1920] Holland, Lepidoptera of the Congo 323 



upon the secondaries, but is a little more distinct, darker, and wider on the latter. 

 On the under side the wings are marked very much as on the upper side, but are a 

 trifle paler. Expanse, 40 mm. 



The type, which is unique, was taken at Niangara, April 9, 1913, 

 and is deposited in The American Museum of Natural History. 



Limacodidae 



There are over two hundred species of this family which have 

 alread}^ been described from the African continent, and there are, as is 

 known, many others which await description. A revision of the genera 

 and species is much needed, and the writer has been devoting some 

 time in recent years to the task. The Lang-Chapin Expedition brought 

 back onh^ three specimens, representing as many species and two genera. 



Parasa Moore 



(689) 1 . Parasa vivida (Walker) 

 Nyssia vivida Walker, 1865, List Lep. Het. B. M., XXXII, p. 478. 



Parasa vivida Kirby, 1892, Cat. Lep. Het., p. 54-3. Aurivillius, 1906, Arkiv Zool., 

 Ill, No. 1, p. 11 (larva). Hampson, 1910, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 485. 



This species is represented by a single, somewhat worn male, taken 

 at Faradje, "1911-1912." 



Walker's type was from Natal. Hampson lists the species from 

 N. E. Rhodesia. We have in the Carnegie Museum a male from Banza 

 Manteka, Congo (Bain Coll.) and two males and five females collected 

 in Sierra Leone by Schaus and Clements. The species is thus seen to 

 have a wide distribution. The female has not hitherto been described 

 but does not differ essentially from the male in color and markings. 

 The antennae, as is true of this sex in the genus, are filifoi'm; the size is 

 larger than that of the male; and the marginal band of the primaries is 

 relativeh^ a little wider than in the male and the color of the hind wings a 

 tiifle deeper. 



(690) 2. Parasa trapezoides Aurivillius 



Parasa trapezoides Aitrivillius, 1899, Ent. Tidskr., XX, p. 253; 1904, Arkiv Zool., 



II, p. 46. 

 Parasa mesochloris Ha.mp.son, 1910, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (8) VI, p. 146. 



This species, originally described by Aurivillius from Cameroon, 

 and subsequently by Hampson from the Gold Coast, is represented in the 

 collection by a single male labelled ''Banalia, September 22, 1914." 

 There are specimens in the Carnegie Museimi from Cameroon, and also 

 in the Holland Collection from the valle}^ of the Ogove River. Neither 

 of the authors who have hitherto written about the species have called 



