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oblique striga extending to vein 7 and a short striga before apex ; 

 the terminal area with oblique streak from apex bent downwards 

 at extremity to discal fold, a short streak below apex, elongate 

 V-shaped mark at discal fold, short streak below vein 4, longer 

 streaks at veins 3 and 2 connected by a curved line at extremity 

 and oblique streak at tornus ; a subbasal spot on median nervine 

 followed by a strongly curved pink mark from subcostal nervure to 



Fig. 159. — Mazuca strigicincta, $ . 



submedian fold with a little black on its outer edge ; a pink spot in 

 cell towards extremity with blue-black spot above it and elongate 

 pink mark in end of cell with two blue-black spots on upper edge, 

 these pink marks connected by a blue-black streak above median 

 nervure with spot below it at origin of vein 2 ; a black striga 

 beyond the cell between veins 4, 3 followed by a pink spot with 

 black points above and below it or both striae pink with black 

 points above and below ; the inner area with double black ante- 

 medial line from submedian fold to inner margin strongly angled 

 inwards on vein 1, very oblique medial line and two outwardly 

 oblique postmedial lines. Hind wing semihy aline white. 



Hah. Nigeria, Old Calabar {Rutherford, Crom/Aon), 1 rj" , 2 § ; 

 Cameroons {Rutherford), 2 S type lituruta • Br. C. Africa, Zomba 

 {Cunningham), 1 $ , Zambesi. Exp. 40-44 millim. 



Genus CHASMINODES, nov. 



Type, C. albonitens. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching about to 

 vertex of head and smoothly scaled, the 3rd rather long ; frons smooth ; eyes 

 large, round ; antennie of male ciiiaterl ; thorax clothed with scales and hair 

 mixed and without crests ; tibiaj moderately fringed with hair ; abdomen with 

 dorsal series of crests. Fore wing with the apex rectangular, the termen evenly 

 curved and not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from below 

 upper angle ; 7,8,9 stalked; 10, 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 

 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from just below middle of discocellulars ; 6, 

 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with cell near base only. 



A. Fore and hind wings fuscous brown except basal area atrata. 



B. Fore aud hind wings white. 



a. Fore wing with the veins streaked with fuscous nervosa. 



b. Fore wing with the veins not streaked with fuscous. 

 a 1 . Fore wing with postmedial line. 



a 2 . Fore wing witii the apical area not tinged with fuscous . cilia. 

 b 2 . Fore wing with the apical area tinged with fuscous ... nigrilinea. 

 b l . Fore wing with the postmedial line absent albonitens. 



