146 Sir G. F. Hampson on 



Somara albilinea, sp. n. 



$ . Head chocolate-brown • antennae black-brown ; thorax 

 and abdomen bright rufous with a silky gloss ; pectus, legs, 

 and ventral surface of abdomen chocolate-brown. Fore wing 

 whitish thickly irrorated and suffused with bright rufous, the 

 costal half somewhat whiter to postmedial line, which is 

 white, oblique, and slightly incurved. Hind wing rufous. 



Hab. Ashanti, Obuassi {Bergman), 1 S type. Exp. 

 42 mm. 



Allied to S. canescens, Wlk., which has the postmedial line 

 of fore wing not incurved. 



Parasa mesochloris, sp. n. 



£ . Head and thorax bright apple-green, rufous at sides ; 

 palpi, frons, antennas, pectus, and legs deep rufous, some 

 yellow below base of wings ; abdomen yellow, dorsally 

 suffused with rufous except at base, where there is a patch 

 of green, the ventral surface deep rufous. Fore wing deep 

 rufous ; a bright apple-green medial band edged by dark 

 rufous lines, rounded above and not quite touching costa, its 

 inner edge oblique, its outer edge excurved to vein 6, then 

 incurved, and again excurved below vein 3. Hind wing pale 

 yellow, the terminal area tinged with rufous, the cilia rufous ; 

 the underside with the costa and terminal area suffused with 

 rufous. 



Hab. Gold Coast (Hales), 1 £ , Kumasi (Whiteside), 

 1 S type. Exp. 32 mm. 



Nearest to P. infuscata, Wichgr. 



Parasa microbasis, sp. n. 



$ . Head and thorax bright apple-green, the palpi, lower 

 part of frons, pectus, and legs bright rufous ; abdomen 

 yellow slightly tinged with rufous. Fore wing bright apple- 

 green; a small tuft of yellowish-rufous hair at base of cell 

 connected with an elliptical subbasal spot just below the cell 

 defined by black ; a terminal yellowish-rufous band, its 

 inner edge defined by a deep rufous line, incurved below 

 costa and strongly at middle, the termen with some darker 

 suffusion e> cept towards tornus. Hind wing pale yellow 

 with a faint rufous tinge. Underside of both wings yellow 

 tinged with rufous, the costal areas rufous. 



Hab. N. Nigeria, Pangema {Anderson), I J 1 type. Exp. 

 56 mm. 



