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are long and pubescent, not with short pectinations as in helcitn, the 

 palpi (except for the black tip), pectus, and top of head are bright 

 crimson, frons black, whereas in helcita the frons, pectus, and palpi 

 are ochreous and the top of the head is black; the neuration is 

 similar. 



Expanse of wings 4y% inches. 



Hah. Gold Coast. 

 Venation as in Aletis. 



Genus Leptaletis, Warr., Nov. Zool, i, p. 379 (1894). 



Leptaletis variabilis. 

 Aletis variabilis, Butler, P. Z, S., 1878, p. 386. 



2 $, Ambriz, including the type. 1 $, Angola. 



Vein 11 of fore-wings from beyond the middle of the 

 cell, consequently the areole is much shorter than in 

 Aletis. 



Leptaletis forbesi. 



Aletis forbesi, Druce, P. Z. S., 1884, p. 227, pi. 17, f. 4, $. 

 Aletis erici, Kirby, Ann. Mag. N. H. (6), xviii, p. 382 2 

 (1896). f > + 



Cartaletis Jlexilimes, Warr., Nov. Zool., iv, p. 28 (1897). 



2 ^ , Old Calabar. 1 ? , Port Alice, W. Africa {Kirlnfs 

 type). 



The type from W. Africa is in coll. Druce. Warren's 

 types, $, $, are from Warn, Niger, in coll. Rothschild. 



Genus Cartaletis, Warr., Nov. Zool., i, p. 378 (1894). 

 Cartaletis ethelinda. 



Aletis ethelinda, Kirby, Ann. Mag. N. H. (6), xviii p 881 

 (1896). 



Antennae more heavily pectinated than in Aletis or 

 Leptaletis. 



Vein 10 of fore-wing anastomoses with 11, and then 

 with 8 and 9 forming a double areole. 



1 <^, 1 $, Panimbiro, E. Africa (types). 



The pectinations of the antenna; of the males are 

 longer than in those of the preceding species. 



