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  African 
  Ileterocera. 
  569 
  

  

  brown, 
  the 
  inner 
  margin 
  being 
  rounded, 
  indented, 
  and 
  waved. 
  

   Secondaries 
  yellow, 
  with 
  pale 
  red-brown 
  fringes. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  28 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Lokoja 
  (100 
  miles 
  north). 
  

  

  Type 
  in 
  my 
  collection. 
  

  

  Nearest 
  P. 
  smaragdina, 
  B-B., 
  but 
  basal 
  and 
  terminal 
  

   reddish 
  areas 
  quite 
  different 
  in 
  shape. 
  

  

  Parasa 
  tripartita, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  J 
  . 
  Head 
  and 
  thorax 
  bright 
  olive-green, 
  the 
  latter 
  witli 
  a 
  

   daik 
  grey 
  central 
  stripe; 
  antennas 
  black; 
  abdomen 
  yellow, 
  

   with 
  anal 
  segments 
  dark 
  grey 
  ; 
  legs 
  and 
  breast 
  dark 
  greyish 
  

   brown. 
  Primaries 
  darkish 
  grey, 
  the 
  basal 
  area 
  (obliquely 
  

   rounded 
  on 
  its 
  posterior 
  and 
  lower 
  edges) 
  divided 
  from 
  the 
  

   outer 
  area 
  by 
  a 
  broad 
  green 
  oblique 
  stripe 
  right 
  across 
  the 
  

   wing, 
  and 
  extending 
  rather 
  less 
  broadly 
  along 
  the 
  costa 
  to 
  

   the 
  base. 
  Secondaries 
  yellow 
  for 
  the 
  basal 
  two-thirds, 
  dark 
  

   grey 
  at 
  apex 
  and 
  termen 
  to 
  vein 
  2. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  46 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Gunnal, 
  West 
  Africa. 
  

  

  Type 
  in 
  m} 
  r 
  collection. 
  

  

  Near 
  P. 
  johannis, 
  Distant, 
  but 
  the 
  stripe 
  of 
  the 
  primaries 
  

   is 
  different 
  and 
  the 
  secondaries 
  likewise 
  differ. 
  

  

  Macroplectra 
  rosea, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  $ 
  . 
  Head, 
  thorax, 
  and 
  abdomen 
  buff-colour 
  ; 
  sides 
  of 
  face 
  

   and 
  palpi 
  bright 
  rose-red. 
  Primaries 
  dull 
  buff-colour, 
  with 
  

   three 
  longitudinal 
  lines 
  of 
  rosy 
  red, 
  the 
  subcostal 
  one 
  the 
  

   longest, 
  that 
  in 
  the 
  cell 
  rather 
  shorter, 
  and 
  that 
  below 
  the 
  

   cell 
  shorter 
  still 
  ; 
  from 
  the 
  middle 
  line 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  slight 
  trace 
  

   of 
  rosy 
  radiations 
  along 
  the 
  lower 
  radial 
  veins. 
  Secondaries 
  

   straw-yellow. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  22-24 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  N'Dalla 
  Tando, 
  2700 
  feet; 
  November 
  (Ansorge). 
  

  

  Type 
  in 
  my 
  collection. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  superficially 
  like 
  JSatada 
  arnica, 
  but 
  the 
  

   neuration 
  is 
  different 
  to 
  that 
  genus. 
  

  

  Macroplectra 
  hieraglypJiica, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  $ 
  . 
  Head, 
  thorax, 
  and 
  abdomen 
  tawny 
  brown. 
  Primaries 
  

   pale 
  tawny 
  brown, 
  with 
  a 
  dark 
  median 
  oblique 
  line 
  curved 
  

   inwardly 
  on 
  the 
  fold 
  ; 
  this 
  line 
  is 
  double 
  up 
  to 
  vein 
  2, 
  outside 
  

   this 
  is 
  a 
  large 
  roundish 
  spot 
  of 
  pale 
  chestnut-colour 
  divided 
  

   by 
  two 
  paler 
  lines 
  and 
  encircled 
  with 
  one 
  also 
  ; 
  above 
  this 
  

  

  Ann. 
  & 
  Mag. 
  N. 
  Hist. 
  Ser. 
  8. 
  Vol. 
  vii. 
  38 
  

  

  