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PSYCHE. 



[April 1S94. 



vated, leaving a semi -circular pale space in 

 the middle of which there is a conspicuous 

 black spot. The white spot at the base of 

 the secondaries is not round as in the preced- 

 ing species, but subquadrate. On the under 

 side there is great similarity, but the white 

 spot at the base of the secondaries is much 

 larger and the ground color is blackish 

 instead of reddish-brown. Expanse, 26 mm. 



40. A eremita, sp. nov. J. This 

 species resembles in most respects the pre- 

 ceding species, but the patagia instead of 

 being dark brown margined with pale brown, 

 are uniformly pale brownish-cinereous like 

 the primaries. The primaries are without 

 markings, except a few obscure transverse 

 lines about the middle and before the apex. 

 On the under side, the primaries are almost 

 exactly as in the preceding species. Expanse, 

 24 mm. 



41. A. scolosa, sp. nov. <J. Palpi, 

 front, and collar bright chestnut-brown. 

 The patagia are dark brown margined exter- 

 nally by whitish. The upper side of the 

 thorax is very dark brown, as also the dorsal 

 tufts on the abdomen. The abdomen and 

 the under side of the thorax are pale brown' 

 Legs concolorous. The primaries are cinere- 

 ous on the costa and are traversed from the 

 base to the apex by a very broad deep black 

 fascia, widening outwardly, margined on 

 either side by white lines. The external 

 margin of this fascia is deeply indented at 

 the outer angle by a whitish spot, interrupted 

 by a few dark lines, and also on the outer 

 margin opposite the end of the cell by a 

 small white linear spot. The fringes are 

 pale brown. The secondaries are broadly 

 shining black, white at the base, with the 

 fringes whitish. On the under side this 

 species resembles the other species that have 

 been described, but the white color at the 

 base is broader and the white mark at the 

 outer angle of the secondaries is more 

 restricted. Expanse, 2S mm. 



Erchei.\, Walk. 



42. E. periploca, sp. nov. ^. Body and 

 legs fuscous. The primaries are dark brown 

 with the inner and outer margins evenly 

 bordered with a pale fuscous band interrupted 

 above the outer angle by a few darker mark- 

 ings. The secondaries are dark fuscous 

 with the outer margin touched with white 

 below the apex and before the anal angle. 

 On the under side the primaries are pale 

 fuscous with the border obscurely defined as 

 on the upper side. Furthermore, a pale, 

 slightly curved limbal band crosses the wing 

 from the costa two-thirds of its length from 

 the base to the outer angle. The secondaries 

 are of the same color as the primaries, and 

 are traversed by an irregularly curved narrow 

 median line, by a broader and more obscurely 

 defined limbal band parallel to the outer 

 margin, and by a similar narrower and some- 

 what interrupted submarginal band. The 

 margin of both the primaries and the seconda- 

 ries is defined by a fine dark scalloped line. 

 The fringes on the primaries are dark fuscous. 

 The fringes on the secondaries are paler 

 and white at the points indicated in the de- 

 scription of the upper surface. Expanse. 43 

 mm. Habitat Benita. 



This species and E. subfigna/a Walk, are 

 the only species of the genus which I have 

 thus far received from tropical West Africa. 



CATOCALID.VE. 



Eliocroea, Walk. 



43. E. cUloroptila, sp. nov. J. Palpi 

 fuscous; front whitish. Upper side of head, 

 collar, and thorax glaucous. Upper side of 

 abdomen pale reddish-cinereous. Lower 

 side of thorax and abdomen very pale ashen 

 tinged slightly with yellowish. The prima- 

 ries are dark olivaceous-green crossed not 

 far beyond the base by a broad band of pale 

 greenish-white. The outer half of the wing 

 is further ornamented by an irregularly 

 curved transverse limbal and a transverse 



