( 579 ) 



111 the ]?riti!^li Jluseniii 1 c? IVom : Sajiele, Niger. Auotlier d, from Lagos, iu 

 coll. Dnice. 



The truncate apex of thu f'orewiug aud the pale cohjnr di,stiugiiish tliis species 

 easily from playkUa. 



50'.). Temnora elegans i.Pl. VII. f. G, S). 



'DiiidofitlK elcijitiis Rothschild, hU vii. p. 2'J8. n. 3 (1894) (Sierra Leone ;— coll. Staudiiiger). 



S ? . One of the prettiest species of the genus. Palpi triangular, pointed. 

 Eye-lashes rather dense. Merum of midcoxa not cariiiate. Long terminal spur of 

 hinJtiliia about one-third the lengtli of tirst tarsal segment. Uppcrside of tibiae 

 the same in colour as breast. Abdomen beneath with two rows of black dots. 

 Distal margins of wings dentate ; that of forewiiig bisiuuate, apex acute. Hind- 

 wing bright orange-rufous, with a sliarply marked marginal baud. Underside of 

 wings dull orange-rufous, hindwing shaded wilh grey : both wings with brown 

 distal marginal band, which is half as wide again on the forewing as on the 

 hindwing ; three discal lines on hindwing, distinct. 



5. Abdominal scent-tuft scarlet. Teuth tergite slender ; sternite very broad, 

 sinuate, the lobes rounded (PI. XLIV. f. 46). Harpe broad (PI. L. f. 9), Hattened, 

 obtuse, of the same type as in zanttis, inornatam, etc. Penis-sheath with an 

 elongate jiatch of teeth (PI. LV. f. 55) ; the dnct, which is pushed out in the 

 specimen figured, bears some setae at end and a strongly chitinised dagger-like 

 spine. 



Huh. iSierra Luoiic. 



Iq the Tring Museum 3 (?c?, :J ¥ ? from : Sierra Leone ; one of the c?t? in 

 August l.s'JS (Capt. Stevens). 



5111. Temnora palpalis spec. nov. (PI. Vll. f. 10, S). 



S- Similar to creiudata, rather more cinnamon-brown above, tawny-brown below. 

 Antenna somewhat longer. First protarsal segment not longer than second and 

 third together. Hind edge of midcoxal merum not distinctly cariniform. First 

 segment of ]ial])iis with conspicuous white lino at eye ; abdomeu below without 



spots. Foi'ewing, Kpperside : ajiex rounded ; oblicjue discal band without pale 



distal Ijorder, wiileiied at costal mai'gin, its proximal edge shiirper defined than in 



riru'il'iid. Hindwing : postdiscal line distinct behind ; costal margin obviously 



dilated near base. 



Underside far more tawny (liaii in crenulata, no bullish spots, lines feebly 

 marked, obsolete in pcisterior half on both wings. 



6. Scent-tuft of base of abd(jiuen scarlet. Tenth segment (I'l. XLV. f. ;i) 

 long ; tergite densely hairy, gradually narrowed to end, which is rather flat and 

 rounded ; sternite longer than tergite, very slender, dilated at end and somewhat 

 curveil, hollowed out, ladle-shaiied. Clasjier with more than four large friction- 

 Hcales, bi^sides several small ones : harpe (PI. L. f 14; similar to that o'i fii mom , 

 ending in a gently curved, slender, pointed, minutely notched process. I'enis-slieath 

 (I'l. LV. f. 5:'.) with the left edge incrassate and dentate. 



V . Not known. 



Iliih. Antanambe, liaie d'Alitongil, Machigascar ; ■.' rf r? in the Tring Museum, 

 Murch and April l.>'.)" (.\. Mocijuerys;. 



Easily recognised by the white line on the first segment nf llie palpus. 



