22 Miss A. E. Prout on some 



nearly one-third to near middle of hind margin^ nearly 

 oblique to fold, angled in on SM- and out to hind margin ; 

 orbicular and reniform placed on a black streak, the orbi- 

 cular triangular, the reniform broadly lunular ; postmedial 

 line oblique and slightly waved from costa at two-tliirds to 

 R^, then inwardly oblique and waved to hind margin at about 

 three-quarters, with the distal dark shading broadened be- 

 tween E,^ and M^ ; subterminal line a series of white lunules 

 between the veins close to termen, between the radials 

 replaced by a proximal V-shaped mark filled in with black 

 and with an irregular Avhite patch at fold ; terminal line 

 almost obsolete; fringe white, proximally chequered with 

 green and distally with black between the veins. 



Hind wing Mhite with the veins darkened ; a slight 

 blackish spot on DC^ and diffused subterminal dark shade, 

 obsolescent between SC^ and M^. 



Underside of fore wing white tinged costally and distally 

 with greenish ; a dark s[)ot on the discocellulars ; some dark 

 shading in the cell and between the veins postmedially. 

 Hind wing white, behind costa broadly tinged with greenish 

 and slightly irrorated with blackish ; the distal spot larger 

 and stronger than above ; a slight postmedial line and diffused 

 subterminal shade from costa to R\ 



Tanganyika : Niragongo Volcano, Kivu, Sept. 1919 (7^. A. 

 Barns) . 



Belongs to Sect. 1 of Hampson. 



Mr. Barns states that this species is much brighter green 

 in nature, but the colour is very fugitive. 



20. El(Eodes p7'asmodes, sp. n. 



(J .—36 mm. 



Head, thorax, pectus, and legs white mixed with pale 

 green, the tarsi black ringed with white (fore tarsus with 

 one ring, mid-tarsus with two rings, hind tarsus with three 

 rings) ; abdomen white with the crests on basal segments 

 and patagia at base and tips goldeu-green. 



Fore wing white thickly irrorated basally, medially, and 

 terminally with pale green scales, mixed here and there 

 (especially anteriorly) with pale ochreous, leaving the lines, 

 the base of hind margin, a medial patch behind cell, and a 

 postmedial patch between the radials pure white. A few 

 black scales on base of M ; subbasal line defined on each 

 side by black at costa and behind M, bent inward at costa, 

 obsolescent on SC and behind SM-, excurved in fold; ante- 

 medial line mostlv definedtbv black, from one-third costa to 



