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extending decidedly over half the length of the wing. 

 Secondaries with vein 2 from two-fifths before the lower 

 angle of the cell, 3 from well before the angle, 4 from 

 the angle, 5 from a little above the angle, 6 and 7 stalked 

 from well beyond the upper angle, 8 long. Frenulum of 

 the (J ending in a clubbed apex, ? with each of the separate 

 hairs slightly clubbed or spatulate, so that when closed to- 

 gether they also form a club. 

 Type, Scirrhoma ethiopica, B-B. 



Scirrhoma ethiopica, sp. n. 



<J $ . Primaries uniform dull brown. Secondaries pale 

 orange-yellow with the outer margin broadly black tapering 

 narrowly to the anal angle. Thorax and head similar in 

 colour to the primaries ; abdomen as the secondaries. The 

 female is uniformly paler than the male. 



Expanse, <$ 38, ? 42 to 46 mm. 



Hob. Fort Jamieson, N.E. Rhodesia ; December 1906. 



Types in my collection : one $ and three females. 



In this species the separate hairs of the frenulum are 

 slightly thickened at the extremity, forming a slight club 

 when lying together. 



Scirrhoma callima, sp. n. 



^ ? . Head bright chestnut-red, palpi black with a basal 

 bar of chestnut-red below ; antennas black with a restricted 

 basal area of chestnut-red ; pectus and legs orange-red ; 

 thorax bright chestnut-red, with a lateral creamy dash on each 

 side ; abdomen chestnut-red, with paler segmental divisions. 

 Primaries satiny buff, the gloss is of a beautiful but almost 

 indescribable tone of colour ; a very oblique bright chestnut 

 stripe runs from the apex to the inner margin on the basal 

 side of the centre, fringes chestnut-red. Secondaries clear 

 orange-yellow, with a slight sheen. 



Expanse, $ 42-47, ? 58 mm. 



Hab. Lagos; ? Gold Coa<t. 



Types : $ in the Oxford Museum from Lagos {Dr. Lam- 

 born), ? in the British Museum from the Gold Coast. 



The frenulum of the ? has spatulate extremities to the 

 hairs and forms a largish club. 



Scirrhoma lamborni, sp. n. 



? . Head and thorax orange-red ; palpi orange-yellow, end- 

 segment black below ; antennae black ; abdomen orange. 



