150 Colonel C. Swinhoe on New Species of 



Geodena suffusa, nov. 



^. Antennae black, shafts brown, palpi above and the last joint 

 black, palpi below, frons, bead and thorax ochreous, abdomen grey 

 tinged with ochreous, wings greyish-white tinged with ochreous, the 

 fore-wings less ochreous than the hind-wings and tinged with pale 

 purplish, a large black spot at the end of the cell of fore-wings and a 

 smaller spot at the end of the cell on hind-wings ; outer border of 

 hind-wings with indications of a pale greyish band ; under-side 

 more ochreous, the hind-wings much suffused with that colour. 



Expanse of wings Irir inches. 



River Niger, Sapcle {Sampson). 

 Wings shaped as in G. quadriguttata. 



Geodena inferma, nov. 



^. Antenna? black, palpi black above, ochreous beneath, frons 

 ochreous with a large black spot nearly filling it up, top of head and 

 thorax ochreous (much denuded), abdomen Avhitish with black 

 segmental bands, wings white, fore-wings with the costal line and 

 the outer half of the wings black, the white recurved into the black 

 rather deejily and a white sub-costal elongate spot towards the apex ; 

 hind-wings with an apical black band which is continued in the 

 form of two or three small spots on the lower half of the outer 

 margin. 



Expanse of wings 1^ inches. 



1 $, Ambriz, Portuguese West Africa (Montiero). 

 Geodena partita, nov. 



^ . Antennas, palpi above and head black, palpi below, collar and 

 thorax in front orange-ochreous, rest of thorax and abdomen white, 

 wings white, fore-wings with more than half the outer portion 

 black, the limit of the white part almost evenly rounded outwards ; 

 the black running along the costa towards the base ; hind-wings 

 with a black spot at the end of the cell, and with a black marginal 

 band gradually attenuated landwards ; under-side, body ochreous, 

 legs mostly black but with some ochreous marks. 



Expanse of wings IfV inches. 



Ashanti, Obuassi, 150 miles inland {Bergman). 

 Geodena surrendra, nov. 



5. Antenn;e, palpi and frons black, head ochreous, collar black, 

 thorax and abdomen ochreous sull'used with pale black, wings white 



