86 LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA 
in cf shortish to moderate, in Q moderate (albipictía) to long. Tongue absent or vestigial. Antenna 
short, in gf bipectinate to beyond one-half with long branches, in Q with shorter branches. Pectus 
and femora densely hairy. Hindtibia in gr (?), in Q with all spurs. Thorax densely clothed above, 
metathorax usually especially so, but without clearly differentiated crest. Abdomen strongly crested. 
Build robust. Frenulum strong in cf, present but weak in Q. Forewing with costa straight proximally, 
rather strongly arched distally. apex acute, termen crenulate, prominent at R?, cell one-half; 
DC? incurved, SC! free, SC? normal, R! connate or approximated, M! just separate; hindwing with apex 
rounded, termen toothed at vein-ends, especially at R! and R?, tornus prominent, cell rather less than 
one-half, DC? somewhat incurved, hardly oblique, C briefly anastomosing with cell, gradually diverging 
at first, but soon rapidly, SC? stalked, M! short-stalked or separate. 
Early stages unknown. 
"There is just a suspicion of the basal costal expansion of the hindwing in this and the following 
genus, and some weakening of the Q frenulum, showing an advance in the evolution towards Group V; 
they may be nearly in the line of ancestry of the group of robust, crested African genera which we refer 
there (Heterocrita, Bathycolpodes, etc.), but we consider the present their best position. 
Type of the genus : Victoria albipicia, Warren (1897). 
Geographical distribution of species. — lthiopian. 
I. V. albipicta, Warren. S. Africa. 
Victoria albipicta, Warren, Novit. Zool. Vol. 4, p- 46 (1897). 
2. V. fuscilhorax, Warren. Uganda, Sudan. 
Victoria fuscithorax, Warren, Novit. Zool. Vol. 12. p. 357 (1905;. 
3. V. gordoni, nov. sp. 1), Prout. — PI. 3, Fig. 2. Old Calabar. 
4. V. immunifica, nov, sp. 2), Prout. Sierra Leone, S. Nigeria. 
5. V. mirabilis, Warren. Natal. 
Victoria mirabilis, Warren, Ann. S, Afric, Mus. Vol, 10 (1), P- 19 (1911). 
56. GENUS ARCHICHLORA, WARREN 
Archichlora. Warren, Novit. Zool. Vol. 5, p. 11 (1898). 
Chloroteras. Warren, ibidem, Vol. 8, p. 8 (1901). 
1) Victoria gordoni, nov. sp. — 2, 45 mm. Face reddish brown, not very rough-scaled. Palpus brownish fuscous, paler beneath. 
Vertex white; occiput green; tuft at base of antenna slight. Thorax green above, pale beneath. Abdomen pale brownish, the dorsal crests fuscous, 
not strongly developed. Wings thinly and smoothly scaled, somewhat hyaline with iridescent reflections. l'orewing sea-green with costa narrowly 
light brown, fuscous-speckled; a darker, more opaque patch at base; a scarcely perceptibly darkened, irregular submarginal band, preceded by irreg- 
ularly placed white vein-dots; a roundish, pale-margined and minutely pale-pupilled, deep fuscous discal mark ; a large, irregularly oval, deep fuscous blotch 
between M! and SM? close to tornus; terminal line deep fuscous, with pale dots at the ends of the veins; fringe light brownish proximallv, fuscous 
distally. Hindwing similar, but without the basal patch and tornal blotch, discal spot rather larger, subterminal shade interrupted between R? and. M, 
Underside still paler green, the dark discal marks somewhat reduced. with broader pale circumscription; the subterminal band boldly marked in 
fuscous, and throwing out luscous lines along the veins to termen ; tornal blotch of forewing as above. S. Nigeria, Old Calabar, 150 feet, January roth rooz 
(C. J. M. Gordon). Type in Oxtord Museum, presented by the captor. An absolutely typical Vzcforta except in the few slight details of structure 
voted above; yet very distinct in the smooth scaling, and in the dark tornal blotch. The type is in beautiful condition. 
2) Victoria immunifica, nov. sp. — OQ, 40 mm. Face crimson. Palpus fuscous-crimson above, first and second joints whitish beneath. 
third joint long, ochreous beneath. Antennal shaft ochreous, marked with crimson above (mixed with fuscous proximallvs, pectinations ochreous, 
Vertex crimson, spotted with blackish fuscous; occiput green. Fore- and middlelegs ochreous, crimson above; hindleg whitish, with the tarsus 
ochreous. Thorax green above. Abdomen white, flushed with pale crimson above and sparsely speckled with fuscous; crests well developed, vellow, 
mixed with fuscous. Forewing bluish green, costa broadly crimson, heavily spotted with blackish fuscous, distally more ochreous; a blackish mark 
projecting from costal shade near base; antemedian line whitish, indistinct, lunulate, with a small tooth: on SM?, from inner margin at two-fifths 
becoming obsolete on entering cell; discal mark round, crimson-fuscous, pale-centred; postmedian line whitish, almost obsolete, midway between 
vell-spot and termen, parallel with latter, indicated chiefly by a few white vein-dots; terminal line fine, fuscous, interrupted at vein-ends; fringe 
white, flushed with pile crimson, and strongly marked with fuscous excepting a pale basal line. Hindw ing similar, without costal markings and 
antemedian. Underside whitish green, costa more ochreous than above, less speckled; discal marks faintly indicated, but small, not pale-centred ; 
fringe paler than above, but similar. Sierra Leone (C. R. Bartlett). Type in coll. Brit. Mus, A c from llesha, S. Nigeria (L. E. H. Humfrey), 
also in coll. Brit, Mus., is practically. certainly conspecific, although as the locality is different we have omitted reference to it in the diagnosis. 
Its abdomen, antennal shaft, vertex and costa are more heavily mixed with fuscous, and the postmedian line on both wings is accompanied proximally 
by distinct fuscous dashes on the veins, of which there are only one or two faint suggestions in the tvpe. The third palpal joint is of course much shorter, 
and the antennal pectinations considerably longer than in the 9. In both sexes the metathorax is smooth, and the tuft of scales at base of antenna 
quite slight. M! of hindwing is well stalked. In the c the hindtibia is dilated with bair-pencil. 
