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Genus Thalera, Hlibn., Verz., p. 285 (1818). 



Thalera oblongata. 



Thalera oblongata, Warr., Nov. Zool., v, p. 17 (1898). 



1 $ , Sierra Leone. 



The type, a female from Warri, Niger Coast, is in coll. 

 Rothschild. 



Thalera (?) turpisaria, nov. 



(^ . Palpi and frons dark brownish-black, antennae, head, thorax 

 and first two segments of the abdomen dull greenish-ochreous, 

 remaining segments dark brown ; wings dull greenish-ochreous, 

 fore-wings slightly suffused with dull green in the interior parts; a 

 brown spot at the end of the cell, some brown dots on the costal 

 margin, and a brown thin discal band, erect from the binder margin 

 near the angle to vein 6 ; hind-wings more thickly and darkly suf- 

 fused with green, the suffusion covering the whole of the upper por- 

 tion of the wings, and running to the abdominal margin in the form 

 of three bands ; under-side strongly tinged with pink, with greenish- 

 brown suffusion on the lower portions of fore-wings and over nearly 

 all the hind-wings ; two middle transverse bands, both of which on 

 the fore-wings stop short of the costa ; a brown spot at the end of 

 each cell. 



Expanse of wings 1 inch. 



Hab. Sapele, River Niger (Sampson). 



The insect has lost its hind-legs, therefore I cannot 

 properly place it ; it has bipectinate antennae like a Thalera 

 and veins 3 and 4 of the hind-wings are stalked, but there 

 is no excision between veins 3 and 4. 



Genus Xanthodura, Butler, xVnn. Mag. N. H. (5), v, p. 

 384 (1880). 



Xanthodura trucidata. 



Xanthodura trucidata, Butler, 1. c, p. 385. 



1 $ , Madagascar (type). 



Genus Antharmostes, Warr., Nov. Zool., vi, p. 21 (1899). 



Antharmostes interalbicans. 

 Antharmostes inter albicans, Warr., I.e., ix, p. 493 (1902). 



