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angle, the waved lines crossing the wing almost identical with 

 those on the wing of the male : secondaries pale chrome- 

 yellow, the fringe yellowish white. The head, antennae, and 

 thorax dark greyish brown ; abdomen chrome-yellow, with 

 a line of black spots from the base to the anus ; legs yellow, 

 the tarsus black. 



Expanse, cJ If, ? 2 inches. 



Hah. East Africa, Dar-es-Salaam {Mus. Druce). 



Aroa tonn'sa, sp. n. 



Female. — Primaries and secondaries pale yellow ; primaries 

 shaded with brown along the outer margin from the apex to 

 the anal angle : secondaries with some indistinct brown marks 

 on the apex and outer margin near the anal angle. The 

 head, thorax, and abdomen chrome-yellow ; antennae and legs 

 black The underside of both wings pale yellow, entirely 

 without markings. 



Expanse 2^ inches. 



Uab. East Africa, Dar-es-Salaam [Mus. Druce). 



Aroa (?) enos^ sp. n. 



Female. — Primaries dark reddish brown, darkest from the 

 end of the cell to the anal angle : secondaries yellow, broadly 

 bordered with reddish brown from the apex to the anal angle. 

 The head, antenna?, thorax, and legs reddish brown ; abdo- 

 men yellow, with a row of black spots from the base to the 

 anus. 



Expanse 2 inches. 



Hab. West Africa, Old Calabar [Mus. Bruce). 



Melanothris, Feld. 

 Melanothris mceonia^ sp. n. 



Primaries and secondaries reddish brown; primaries crossed 

 from the costal margin nearly to the anal angle by a wide 

 semihyaline yellowish-white band, which is thickly irrorated 

 ■with brown scales near the anal angle ; a small white dot 

 close to the apex, and a very fine submarginal zigzag white 

 line extends from the apex partly along the outer margin ; 

 the fringe yellowish brown : secondaries without markings ; 

 the fringe yellowish brown. Underside of both wings very 

 similar to the upperside. The head, antennae, thorax, abdo- 

 men, and legs dark reddish brown ; the collar yellow. 



Expanse 2^ inches. 



Hab. West Africa, Old Calabar {Mus. Druce). 



