicuous white line at eye ; abdomen below without 



spots. Forewing, iippemide : apex rounded ; oblitpe discal band without pale 



distal border, widened at costal margin, its proximal edge sharper defined than in 



crenulutu. Hindwing : postdiscal line distinct behind ; costal margin obviously 



dilated near base. 



Uiu/crsitlc far more tawny than in criituliitK, no bullish spots, lines feebly 

 marked, obsolete in posterior half on both wings. 



S. Scent-tuft of base of abdomen scarlet. Tenth segment (I'l. XLV. f. :3) 

 long; tergite densely hairy, gradually narrowed to end, which is rather flat and 

 rounded ; sternite longer than tergite, very slender, dilated at end anil somewhat 

 curved, hollowed out, ladle-shaped. Clasper with more than four large friction- 

 scales, besides several small ones : liarpe (PI. L. f. 14) similar to that oi fnmoisa, 

 ending in a gently curved, slender, jiointed, minutely no^cheil process. Penis-sheath 

 (PI. LV. f. •y-\) with the left edge incrassate and dentate. 



? . Not known. 



Hab. Autanambe, Bale d'Antongil, .Madagascar : . 6 6 in the Tring Museum, 

 March and April IbtiT (A. Moeipierys). 



Easily recognised by the white line on the first segment of the pal[ius. 



