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Tiquapra, Wkr. 
Tiquadra lichenea, sp. n. (PI. IL, fig. 26.) 
Antenne fawn-brown. Palpi, second joint with a loose pro- 
jecting tuft beneath, apical joint of about equal length, erect, also 
thickly clothed ; fawn-brown. J/ead and thorax fawn-brown, the 
latter pale greenish posteriorly. Forewings very hirsute, with 
patches of upstanding scales, all the margins with rough cilia, 
except on the basal third; pale bluish green with spots and ill- 
defined cross-streaks of raised coarse hair-like fawn-brown scales, — 
giving a somewhat reticulated appearance ; of these some at the 
end of the disc, and others above and about the outer third of the 
fold, are more conspicuously raised ; the outer half of the costa, 
which is very roughly fringed, is distinctly chestnut-brown, and 
this colour extends narrowly towards the base, the termen also has 
some chestnut-brown scales, but the majority of the cilia are dirty 
whitish. Underside fawn-ochreous. Lap. al.,24 mm. Hindwings 
and cilia fawn-ochreous. Underside the same. Abdomen fawn- 
ochreous. Legs slightly paler than the abdomen. 
ype aa 
Hab. French Congo—Kangwé, Ogowé River (Rev. 
A. ©. Good); unique. 
An interesting species allied to goochii, Wlsm. 
ADELIN A. 
Nemators, Hb. 
Nematois parvella, Wkr. (Pl. III., fig. 27.) 
Nematois parvella, Wkr., Cat. Lep. Ins. B.M., 
XXVILI., 504 (1865)'. 
Antenne three times as long as the forewings; cinereous. Palpi 
almost obsolete. Head cinereous, with some metallic scales. Thorax 
purplish, with metallic scales. Forewings narrow at the base, 
widened outwardly, costa depressed to the apex ; purplish cinereous, 
richly studded with brassy metallic scales, strongly iridescent in 
different lights, with three yellowish ochreous patches : the first on 
the dorsal half at the base; the second triangular, narrowly 
margined with black scales, extending inwards from the costal 
margin about the middle to the fold ; the third lying beyond the 
end of the cell, occupying the middle of the apical portion of the 
wing, and produced narrowly inwards and upwards to the com- 
