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medial line arising from costa towards apex, double, dentate, brick- 

 red on the yellow areas, fuscous on the brown, slightly excurved 

 below costa, o]tli(|ue to vein 3, bent inwards to near origin of vein 2 

 and again sliglitly excurved; a brown subterminal line arising from 

 just beyond the postmedial line, obliquely curved to vein 3, then 

 incurved and diffused ; the yellow patch with brown streaks on the 

 veins at apex ; cilia dark at tips towards tornus. Hind wing 

 greyish suffused with pale red-brown ; the underside whitish tinged 

 with red-brown. 



i/(f/<. liouuAY (Leith), 1 5 type. E.vj^. 44 millim. 



Genus CIRRODES, nov. 



Type, C phoenicea. 



proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, slender, the 2nd joint reacliing 

 about to middle of frons, the 3rd moderate ; frons with large corneous pronii- 

 irctu-e witli raised edges and corneous process with raised edges in cent re, a 

 corneous plate below it ; eyes large, round; antenna^ of male laminate and 

 almost simple; thorax clothed with hair and scales mixed and without crests; 

 tibiiE moderately fringed with hair; abdomen witliout crests. Fore wing 

 witli the apes rounded, the ternien evenly curved and hardly crenulate, the 

 inner margin with slight scale-tooth at tornus ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle 

 of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the 

 arpi)le ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obso- 

 lescent from below middle of discocellulars; 6,7 from upper angle; 8 anas- 

 tomosing with the cell near base only. 



4576. Cirrodes phcBnicea, n. sp. 



Head and thorax cream}' white mixed with some rufous ; palpi, 

 sides of frons, and antenna? rufous ; legs suffused with rufous ; 

 abdomen pale yellowish dorsally tinged with rufotis. Pore wing 

 yellowish white suffused Avith bright crimson except on terminal 

 area, deeper on the veins and leaving some yellowish white in cell; 

 an oblique deep crimson shade from below middle of cell to inner 

 margin near base; a faint oblique crimsou bar from midlle of costa 



Fig. 75. — Cirrodes phanicea, c?. }. 



to upper angle of cell ; postmedial line faint, oblique from costa to 

 vein (J and very strongly angletl inwards at submediau fold, then 

 outwards above vein 1 ; a faint oblique subterminal shade from 

 below vein 4 to inner margin. Hind wing pale fulvous yellow, the 

 female witli a faint sul)terminal shade. 



Jfah. N.K. KuoDKsiA, E. Luangwa Di.str. {Neave), 1 J, 1 $ type, 

 l'j.cp. 38 milJim. 



