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(2 d) Tegulifera elaomesa, sp. n. 



(S . Head and thorax pale olive-brown, the vertex of head and 

 tips of patagia tinged with purplish red ; abdomen pale olive-brown 

 suffused with purplish red towards base and u-rorated with some 

 black scales towards extremity ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface 

 of abdomen whitish suffused with purplish red and in-orated with 

 black. Fore wing pale olive-brown, the terminal area purplish 

 red irrorated -wTith black ; a curved whitish antemedial line with 

 a purplish-i-ed patch irrorated with black before it from cell to 

 inner margin ; the medial part of costa with some white points 

 with black between them ; a black discoidal point ; a slightly in- 

 curved white postmedial line with some black iiToration before it 

 below the cell ; a fine white line at base of cilia. Hind wing 

 pm-plish red UTorated with black ; two cm-ved whitish medial lines, 

 the area between them suffused -with blackish ; a fine white line 

 at base of cilia. Underside purplish red irrorated with black and 

 mixed with whitish towards base ; both wings with obscure black 

 discoidal spots ; fore Tving with the postmedial line indistinct ; 

 hind wing with slightly waved, white, medial line defined on inner 

 side by rather diffused black. 



Mab. Gold Coast, Aburi (Johnston). 1 J, Bibianaha {Sjjur- 

 rell), 2 J type. Exp. \^ mm. 



(2y) Tegulifera ohovalis, sp. n. 



Head and thorax pale red with a few fuscous scales ; abdomen 

 pale reddish, the base pm-plish red ; subdorsal black fasciae except 

 at base, connected dorsally on 2nd segment and on two terminal 

 segments ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen pale reddish. 

 Fore wing pale rufous slightl}' iiTo rated with fuscous, the ovate 

 terminal area chocolate-brown ; antemedial line whitish defined on 

 outer side by blackish, rather oblique ; a small black discoidal spot ; 

 the medial part of costa with whitish points with some black 

 between them ; postmedial Hne whitish defined on inner side by 

 blackish, incurved; a tine white line at base of cilia. Hind wing 

 red-bi-own \vith a slight purplish-red tinge ; a cui-ved whitish ante- 

 medial line defined on outer side by dark bi'own ; a small blackish 

 spot at upper angle of cell ; postmedial line whitish defined on 

 inner side by dark bro\vn, rather obliquely curved ; a fine white 

 line at base of cilia. Underside whitish tinged with rufous espe- 

 cially in and beyond the cell of fore wing and on terminal areas of 

 both wings, the costal areas with some black irroration ; fore wing 

 with the whitish and black points on costa extending to base, the 

 postmedial line very slightly waved ; hind wing with dark ante- 

 medial line from cell to inner margin, small discoidal spot and 

 oblique slightly waved postmedial line. 



Ilab. Gold Coast, Kumasi (Whiteside), 1 J , 1 $ type; 

 Xatal, Durban (Leigh), 1 § . JExj). 24^28 mm. 



