CHARIDEA. 117 



hind-wings ; fourth and fifth segments with a transverse semi- 

 circular black spot on each side ; sixth segment with a black 

 band ; seventh segment with a black spot on each side ; under 

 side with a white stripe. Wings rather broad, bordered wi.h 

 ochreous along the exterior border. Fore-wings black, slightly 

 acute; costa ochreous : under side with a large crimson discal 

 patch. Hind-wings very dark blue, with a broad crimson 

 stripe along the outer part of the interior border." ( Walker.) 



GENUS CHARIDEA. 



Charidea, Dalman, Vet. Akad. Handl. Stockholm, 1816, p. 225. 

 Pompostola, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 120 (1822 ?). 

 Euchromia, Group i, Pompostola, Walker, List Lepid. Ins. 

 Brit. Mus. i. p. 206 (1854). 



In this genus the body and wings are brilliantly metallic. 

 The antennae are setaceous, nearly as long as the body, not 

 pectinated in the male. The long, narrow wings are com- 

 pletely opaque, with green and gilded spots. The hind-wings 

 are not angular. The hind tibiae have very long spurs, and are 

 plumose in the males. 



This is one of the few African genera of the Sub-family. It 

 Includes about half-a-dozen species. 



CHARIDEA SMARAGDINA. 



(PlateLXXXI. Fig. i.) 



P(.nnpostola sniaragdina, Butler, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1888, 

 p. 97. 



This beautiful species comes from Kilimanjaro. The ex- 

 panse of the wings is about i ^ to i ^ inch. 



"Wings blue-black, the basal fifth and the costal border to 

 the end of the cell mottled with brilliant metallic emerald- 

 green spots and dashes ; two cuneiform spots confluent behind, 



