new Ajiicnui Mi (/is. 153 



tlic anal tuft (icry rcil at ti|); |)ectu.s and \v<^s with tlu; 

 niarkiu^^s fiery red ; lore Miiif^ with ticry red at hase and on 

 outer side of the discoidal bar^ tlie terminal band suiluscd 

 with fiery red. 



J/a/j. S. Nic.KRiA, Laj^os (Strachan), 1 c? , 2 ? ^'P^- 

 E.rp., S 22, ? 26 mm. 



Larva. Bores in Ij/omfpa, the cocoon apj)earinf; half out 

 of the burrow with the pupa projecting from it when the 

 luoth emerges. 



Macrotarsipus Jlammipes, sp. n. 



Hind wing with veins 3, 4 stalked, 6 from below upper 

 angle of cell ; hind tarsi very long, the last four joints 

 fringed with scales above in male, naked in female. 



cJ . Head, thorax, and abdomen black, with a metallic- 

 blue gloss ; palpi orange-red, with a few black scales above 

 towards extremity ; frons white at sides ; anteniue orange 

 above ; neck orange ; tegulse edged with orange-red ; patagia 

 with orange-red streaks a])ove ; shoulders and pectusin front 

 oran^c-red ; legs orange-red, the fore femora at extremity, 

 the mid and hind femora and base of tibiae and the hind tarsi 

 above with some blue-black; abdomen orange red below. 

 Fore wing hyaline, the veins and margins metallic blue- 

 black ; a blue-bhick discoidal bar conjoined to the dark 

 costal area; the inner Q(\^e of the terminal band slightly 

 ■waved. Hind wing hyaline, the veins and margins narrowly- 

 black, some yellow hair on inner margin. 



? . Antennae black, whitish above towards extremity ; 

 thorax scarlet, with blue-black patch on dorsum ; abdomen 

 scarlet, the dorsum blue-black except at base with scarlet 

 segmental lines, a slight metallic-blue streak on dorsum of 

 basal segment, the fourth segment ^Yith ventral black band; 

 both wings with the inner area scarlet at base ; fore wing 

 with the terminal band broad and irrorated with yellow 

 scales. 



Hub. Uganda, Entebbe [Minchin), 1 J*, 1 $ type. Exp., 

 S '60, ? 24 mm. 



Sciaptcron pyrocraspis, sp. n. 



Antennae of male strongly fasciculate. 



J . Head and thorax dark brown mixed witli some greyish j 

 palpi white mixed with ochreous and with some black at side 

 of second joint ; fions ochreous tinged with fiery red, white 

 at sides and the gulae white; antennae with the shaft scarlet 



