1920] Holland, Lepidoplern of the Congo 325 



This species, according; to the published descriptions, comes neai'est 

 to the insect named Salinnca ignicincta ]\y I'Abbe J. de Joannis (cf. 

 Bull. Soc. Ent. Italiana, 1912, XLIV, p. 141) but it is not the same, as 

 a careful perusal of the description of that species plainly shows. 

 The type is unique and is defective in that the antennge are missing, 

 except a few of the proximal joints. It was taken at Stanleyville, 

 April 9, 1915, and is deposited in The American Mu;eum of Natural 

 History. 



Thyrididae 

 Proterozeuxis Warren 

 (696) 1. Proterozeuxis (?) medjensis, new species 



Plate XIV, Figure 12, d" 

 cf. Eyes ferruginous, antennae strongly pectinate, pale ochraceous; tegulae and 

 patagia pale orange; upper side of thorax and abdomen reddish fuscous, with a narrow 

 band of whitish at the junction of the two; pectus, lower side of the thorax, 

 and abdomen, as well as the legs, pale ochraceous. The fore wings on the upper side 

 are very pale ochraceous, profusely marked with ferruginous lines and stria*, forming 

 reticulations of such a complicated pattern that it would be almost impossible to 

 describe them, but it may be noted that the apex of the wing is relatively free from 

 these striae, and presents to view a triangular pale space, which is defined inwardly 

 by a fine dark subcrenulate ferruginous line: beyond the cell are two similarly colored 

 parallel lines which run from the costa beyond its middle toward the outer margin 

 and then turn inwardly and downwardly in the direction of the middle of the inner 

 margin, which the line which is basad does not apparently reach; between these lines 

 about the end of the cell are some dark shades and light circular spots; the stria* 

 become more numerous toward the base of the wing, and impart to it a deeper color 

 than the rest of the wing. The upper side of the hind wing is covered like the most of 

 the fore wing with fine reticulated lines, and at the end of the cell there is a darker 

 area corresponding to that on the fore wing. Both wings on the under side are paler 

 than on the upper side, but the lines and markings of the upper side are all reproduced 

 on this side. Expanse, 52 mm. 



The type, which is in The American Museum of Natural History, 

 is unique. It was taken at Medje, March 29, 1910. 



I have been loath to describe this insect as new to science, but, after 

 t lying in vain to reconcile it with available descriptions, have done so. 

 I refer it provisionally to Warren's genus, though it does not seem to 

 quite fit his description, but comes nearer to that than to any other. (See 

 Novitates Zoologicie, 1899, VI, p. 7.) 



