February 1S93.] 



PSYCHE. 



397 



36. B. damalis, sp. nov. ft. Front, palpi, 

 lower side of thorax, and inner edges of 

 femora and tibiae crimson. Eyes black. Col- 

 lar pure white. The upper side of thorax 

 and adbomen fawn colored, with the inner 

 edges of the segments of the abdomen bor- 

 dered laterally with black. The lower side 

 of the abdomen is white with some crimson 

 markings near the base. The primaries are 

 fawn colored, with a spot at the end of the 

 cell, and the intraneural spaces beyond it 

 transparent. The posterior wings are saf- 

 fron, tinged on the inner margin with crim- 

 son. The lower side of the wings is as the 

 upper side. 



$ . The female does not differ in mark- 

 ings from the male. 



Expanse, 42 mm. Habitat, Benita and 

 Kangwe. 



37. B. haemalea. sp. nov. ft. Antennae 

 and eyes black. The entire body deep crim- 

 son. The fore wings are dull bluish-green 

 marked with crimson. There is a crimson 

 streak at the base near the costa. a spot at the 

 end of the cell and one below it, a spot be- 

 yond the end of the cell, and the entire outer 

 margin shades into crimson between the ner- 

 vules. which are blue-gray. The fringe is 

 blue-gray. The posterior wings are rosy, 

 palest on the costa. The wings on the under 

 side are pale red with the fringe and the apex 

 of the primaries dull blue-gray. 



Expanse, 45 mm. This splendid species 

 is allied to B. Jiavimacula Walker, but is 

 totally distinct. 



Casphalia, Walker. 



38. C. nigerrima. sp. nov. ft. Head and 

 antennae black. The collar is black nar- 

 rowly edged in front with orange. The pec- 

 tus and outer margins of the legs and the 

 lower side of the abdomen are orange. The 

 abdomen has the inner edges of the segments 

 upon the lower side bordered with black. 

 The tegulae are snow white tipped with 

 black. The upper side of the thorax and ab- 



domen are jet black. The primaries are 

 black, the secondaries dark brown, paler nea r 

 the base. 



The under side of the wings is as the upper 

 side. 



Expanse, 40 mm. 



Note. — The genus Casphalia was erected 

 by Walker in 1S66, for the reception of a 

 species which he named C.Jiavirollis. This 

 genus has been placed by Mr. Kirbj' in his 

 recent catalogue among the Pinaridae. In 

 1887 Mr. Druce described a species as Anace 

 herpa. A comparison of Walker's type and 

 of the insect described by Mr. Druce shows 

 that they are congeneric. The genus in- 

 cludes, therefore, three species as follows : 



1. C. Jiavicollis, Walker. 



2. C. herpa. Druce. 



3. C. nigerrima, Holland. 



Creatonotus, Hiibn. 



39. C leucanioides, sp. nov. ft. Upper 

 side of thorax, front, and palpi very pale 

 fawn color. The upper side of the abdomen 

 is crimson. A black line runs from the front 

 to the middle of the thorax, and there is a 

 line of black spots on the middle of the upper 

 side of the abdomen. The underside of the 

 body and the legs are dark brown. The 

 wings are white and semi-diaphanous with 

 a very narrow black ray running along the 

 lower edge of the cell of the primaries suc- 

 ceeded by a black dot at the end of the cell 

 at the origin of the radial and followed by 

 another small black dot on the radial near 

 the outer margin. The costa and the outer 

 margin of the primaries are slightly tinged 

 with luteous. Under side like the upper, but 

 paler. 



5 . The female is like the male. 

 Expanse. 3S mm. 



ALPENUS, Walk. 



40. A. (?) aurantiaca, sp. nov. $. The 

 upper and under sides of the body tawny- 

 orange with a row of black spots on the dor- 



