88 Mr. W. J. Kaye on new Nymphalidae &c. 



and with least gloss; a large hyaline transverse area occu- 

 pying the central area of wing and with the median and 

 veins 3 and 4 showing black upon it. 



Expanse 30 ram. 



Bab. W. Colombia, Tado, Rio San Juan, Choco, Colombia, 

 250 ft. (G. M. Palmer), June 1909. 



Type in Coll. Joicey. 



Pseudomelisa demiavis, sp. n. 



$ . Head blue-black, frons white and white patches at the 

 sides of the eyes. Tegulse and patagia black, with a few 

 white hairs. Abdomen elongated, shiny dark blue. Legs 

 dark bluish black. Fore wing dark steely blue. A small 

 divided transparent spot in middle of cell ; a long narrow 

 transparent spot lying just outside cell close to base, and a 

 series of fine irregularly shaped spots across disc to tornus. 

 The upper one is between veins 5 and 6, the next two are 

 close together and between veins 3, 4 and 4, 5. The next is 

 the largest and is immediately below cell between veins 2, 3, 

 and the last is placed just above vein 1 b. Hind wing very 

 small, dark steely blue except for a small transparent spot at 

 base. 



Expanse 35 mm. 



Bab. W. Africa, Cameroon?), Bitje, Ja River, 2000 ft., 

 Oct.-Nov. 1912. 



Type in Coll. Joicey. 



Chrysocale olivotincta, sp. n. 



Base of palpi white and some white scaling on fore coxa?. 

 Frons black. Tegula? with a few white scales. Thorax 

 black. Abdomen black, with segments 3, 4, 5, 6 edged above 

 with clayish ochreous and with a series of white dorsal spots 

 on all the segments except the last, which is black. Fore 

 wing dark olive-green, with an elongated transparent spot 

 below the median. A faint indication of a white mark just 

 above within the cell. Hind wing very dark olive-green, 

 with a large wedge-shaped area below the cell transparent, 

 but not reaching base or inner margin. A lateral series of 

 white spots to abdomen and two or three ventral white spots. 

 Legs black except for the white on fore coxse. 



Expanse 48 mm. 



Bab. ? 



The species looks as if it might have come from the same 

 locality as Chrysocale enigma, but this is mere conjecture. 

 This is a Chrysocale in all points of neuration, but there is ilo 

 rough hair on the abdomen. It comes close to Chrysocale 



