152 SYNXOMID^. 



of head, patches behind eyes, and stripes on legs crimson. Fore 

 wing with crimson point at base of costa ; the end of cell and the 

 interspaces between veins 2 and 8 semihyaline. 



Hah. W. Africa, Ogove E., Bule Country, 2 J • Exp. 50 miUim. 

 Type t in CoU. Holland. 



Sect. III. Hind wing with vein 5 from middle of discocellulars. 



*299. Pseudapiconoma elegans. 



Balacra elegans, Auriv. Ent. Tidskr. xiii. p. 200 (1892). 

 Balacra damalis, Holland, Psyche, vi. p. b97 (1893). 



S . Head red ; antennae fuscous, white above ; tegulae white, 

 narrowly edged with crimson ; thorax pale brown ; pectus and legs 



white with patches of crimson ; 

 abdomen bluish grey-brown, 

 with segmental black bands 

 somewhat incomplete dorsally ; 

 subdorsal crimson patches on 

 basal segments ; lateral orange 

 fasciae ; the ventral surface 

 white, Avith paired crimson 

 -p- g3 semicircular patches except 



Pseudapiconoma ekffans, (S . \. towards extremity. Fore 



wiug pale fawn-colour, with 

 crimson point at base ; a hyaline spot in end of cell, and four spots 

 beyond the cell between veins 2 and 6. Hind wing orange- 

 yellow. 



Hab. Cameroons. Eaq^. 42 millim. Type t in Mus. Stockholm ; 

 typet damalis in Coll. Holland. 



Genus MELISA. 



Type. 



Melisa, Wlk. i. 264 (1854) di2)iera. 



Proboscis well developed ; palpi short, porrect, hairy, and not reaching 

 beyond the frons, which is hairy ; antennae of male ciliated ; tibije with minute 

 <erminal pairs of spurs ; abdomen of male with long pointed tuft, of female with 

 the anal segment much enlarged. Fore wing very ample ; vein 3 froui well 

 before angle of cell ; 4, 5 from angle ; 6 from upper angle ; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked ; 11 

 from cell ; male with the middle of inner margin much distorted ; vein 2 bent 

 straight down to it, 3 also nearly straight down, the tornus lobed, turned over 

 on underside and concealing a patch of androconia. Hind wing small ; vein 3 

 from well before angle of cell ; 4, 5 from angle ; 6, 7 from upjjer angle : of male 

 extremely small ; the costal area folded over and enclosing a tuft of scales. 



300. Melisa diptera. 



Euchromia diptera, Wlk. 1. 265 (1854) ; Butl. 111. Het. i. p. 19, pi. 9. f. 10 ; 



Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 110. 

 Balacra croceipes, Auriv. Ent. Tidskr. xiii. p. 200 (1892). 

 Melisa grandis, Holland, Psyche, vi. p. 394 (1893). 



(5 . Black ; legs orange-red ; abdomen with lateral series of 

 ochreous spots except on basal segments ; ventral bands on first 



