September 1893.] 



PSYCHE. 



5 1 5 



at the anal angle. In some specimens, an 

 incomplete transverse brown band extends 

 half way across the wing from the inner 

 margin. On the underside, both wings are 

 bright ochraceous with the costae and 

 fringes Iilacine-brown. 



$ . The female does not differ from the 

 male in its markings, save that on the under- 

 side the costa of the secondaries is not 

 shaded with brown and the fringes on the 

 under side are lighter than in the male. 

 Expanse, $, 75 mm. $, So mm. Habitat 

 Kangwe and Benita. 



There is a specimen of this beautiful 

 species in the collection of Mr. Herbert 

 Druce. 



162. E. cinerea, sp. nov. $ . Front 

 brown; body and legs fawn. Primaries 

 grayish-fawn crossed beyond the cell by a 

 straight, dark brown transverse line, which 

 runs from the middle of the inner mar- 

 gin to beyond the middle of the costa 

 just before reaching which it is bent 

 inwardly toward the base. This line is 

 followed by an obscure parallel line of the 

 same color which extends from the inner 

 margin to a point opposite the end of 

 the cell. This is in turn succeeded by 

 an irregularly curved series of brown sagit- 

 tate markings followed on the outer margin 

 below the apex and near the outer angle by 

 broad, dark brown cloudings. The fringes 

 are lilacine-brown. The secondaries are in 

 color like the primaries crossed by regularly 

 curved transverse median, transverse limbal, 

 and transverse submarginal lines, which are 

 somewhat obscure in the region of the costa. 

 On the underside, the wings are fawn heavily 

 sprinkled with minute brown scales, giving 

 them a "pepper and salt" appearance. 

 The lines and markings of the upper surface 

 reappear faintly on the underside. In cer- 

 tain lights, the underside of the wings dis- 

 plays a beautiful pavonine iridescence, as in 

 Stibolefis. subiridescens, Holl. Expanse, 75 

 m n 1 ■ 



163. E. tenuis, sp. nov. $. Body and 

 legs ochraceous, paler beneath. There is 

 a line of black spots running from the collar 

 to the extremity of the abdomen along the 

 dorsal line. Primaries plumbeous, crossed 

 by a dark brown, straight line, which runs 

 from the costa to the inner margin about 

 three-fourths of their length from the base. 

 The secondaries are orange-red with the 

 outer third broadly and uniformly margined 

 with dark plumbeous-brown. On the under- 

 side, both wings are uniformly bright orange- 

 red, with their outer margins bordered as 

 the outer margins of the secondaries upon 

 the upperside. Expanse, 45 mm. 



This beautiful species agrees structurally 

 in all respects with the two larger species 

 described above, so far as the female speci- 

 men which is before me shows. The type 

 is unique. 



J AN A, H. S. 



164. J. nobilis, sp. nov. $. Antennae 

 pale testaceous; palpi brown; front pale 

 gray; collar and patagia dark fawn; pectus 

 and first pair of legs dark fawn of the same 

 color as the collar; the thorax, abdomen, 

 and the two last pairs of legs pale fulvous. 

 Upperside : The primaries are fawn of the 

 same color as the collar with the inner margin 

 and the outer angle pale cinereous. The 

 wings are crossed before the base by a 

 straight transverse line of dark brown mar- 

 gined inwardly with pale cinereous. This is 

 succeeded by a similar line which crosses the 

 middle of the cell and is parallel to the first. 

 There is a short linear brown line at the end 

 of the cell defined inwardly by gray. Beyond 

 the cell there is a straight transverse dark 

 brown line running from beyond the middle 

 of the costa to the middle of the inner mar- 

 gin, where it nearly touches the line cross- 

 ing the middle of the cell. This is defined 

 inwardly by a broad, pale gray shade. This 

 line is followed by another straight trans- 

 verse line running from the costa three- 



