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between vein 2 and apex. Hind wing with the white soini- 

 hyaline markings conjoined, the basal white area with irregular 

 outer edge and four spots between vein 2 and apex, leaving a brown 

 mark beyond upper end of cell and an irregular terminal band very 

 narrow or obsolete between apex and vein 3. 



Bab. Cape Colony {Dr&je) ; Delagoa. Bay {H. A. Junot). Exp., 

 6 38, $ 42 millim. 



262. Thjrretes negus. 



Tht/retes negus, Oberth. Et. Ent. iii. p. 31, pi. 3. f. 2 (1878); Kirby, Cat. 



Het. p. 103. 

 Thyretes phasma, Batl. P. Z. S. 1896, p. 84(J. 



Head orange-yellow ; antennae brown, white at tips ; abdomen 

 brown, with some white hairs ; a white dorsal tuft at base and a 

 series of yellow spots. Fore wing brown, with a liyaliiie white 

 triangular spot in upper end of cell ; an elongate w^hite patch below 

 the cell and vein 2 extending nearly to termen ; a triangular spot 

 above vein 2 and a series of five spots between vein 3 and apex. 

 Hind wing with conjoined hyaline white markings, the costal area 

 and a narrow terminal band running inwards along vein 2 brown. 



The type of negus from Abyssinia has the spot in upjjcr angle of 

 cell of fore wing large, whilst 2^^>-fisma from Nyasalaud and the 

 specimen from Sierra Leone have it small. 



Hab. SiEEKA Leone (G. B. Mitford) ; Ntasaland (Crawshm/), 

 type phasma ; Abyssinia. Exp., J 28, $ 38 millim. 



263. Thyretes monteiroi. 



Thyretes monteiroi, Butl. Journ. Linu. Soc, Zool. xii. p. 350 (1876) ; Kirby, 

 Cat. Het. p. 103. 



5 . Head, tegulse, and patagia orange-yellow ; antennoe brown ; 

 thorax brown ; abdomen brown, with six yellow bauds and the 

 extremity yellow. Fore wing brown, with elongate semihyaline 

 yellow patch below the cell from near base to middle of vein 2 ; a 

 large spot above vein 2 and spot in upper end of cell ; a postmedial 

 spot above vein 6 and speck above vein 7 ; two conjoined spots between 

 veins 3 and 5. Hind wing with semihyaline patch in cell conjoined 

 to a yellower patch below base of cell ; a speck between veins 2 

 and 3 and two conjoined spots between veins 3 and 5. 



Hab, W. Africa, Ambriz {Mrs. Montdro), 1 9 type. Exp. 

 30 millim. 



Genus THYROGONIA, nov. 



Type, T. efulensis. 



Proboscis absent ; palpi projecting about the length of head ; antennas of 

 female serrate ; mid and hind tibiie with small terminal pairs of spurs. Fore 

 wing with vein 3 from well before angle of cell; 4, 5 Irom angle; 6 from 

 middle of discocellulars ; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked; 11 from cell. Hind wing with 

 vein 3 from long before angle of cell; 4, 5 stalked, 5 obiolescent; 7 absent. 



