Tropical Africa in the National Collection. 569 



Genus Epirrhoe, Hiibn., Verz., p. 328 (1818). 



Epirrhoe prasinaria, 

 Bpirrhoe prasinaria, Warr., Nov. ZooL, viii, p. 13 (1901). 



16 examples, mile 478, Uganda Railway. 1, Kikiiyu. 

 4, E. Quaso, Masai. 1, Ndabibi. 



The type, a female from Kilimanjaro, is in coll. Roths- 

 child. 



Epirrhoe heliopharia, nov. 



9 . Palpi and antennae blackish-brown, head and thorax pinkish- 

 brown, abdomen pinkish-grey, a pale band at the base, the remain- 

 ing segments with thin brown bands ; fore-wings dark pinkish-grey 

 with three transverse, almost straight bands, sub-basal, ante-medial 

 and medial, each composed of four more or less crenulated dark 

 brown lines ; outside these are several more similar but less con- 

 spicuous lines, followed by sub- marginal pale lunules, the inner sides 

 of three of them below the apex suffused with black and another 

 small sub-apical patch close to them on the outer margin ; hind-wings 

 whitish with the commencement of numerous transverse crenulated 

 brown lines from the abdominal margin, which continue for about 

 one-third of the wing and then become obsolescent ; marginal line 

 of both wings brown, cilia pale pinkish, interlined with brown ; 

 under-side whitish with the transverse lines more or less visible 

 and complete on the hind-wings. 



Expanse of wings l^ inches. 



4 $, mile 478, Uganda Railway {Betton). 

 Genus Ochyria, Hlibn., Verz., p. 334 (1818). 



OCHYRIA VIRIDATA. 



Coremia virid.ata. Walker, xxv, 1310 (1865). 

 Melanippe colorata, var., Walker, xxvi, 1712 (1866). 



1 $, mile 498, Uganda Railway. 3 $, Machakos. 

 The type from the Cape is in Mus. Oxon.; there are 

 also some examples in this Museum from Natal. 



Ochyria thorenaria, nov. 



9 . Frons white ; palpi, antennie, head, thorax, and fore-wings 

 dark pinkish-grey ; the ground-colour of the fore-wings is really 

 white, with a dark grey (nearly brown), broad basal band, another 

 similar broad central band, bent outwardly on its inner side, dent- 

 ated on its outer side, with a large central dentation and a half 



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