neio African Heterocera. 571 



Somara apiceplagata, sp. n, 



? . Head, thorax^ and abdomen pale gi-eyish dove-brown ; 

 metathoiax witli a deep velvety brown patch. Both wing3 

 pale greyish dove-brown. Primaries with the least trace oE 

 a fine, irregular, dentate grey line, and a similar posterior line 

 which is yet more obscure ; a largish, round, apical, brown 

 patch, evanescent on its apical side. 



Expanse 44 mm. 



Hab. Lokoja (100 miles north). 



Type in my collection. 



Somara xutJiosoma, sp. n. 



? . Head brown, thorax grey, abdomen straw-yellow, legs 

 coffee-brown. Primaries pale brownish, thickly irrorated 

 with fine grey scales ; a trace of a short basal line and an 

 oblique, twice waved, dark rusty brown postmedian line, with 

 a white exterior edging. Secondaries pale straw-yellow, with 

 broad internervular dashes of pale fawn-colour. 



Expanse 54 mm. 



Hih. Lokoja (100 miles nortii). 



Type in my collection, 



Altha ansorgei, sp. n. 



cJ . Head and thorax purplish brown, metatliorax carmine, 

 abdomen pale lemon-yellow. Primaries bright canary- 

 yellow, the basal two-thirds being solid reddish purple, with 

 a few overscattered pale lavender scales ; this area has a 

 broad outward projection about veins 3 to 5 ; a dark brown 

 postmedian line is also in the area followed by a canary- 

 yellow spot in the angle of vein 3 ; subterminal line dark 

 brown, highly curved twice, first from the costa to vein 8, 

 then more prominently from 7 to the tornus ; this line consists 

 more or less of confluent lunules. Secondaries very pale 

 sulphur-yellow. 



? . Like the male, but the basal half of the secondaries is 

 yellow. 



Expanse, ^ 34, ? 39 mm. 



Hah. N'Dalla Tando, N. Angola, 2700 feet ; November. 

 Lokoja District. 



Type in my collection. 



Paeagetok, gen. nov. 



Palpi short, slightly scaled, upturned, not reaching halfway 

 up the eyes. Neuration: primaries with vein 3 from well 



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