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the anal tuft fiery red at tip; pectus and legs with the 

 markings fiery red ; fore wing with fiery red at base and on 

 outer side of the discoidal bar, the terminal band suffused 

 witli fiery red. 



Hab. S. Nigeria, Lagos (Strachan), 1 <$ , 2 ? type. 

 Exp., $ 22, ? 26 mm. . 



Larva. Bores in Ipomoea, the cocoon appearing half out 

 of the burrow with the pupa projecting from it when the 

 moth emerges. 



Macrotarsipus flammipes, sp. n. 



Hind wing with veins 3, 4 stalked, 6 from below upper 

 angle of cell ; hind tarsi very long, the last four joints 

 fringed with scales above in male, naked in female. 



<$ . Head, thorax, and abdomen black, with a metallic- 

 blue gloss ; palpi orange-red, with a few black scales above 

 towards extremity; frons white at sides; antennae orange 

 above ; neck orange ; tegulse edged with orange-red j patagia 

 with orange-red streaks above ; shoulders and pectus in front 

 orange-red ; legs orange-red, the fore femora at extremity, 

 the mid and hind femora and base of tibiae and the hind tarsi 

 above with some blue-black; abdomen orange- red below. 

 Fore wing hyaline, the veins and margins metallic blue- 

 black ; a blue-black discoidal bar conjoined to the dark 

 costal area; the inner edge of the terminal band slightly 

 waved. Hind wing hyaline, the veins and margins narrowly 

 black, some yellow hair on inner margin. 



$. Antennae black, whitish above towards extremity; 

 thorax scarlet, with blue-black patch on dorsum ; abdomen 

 scarlet, the dorsum blue-black except at base with scarlet 

 segmental lines, a slight metallic-blue streak on dorsum of 

 basal segment, the fourth segment with ventral black band; 

 both wings with the inner area scarlet at base ; fore wing 

 with the terminal band broad and irrorated with yellow 

 scales. 



Hab. Uganda, Entebbe (Minchin), 1 <$ , 1 $ type. Exp., 

 S 30, ? 24 mm. 



Sciapteron pyrocraspis, sp. n. 



Antennae of male strongly fasciculate. 



$ . Head and thorax dark brown mixed with some greyish ; 

 palpi white mixed with ochreous and with some black at side 

 of second joint ; frons ochreous tinged with fiery red, white 

 at sides and the guise white ; antennas with the shaft scarlet 



