January 1S93.] 



PSYCHE. 



373 



DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES AND GENERA OF WEST 

 AFRICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 



BY W. J. HOLLAND, PH. D., PITTSBURGH, PENX. 



The species described in the follow- 

 ing paper are all from the Valley of 

 the Ogove River except when otherwise 

 indicated. The types are in my collec- 

 tion. 



AGARISTIDAE. 



Phasis, Walk. 



[. P. (?) astrapeus, sp. nov. <j . The 

 palpi are pale brown beneath and black 

 above. The pectus is broadly orange, and 

 the front legs are narrowly edged with the 

 same color. The rest of the body above and 

 below is black, except that the eyes on the 

 inner margin are narrowly edged with white. 

 The wings above are velvet}' black, the 

 anteriors crossed beyond the cell by a moder- 

 ately broad and even band of sulphur yellow 

 which does not reach the costa, and termin- 

 ates abruptly before the outer angle ; the 

 posteriors have a broad tapering band of the 

 same color running from the base and ter- 

 minating before the inner angle. This band 

 which does not touch the costa, has its outer 

 margin convex and its inner margin straight. 

 The markings of the wings are upon the 

 under side as upon the upper, and in addition 

 there is a quadrate whitish spot at the end, 

 and a yellow ray at the base, of the cell of 

 the primaries, and a yellow basal ray is found 

 upon the costa of both wings. Expanse, 53 

 mm. 



§ . The female does not differ from the 

 male except that the wings are broader and 

 the antennae are not swollen before the end, 

 but filiform. 



I refer this species with a shade of doubt 

 to the genus Phasis, though in its structure, 



so far as ascertainable without dissection, 

 and in its markings upon the upper side, it 

 nearly resembles P. tribuna, Hiibner, from 

 the Antilles. 



Aegocera, Latr. 



2. A. Gladiatoria, sp. nov. $ . Palpi brown, 

 front light orange, collar and upper sides of 

 thorax maroon, traversed by a median band 

 of pale orange. The pectus and the abdomen 

 orange, with a median line of maroon upon 

 the upper side of the abdomen. The fore- 

 wings upon the upper side are rich maroon. 

 From the base to the middle of the wing just 

 below the cell is a horizontal sword-shaped 

 band of pearly white and a broad subapical 

 transverse band of the same color not quite 

 reaching the costa and tapering off before 

 reaching the outer angle. A faint V-shaped 

 mark appears upon the dark ground of the 

 wing near the costa just before the subapical 

 white band and there is also a faint submar- 

 ginal line of the same color. The upper side 

 of the posteriors is pale orange broadly 

 margined with brown, the margin widest 

 near the outer angle. The bolder markings 

 of the upper side are reproduced upon the 

 under side, but paler and less sharply 

 defined. 



$ . The female does not differ from the 

 male except that she is much larger. 



Expanse of wings, $ 35 mm.; $ 45 mm. 



CHALCOSIIDAE. 



Anamoeotes, Feld. 



3. A. tenellula, sp. nov. <$ . Antennae 

 brown. Body and legs red. Wings semi- 

 translucent, with the costa of the primaries 



