7iew African Lepidoptera. 345 



rusty brown dorsal tut'tri, whitish hiterully; pectus rusty 

 brown, thickly haired. Prinuuies witii basal area rusty 

 brown, with a ^rey basal tuft; antcincdial line black, broad, 

 twice anghd below the cell, preceded by a grc^dsh-brown 

 triangular area; area beyond the line greyish brown, strongly 

 irrorated with ochreous-brown rough scales, especially in the 

 U])per median area ; median black line somewhat obscure, 

 edged laterally with ochreous ; postmedian lino black, broad, 

 waved, interru[)ted between veins 8 and 4 ; beyond this line 

 the irroration ceases ; subtermiiuil line interrupted, composed 

 of ochreous rough scales, somewhat fugitive ; terinen irrorated 

 with lavender-grey at the apex and tornus ; reniform repre- 

 sented by two black spots, edged internally with pink and 

 followed by a pink spot nearer the postmedian line; veins 

 somewhat outlined with rusty brown : secondaries white, with 

 a broad black termen ; fringes tessellated blackish and rusty 

 brown. Under surface : primaries suffused with whitish 

 except in the fold up to the radial area : secondaries with a 

 black spot closing the cell. 



Expanse 72 mm. 



Hab. Patigo, North Uganda Protectorate. 



Tj'pe in my collection. 



Family Geometridae. 

 - Pakamilionia, gen. no v. 



cJ . Palpi small : second segment curved over the face ; 

 third segment porrect. Antennae serrate. Legs long, 

 smoothly scaled; mid tibial with one jjair of minute terminal 

 spurs ; hind tibiae with two pairs of small spurs. Neura- 

 tion : primaries with vein 3 from before the angle, 4 from 

 the angle, 5 from the centre of the discocellulars, but rising as 

 an aborted vein at the base of the cell, 6 from the angle, 7, 8, 

 and 9 stalked, 9, 10, and 11 anastomosing with 12, forming 

 a spurious areole over the cell and a very long narrow true 

 areole : secondaries with vein 3 from before the angle, 4 from 

 the angle, 5 from the middle of the discocellulars but rising 

 from the base of the cell as an aborted vein, 6 and 7 from the 

 upper angle. 



Type, ParamiUonia ruhroplagata, B.-B. 



Faramilionia ruhroplagata^ sp. n. 



^ . Thorax and abdomen steely blue, the latter with a 

 lateral bright red narrow stripe. Both wings blackish, with 

 a strong deep blue metallic lustre over nearly all the wing : 



