Mr. H. Druce on new Species o/" Agaristidae. 23 



Agarista prochyta, sp. n. 



Female. — Primaries very similar to those of A. cynapes : 

 secondaries orange-yellow, broadly bordered with bluish 

 black ; the fringe white from the apex to the middle of the 

 outer margin. Head, antennae, thorax, and basal third of 

 the abdomen bluish black ; the anal portion of the abdomen 

 orange ; legs black. 



Expanse 2^ inches. 



Hab. New Guinea [Mus. Druce). 



This species is closely allied to A. cynapes^ but is much 

 more glossy blue. 



Massaga, Walk. 



Massaga demena, sp. n. 



Primaries black, the veins dark blue ; a wide curved white 

 band crosses the wing about the middle from the costal to the 

 inner margin : secondaries blue-black, with a wide central 

 white band extending from the costal to the inner margin ; 

 the fringe of the primaries greyish, of the secondaries white 

 at the apex and partly round the outer margin, then black. 

 Head, collar, front of thorax, and anus bright carmine ; 

 thorax, palpi, antennte, abdomen, and legs blue-black. 



Expanse 2 inches. 



Uab. West Africa, Cameroons {Fuller) ; Old Calabar and 

 Sierra Leone {Mus. Bruce). 



EUSEMIA. 



Eusemia darocanuj sp. n. 



Male. — Primaries black, with four greyish-blue spots near 

 the base and a yellow spot slightly beyond ; two dark yellow 

 bands cross the wing, but do not reach either margin — the 

 first (about the middle) is widest on the inner margin, the 

 second (beyond the cell) is narrow and extends almost to the 

 anal angle ; below the end of the band, close to the anal angle, 

 is a small yellowish-white spot ; a submarginal row of white 

 dots extends from the costal margin near the apex to the anal 

 angle ; the fringe black : secondaries brick-red, slightly paler 

 at the base and along the inner margin ; the outer margin 

 broadly bordered with black ; a wide black band extends 

 from the inner margin above the anal angle to the end of the 

 cell ; the veins between the black band and the outer margin 

 black. Head, antennae, collar, and thorax black ; head and 



