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7046. Neonegeta xanthobasis. (Plate CXC. fig. 11.) 
Ariola xanthobasis, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 601 (1905). 
¢. Head and thorax pale yellow; palpi, tegule, except at 
middle, and metathorax tinged with rufous; pectus whitish, legs 
mostly dark brown ; abdomen fuscous brown, ochreous at base, the 
claspers large, white at sides, the ventral surface white. Fore wing 
with the basal area pale yellow bounded by acurved, rather diffused 
brilliant silver line from costa before middle to middle of inner 
margin, the costa tinged with rufous ; the rest of wing uniform very 
deep chocolate-brown. Hind wing uniform fuscous brown ; the 
underside pale, the costal and terminal areas broadly suffused with 
fuscous, leaving a diffused whitish patch on costal area before 
apex. 
Q. Pectus and legs more ochreous; hind wing with a slight 
rufous tinge. 
Hab. 8. Nieurra, Akassa (Lugard), 1 3 type, Sapele (Sampson), 
19. Hep. 24 millim. 
7047. Neonegeta atriflava,n.sp. (Plate CXC. fig. 12.) 
¢@. Head and thorax ochreous white ; palpi and antenne, except 
basal joint, fuscous; tegule and a patch on metathorax greenish 
black; fore tibia and tarsi fuscous, the mid and hind tibie tinged 
with fuscous at base; abdomen fuscous with the basal crest and 
ventral surface ochreous white. Fore wing white tinged with 
ochreous yellow ; a triangular greenish-black patch at base of costa 
and some fuscous on inner margin near base; a broad greenish- 
black medial band, its inner edge incurved at middle, its outer edge 
slightly excurved; a broad terminal black-brown band with a 
purple gloss, its inner edge incurved and narrowing to tornus ; 
cilia with a cupreous tinge towards tornus. Hind wing ochreous 
white suffused with fuscous, the costal area and postmedial 
area to submedian fold not suffused; cilia whitish at tips; the 
underside ochreous white with a brownish mark below middle of 
costa, the terminal area suffused with brown from apex to vein 2. 
Hab. Gorn Coast, Kumasi (Whiteside), 1 ¢ type.  Hvp. 
24 millim. 
*7048. Neonegeta zelia. (Plate CXC. fig. 13.) 
Acontia zelia, Druce, P. Z. 8. 1887, p. 686 ; Holl. Psyche, vii. p. 144, pl. 1. 
f. 20. 
3. Head and thorax white; palpi ochreous; antenne brown ; 
tegule yellow-brown with a silvery gloss ; legs tinged with brown ; 
abdomen white tinged with ochreous except at base. Fore wing 
