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Miss E. M. Sharpe on neiu 



XIII. — Descriptions of some new Species of Lepi'doptera col- 

 lected hy Mr. Herbert Ward at Bangala, on tlie Congo. By 

 Emily j^Iary Sharpe. 



liomaleosoma rubronotata, sp. n. 



General colour black, green, 

 and yellow. 



Fore u'ing; costa and hind 

 margin black, with a broad band 

 of black extending from the hind 

 margin to the costal nervure, 

 crossing the middle of the wing. 

 There is a small subapical patch 

 of green and a larger patch of the 

 same colour on the inner mar- 

 gin. There is no sign of any 

 red at the base. 



Hind iving : hind margin 

 scalloped with white, with a very 

 broad border of black followed 

 by a Bubterminal border of heavy 

 black spots shaded with green. 

 From the costa, crossing the disk, 

 is a band of deep ochre. The 

 basal area is green, and at the 

 base one small spot of red. 



Underside : fore wing yel- 

 lowish or greenish yellow, with 

 markings and spots of black ; 

 three very distinct black spots in 

 the diseoidal cell, with a black 

 transverse mark at the end of 

 the ceU, and a row of hastate 

 black markings, increasing in 

 size towards the inner margin. 

 The small patch of red at the 

 base is rather distinct. 



The hind wing has the whole 

 of the basal area ochre-yeUow, 

 with a patch of green in the 

 diseoidal cell ; three distinct black 

 spots in the cell, with an exterior 

 row of larger black spots. The 

 subterminal row on the hind 

 margin is heavily marked with 

 black hastate spots, with a narrow 

 border of green dividing the row 

 from the black hind margin. 



Romaleosoma tJiemis, Hiibn. 



General colour black, green, 

 and yellow. 



Fore U'ing : costa and hind 

 margin black; from the costal 

 nervtire crossing the apical por- 

 tion is a band of deep yellow. 

 There is a small patch of green 

 on the inner margin and at the 

 base a little mark of red. 



Hind toing : whole of the 

 basal area bluish green, with a 

 broad hind marginal border of 

 black, which terminates in two 

 black spots towards the inner 

 margin. The red patch at the 

 base of the wing is very in- 

 distinct. 



Underside: hind margin black, 

 with a subterminal row of black 

 hastate spots ; the band of yellow 

 strongly marked ; at end of the 

 diseoidal cell a narrow transverse 

 band of black ; the inside of the 

 cell pale blue, with two black 

 spots of different size. The 

 red at the base of the wing 

 is very large. 



The hind wing has the hind 

 margin black, with a subterminal 

 narrow border of blue, followed 

 by a row of black hastate 

 spots. The inner margin and 

 discal portion yellow. From 

 the costa there is a row of black 

 spots varying in size ; the 

 cell blue as in the fore wing, 

 marked with some black spots. 

 The red patch at the 



