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KOCTl'ID.E. 



whitisli Itaiid brforo it and brownish .suffusion iicyond it ; post- 

 nicdiiil line whitisli, oblique from costa to discul fold, then in- 

 wardly oblique to submcdian fold and bfint outwards to inner 

 margin, some brownish suffusion beyond it on costal area ; the 



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Fig. 09. — Hypcrcalymnia mctaxantha, (^ . \. 



terminal area rufous with an ill-defined oblique whitish bar across 

 apex ; a terminal series of slight brownish points ; cilia brownish 

 white. Hind wing pale yellow. 



JIa/j. Congo, Katanga Distr. {Nenve), 1 ^ type. Exjy. 'M milHm. 



Genua MUSOTHYMA. 



Type. 



Musothyma, Meyr. Trans. Ent. See. 1S07, p. 37.") ci/anasfis- 



Proboscis fully developccl ; palpi slencler, upturned to above vertex of head ; 

 frons witli rounded proiuineiice with small corneous plate below it, ; eyes 

 smooth ; antenna; of male minutely ciliated ; thorax smoothly scaled ; abdomen 

 with dorsal crests on 1st three segments, the crest on 3rd segment large, the 

 male with large lateral tufts at base from edge of stigmata. Foro wing with 

 Teins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; (?, 7 from upper angle; 8, 9 stalked; 

 10. 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; o obsolescent 

 from just below middle of discocellulars ; 0, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomos- 

 ing with tile cell near base only. 



*4542. Musothyma cyanastis. 

 Musoiht/via cyaiiastis, Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1897, p. 375. 



S . Head and tegulte pale ochreons, the 3rd joint of palpi and 

 frons above black ; thorax olive-brown ; abdomen olive-brown, 

 whitish below. Fore wing brownish ochrcous thickly irrorated 



Fig. 70. — Musothyma cyanastis, (S ■ \- 



with large black scales to the postraedial line ; a slate-coloured 

 fascia on inner margin, bent upwards on inner side of postruedial 

 lino to vein 2 whore it is met by an obscure diffused oblique 

 blackish band from middle of costa; postmedial line whitish,. 



