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22. Callibaptes oriiata, spec. nov. 



Body greenish black ; first and base of second segment of palpus, 

 the head, except a large spot on frons and another on occiput, the sides 

 of the pronotum, the patagia and a mesial stripe on metanotum, as 

 well as the tips of the mid and hind coxje, yellow ; third to fifth abdo- 

 minal segments above bright red ; under side of abdomen paler red, the 

 last segment and a lateral line greenish black. Fore wing ochraceous 

 yellow on upper side, with a broad green-black distal border, which is 

 sharply incised at lower angle of cell ; hind wing red, with a broad 

 purple-blue distal border narrowing behind. Under side yellowish 

 red from base to apex of cell, the distal area being purple-blue. Length 

 of fore wing 15 mm. 



Hub. Ogruga, Niger. One male in the Tring Museum. 



Melisomimas, gen. nov. 

 ? . Palpus very short. Tongue vestigial. Antenna pectinated 

 from base to apex. Legs with brushes of hair-scales ; hind tibia with 

 one pair of spurs. In fore wing third to fifth subcostals stalked 

 together, r^ from the upper angle of cell, r^ and r^ from the lower ; cell 

 of hind wing short, bar connecting c with cell long, oblique, subcostal 

 and first radial on a long stalk, cross-vein deeply angulate, hind angle 

 of cell produced, acuminate, third radial and first median on a short 

 stalk. 



Type : Melisa grandis, Holl. (1893). 



23. Byblisia ochracea, spec. nov. 



? . Palpus as long as in latipes, Walk. (1864). Body blackish 

 blue, a spot on frons and under side of head white ; pronotum, pos- 

 terior portion of mesonotum, the metanotum, upper side of abdomen, 

 except the last three segments, sides of breast, and the mid and hind 

 tibiae yellow ; tibial spurs, under side of hind femur, and the centre of 

 the proximal abdominal sternites white. Wings as in B. latipes, but 

 the hyaline spots larger, especially the basal streak of the fore wing 

 and the vitreous areas of the hind wing.- 



Hab. Warri, Niger, April, 1897 (Dr. F. Eoth). One female 

 in the Tring Museum. 



24. Byblisia caudata, spec. nov. 



<? 2 . Third segment of palpus quite short ; abdomen in both sexes 

 with two long apical tufts. Body blue-black ; palpus, except tip, pro- 

 sternum, a spot on fore coxa, base of pronotum, apex of patagia, and 

 four or five abdominal belts red ; apex of first abdominal sternite, a 

 spot on mid and hind tibiae, and the spurs white. Wings purple or 

 bronze-black, with small white semi-transparent spots, namely, a 

 double one proximally of middle of fore wing, another at apex of cell, 

 and a third behind first median branch, on hind wing one near base, 

 and a second at apex of cell. 



Hob. Mashoualand (H. B. Dobbie), one male in the British 

 Museum. Lake Nyassa, one male and one female in the Hope 

 Department of the Oxford Museum. 



