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(2 d) Tegulifera eleeomesa, sp. n. 



S ■ Head and thorax pale olive-brown, the vertex o£ head and 

 tips of patagia tinged with piu-plish red ; abdomen pale olive-brown 

 suffused with purplish red towards base and ixTorated with some 

 black scales towards extremity ; jDectus, legs, and ventral surface 

 of abdomen whitish suffused with pm*plish red and irrorated with 

 black. Fore wing pale olive-brown, the terminal area purplish 

 red irroi'ated with black ; a curved whitish antemedial line with 

 a purplish-red patch irrorated with black before it from cell to 

 inner margin ; the medial pai-t of costa with some white points 

 with black between them ; a black discoidal point ; a slightly in- 

 curved white postmedial line with some black irro ration before it 

 below the cell ; a fine white line at base of cilia. Hind wing 

 purplish red irrorated with black ; two cmwed whitish medial lines, 

 the area between them suffused with blackish ; a fine white line 

 at base of cilia. Underside purplish red irrorated with black and 

 mixed with Avhitish towards base ; both wings with obscure black 

 discoidal spots ; fore wing with the postmedial line indistinct ; 

 hind wing with slightly waved, white, medial line defined on inner 

 side by rather diffused black. 



- Ifab. GrOLB Coast, Aburi (Johnston). 1 c? > Bibianalia (>S^m;'- 

 rell), 2 cf type. Exp. 1J< mm. * 



(2(f) Tegulifera ohoimlis, sp. n. 



Head and thorax pale red with a few fuscous scales ; abdomen 

 pale reddish, the base pm-plish red ; subdorsal black fasciae except 

 at base, connected dorsally on 2nd segment and on two terminal 

 segments ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen pale reddish. 

 Fore wing pale iiifous slightly irrorated with fuscous, the ovate 

 terminal area chocolate-brown ; antemedial line whitish defined on 

 outer side by blackish, rather oblique ; a small black discoidal spot; 

 the medial part of costii with whitish points with some black 

 between them ; postmedial line whitish defined on inner side by 

 blackish, incurved ; a fine white line at base of cilia. Hind wing 

 red-brown with a slight purplish-red tinge ; a curved Avhitish ante- 

 medial line defined on outer side by dark brown ; a small blackish 

 spot at upper angle of cell ; postmedial line whitish defined on 

 inner side hj dark brown, rather obliquely curved ; a fine white 

 line at base of cilia. Underside whitish tinged with rufous espe- 

 cially in and beyond the cell of fore wing and on terminal areas of 

 both wings, the costal areas with some black irroration ; fore wing 

 with the whitish and black points on costa extending to base, the 

 postmedial line very slightly waved ; hind wing with dark ante- 

 medial line from cell to inner margin, small discoidal spot and 

 obliqiie slightly waved postmedial line. 



Hah. Gold Coast, Kumasi (Whiteside), 1 J, 1 $ type; 

 Natal, Durban (Leigh), 1 $ . Exp. 2'4-28 mm. 



