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Cychpides perexcellens, sp. n. 



Allied to C. metis, quadrisignatus, &c. ; above shining 

 bronze-brown, with greenish reflections ; primaries with eight 

 spots of bright golden ochreous, as in the most heavily-marked 

 specimens of C. quadrisignatus, and a submarginal series of 

 six dots from costa to first median interspace : secondaries 

 with five or six unequal submarginal squamose greenish- 

 ochreous spots and two sliort streaks beyond the cell ; fringe 

 (of these wings only) golden ochreous : body blackish ; head 

 and palpi clothed with golden-brown hair, pterygodes with 

 tawny cupreous hair. Primaries below with the costal margin 

 and a decreasing submarginal series of spots creamy whitish 

 varied with buff; fringe with a broad ochreous central band, 

 otherwise marked as above : secondaries ochreous varied with 

 greenish cream ; abdominal area deep brown, with longitudinal 

 interrupted bluish-ash streak ; veins and margins black ; 

 fringe orange or golden oclireous, as above ; a triangular spot 

 at base of subcostal area, a band of five irregularly placed 

 unequal spots crossing the cell obliquely, a discal oblique 

 series of five spots, and a marginal series of seven spots 

 metallic silver : palpi below ochreous ; pectus brown, clothed 

 with ochreous hairs ; venter with central cream-coloured 

 stripe, bordered with ochreous. 



Expanse of wings .^3 millim. 



Two males, Kasungu Mountain, 7425 feet alt., Nyika, 

 March 5th, 1896. 



By far the most beautiful species hitherto described, and 

 utterly unlike any other species in the elegant silver spotting 

 of the under surface. 



A pair of a very beautiful Limacodid obtained by 

 Mr. Crawshay I was at first inclined to regard as a variety of 

 Tceda cehtis, Wllgr. ; a careful comparison of the two has, 

 however, convinced me that they are quite distinct species : — 



Tceda pr as ina, sp. n. 



Primaries pea-green, bluish at outer margin ; markings 

 silver, edged with golden rust-red : secondaries silky ochreous; 

 antennai reddish testaceous; thorax sage-green; abdomen 

 deep golden ochraceous. Differs from Tceda (Otitis in the 

 yellower tint of the primaries and the great extension of tiie 

 silver markings, the basal patch consisting of six or seven 

 divisions separated by rust- red reticulation; the spot beyond 

 the cell four times larger, its outer half divided by golden 



