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of abdomen except at extremity yellowish white, the coxae and 

 femora and tibiae at extremities black, the genital tufts yellow 

 tinged with rufous. Fore wing dark brown with a strong cupreous 

 gloss, the basal area and the costa to beyond middle glossed with 

 purple ; an orange-yellow spot on costa above end of cell nearly 

 touching a rather oblique elliptical yellowish white discoidal spot. 

 Hind wing dark brown with a cupreous gloss; a line whitish line at 

 base of cilia. 



Ab. 1. Fore wing without the yellow spot above end of cell. 



Hab. CaMEROONS, da R., Bitje (Bates),- 3 6 type. Exp. 

 30 mm. 



(3 a) Ohalcidoptera orbidiscalis, sp. n. 



Antennas of male thickened by a ridge of scales near base ; hind 

 tibia; short with a largo tuft of hair above at extremity. 



6 • Head and thorax yellowish white suffused with rufous; 

 abdomen pale grey-brown ; antennas whitish, blackish towards base ; 

 pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen white tinged with 

 rufous, the fore coxa? with black patches, the fore tibiae with black 

 band at extremity, the mid femora, at extremity and tibiae below 

 blackish, the tufts of hair on hind tibia? black. Fore wing pale 

 red-brown, the terminal area grey-brown ; the medial part of costal 

 area yellow, conjoined to an oblique elliptical white spot in end of 

 cell; a round white postmeclial patch between veins 7 and 4; a 

 yellow fascia on costal area towards apex conjoined to a yellowish 

 white subterminal spot below vein 8, followed by three small white 

 spots edged with yellow between veins 7 and 4- ; cilia glossy dark 

 brown. H ind wing uniform brown with a silvery gloss ; the under- 

 side brownish white with a curved brown postmeclial line from c 

 to vein 5 and dark terminal band to below vein 3. 



Hab. Cameeoons, .la R., Bitje (Bates), G S type. Exp. 

 2G-30 mm. 



(8) Filodes tenuimarginalis, sp. n. 



$. Head brown ; thorax and abdomen pale orange-yellow ; an- 

 tennae yellowish tinged with brown towards tips. Fore wing pale 

 orange-yellow, the costa tinged with brown ; the terminal area 

 tinged with la-own narrowing to a pointat vein 2; cilia dark brown 

 with a silvery gloss. Hind wing pale orange-yellow, the termen 

 narrowly and cilia dark brown with a silvery gloss. 



Hub. Celebes, Saugir I. (Doherty), 1 $ type. Exp. 46 mm. 



-') Dichogaina dijfusalis, sp. n. 



S ■ Head and thorax greyish wdiite ; abdomen white slightly 

 tinged with brown; antennae tinged with red-brown; pectus, legs, 

 and ventral surface of abdomen silvery white, the fore tarsi brown 



