Equatorial African Micro-lepido; tera. 53 
greyisu fuscous, with two slender white lines on each side of the 
anterior half. Forewings greyish fuscous, mottled and banded 
with white, with a row of eight bright metallic spots around the 
apex and termen, each set in an elongate dark fuscous shade ; the 
white markings on the forewings are thus distributed :—a narrow 
fascia near the base, running obliquely outwards from the dorsum 
across the fold, angulated a little below the costa and reverting to 
it ; a second a little beyond, rather straighter, reaches only half- 
way across the wing from the costa; beyond the middle of the 
wing isa large patch spreading from the outer end of the cell 
to the costa and dorsum, much interruptel anl suTusel by 
greyish fuscous scales, but becoming distinct on the margins at the 
commencement of the costal cilia and before the commencement 
of the dorsal cilia ; cilia greyish fuscous, with a white spot below 
the apex and another below the tornus, a slight parting line along 
their base. Hap. al., 12mm. Hindiwings brownish fuscous, with 
a white patch on the outer half of the cell, and an oblique 
white streak reverting from beyond this to the middle of the 
termen; above and beyond the upper extremity of the second 
streak is a brilliant metallic lilac streak tapering to its lower 
extremity, where it almost reaches the margin; a third obscurely 
whitish streak, from near the abdominal angle, tends outwards and 
upwards, terminating above the lower extremity of the more con- 
spicuous white streak beyond it ; cilia greyish fuscous with three 
conspicuous white interruptions, the first at the apex, the other 
two corresponding with the extremities of the lilac streak and the 
largest white streak respectively. Abdomen brownish fuscous. 
Legs white, annulated with brownish fuscous, 
Dypers a. 
Hab. Yoruba—Idanre (Sir G. Carter); French Congo 
—Kangwé, Ogowé River (Rev. A. ©. Good); three 
specimens. 
All the white and metallic markings of both fore and 
hindwings are reproduced on the underside, where they 
are even more strongly apparent than above. 
SimAETHIS, Leach. 
Simaethis equatoris, sp.n. (Pl. III., fig. 19.) 
Antenne slightly ciliate ; greyish fuscous, annulated with whitish, 
Palpi very short, not projecting beyond the head ; cinereous, with 
three narrow greyish fuscous bands beneath. //ead ochreous, mixed 
