466 Sir G. F. Ilampson on 



black spots, bent inwards between veins 6 and 4 and oblique 

 below vein 4 ; a subterminal series of black spots, the spot 

 above vein 4 displaced inwards ; cilia red-brown intersected 

 with greenish at the veins. Hind wing pale red-brown ; the 

 costal area pale green, with a rufous postmedial bar, followed 

 by a black patch near apex with some grey on it ; cilia 

 ochreous white ; the underside with the inner area whitish. 



Hob. S. Nigeria, Lagos (Strachan), 1 ? type; Mashona- 

 land (Bobbie), 1 $ . Exp. 48-62 mm. 



Nearest to S. viridescens, Wlk., from India. 



Stauropus rivata, sp. n. 



$ . Head and tegulse white mixed with yellow-green and 

 some rufous; palpi above and lower part of frons rufous ; 

 antennae rufous ; patagia green irrorated with black ; thorax 

 rufous ; pectus and legs ochreous tinged with rufous ; abdo- 

 men whitish tinged with rufous. Fore wing whitish suffused 

 with pale yellow-green and slightly irrorated with black- 

 brown; the base bright yellow-green defined by the double 

 black oblique and irregularly sinuous subbasal line ; ante- 

 medial line obsolescent, brown, angled outwards below costa 

 and cell and excurved above inner margin ; medial line 

 strong, brown, bent inwards in cell, then dentate and ex- 

 curved above inner margin ; postmedial line strong, brown, 

 angled outwards below costa, then incurved, angled outwards 

 at vein 4, then oblique and dentate, another line beyond it 

 defined on outer side by white, angled outwards just below 

 costa, oblique to vein 6, incurved to vein 4, then oblique and 

 minutely dentate ; subterminal line slight, dark, defined on 

 inner side by some white and on outer by brown suffusion 

 from costa to vein 4 and towards tornus, bent inwards 

 between veins 6 and 4 and below vein 2 and outwards to 

 near termen between veins 4 and 2 ; cilia brown slightly 

 intersected by ochreous at the veins. Hind wing pale 

 brown, the cilia with ochreous mixed ; the underside with 

 the cell and inner area ochreous white. 



Hab. S. Nigeria, Akassa (Lugard), 1 ? type. Exp. 

 58 mm. 



Nearest to S. viridescens, Wlk., from India. 



Stauropus calliope, sp. n. 



Head and thorax bright yellow-green irrorated with black, 

 the mesothorax with black-brown patch ; palpi rufous, 

 whitish in front and black behind ; frons with some black at 

 sides ; antennae black with the branches rufous ; pectus and 



