38 Lord Walsingham on Western 
Ptilothyris purpurea, sp.n. (PI. IL., fig. 2. 
Antenne purple on the basal two-thirds, with an ochreous patch 
behind the basal joint, the outer third white. Palp/ bright 
ochreous, the apical joint shaded with purplish fuscous externally. 
Head dark purplish, the face paler ; the fringes above the eyes 
bright ochreous. Thorax dark purplish. Forewings shining, dark 
purplish, with a triangular patch of somewhat roughened scales 
extending nearly across the wing at one-third from the base (this 
is bright purplish grey in certain lights, but appears brownish 
fuscous 1f held in an opposite direction) ; beyond this at the upper 
angle of the cell isa smaller similar patch; a slender subochreous 
line runs along the base of the dark purplish cilia, rp. al. 
24mm. Hindwings, ¢, deep purplish fuscous (varying somewhat 
according to the angle at which the light strikes them); costal 
margin from the base to two-thirds shining whitish ochreous ; a 
pale, iridescent transparent elongate patch, lying beneath the costal 
margin beyond the middle, extends nearly across the width of the 
cell; a tuft of greyish hair-scales at the base of vein 1; cilia 
purplish tipped with whitish ochreous towards the abdominal angle 
and somewhat beyond it: 2 cupreous brown, without the pale 
patch ; cilia purplish grey. Abdomen purplish grey, anal tuft pale 
ochreous ; underside shining whitish ochreous. Legs bright 
ochreous ; hind tibiz shaded externally with purplish at the base 
and between the spurs, the outer spurs and the basal joint of the 
tarsi also purplish externally. 
Type. gf. Mus. Wism.; 2. Mus. Holland. 
IIlab. Lagos (f gf, Sir G. Carter) ; French Congo— 
Kangwé, Ogowé River (2 Rev. A. C. Good); three 
specimens. 
EPICHARMA, gen. n. 
(émlxapua = an object of malignant joy.) 
Tyer. Lpicharma nothriforme, Wism. 
Antenne (Q) filiform. Labial palpi strongly recurved, second 
joint amply clothed above and below, the scales beneath scarcely 
longer than those above ; apical joint as long as the second, slender, 
smooth. Mavillary palpi short, dependent. //austellum long. 
Ocelli obsolete. Head and thorax smooth. Forewings, costa 
slightly arched at the base, straight beyond, apex depressed, ter- 
men scarcely oblique. Neuration, 11 veins (7 and 8 coincident 
