552 Mr. TI. Druce 



LXT. — Descriptio7is of Seven nev:; Species of Ileterocera 

 lelonqing to the Suhfamily Opliiusinse. By HERBERT 

 Druce,' F.L.S. &c. 



Anua a'l/Iochroa, sp. n. 



Male. — Head, antennge, palpi, collar, tegulaa, thorax, 

 aljdomen, and legs pale brown. Primaries pale brown, 

 crossed by three darker brown waved bands extending from 

 the costal to the inner margin ; a dark brown spot at the 

 end of the cell and a rather large darker brown marking clo-^e 

 to the base on the inner margin ; the fringe brown : sec tnd- 

 aries brown, darkest near the outer margin ; the fringe 

 whitish from the apex to the middle of the outer margin, 

 then brown to the anal angle. Underside : both wings pale 

 brown, palest from the base to the middle. 



Expanse 3 inches. 



Hab. W. Africa, Upper Kasai District, Congo Free State 

 {P. Landheck, Mas. Drnca). 



Achcea chrysopera, sp. n. 



]\fale. — Head, antennje, palpi, and front of tlie thorax 

 blackish brown ; collar, tegnl<B, thorax, and abdomen reddish 

 brown ; the anal tuft dark brown. Primaries reddish brown, 

 shaded with lighter brown on the costal margin ; several 

 indistinct, narrow, waved brown lines cross the wing from 

 the costal to the inner margin ; a large greyish-white half 

 circular spot on the costal margin close to the apex : second- 

 aries black, broadly bordered from the apex nearly to the 

 anal angle with bright orange-yellow; the anal angle shaded 

 with reddish brown, the fringe reddish brown. Underside : 

 ])rimaries yellowish brown, palest in the middle ; a streak at 

 the base and a large mark at the anal angle black : second- 

 aries yellowish brown, with a marginal row of black points. 



Expanse 2^ inches. 



Hab. East Africa, Dar-as-Salaani (Mas. Druce). 



Achcea leucopera, sp. n. 



Mule. — Head, antennis. palpi, collar, teguljB, thorax, abdo- 

 men, and legs brown. Primaries from the base nearly to the 

 middle of the cell dark brown, then pale bro^vn ; a narrow 

 waved white line crosses the wing from the costal to the 

 inner margin ; a black spot at the end of the cell, beyond 

 which two fine black lines cross the win<j,- : a reddish-brown 



