68 Lord Walsingham on 



very oblique, greyish brown ; cilia the same. Abdomen and legs 

 greyish brown. Exp. al. 13 mm. 



Hal. Bathurst (Gambia), three specimens (Carter). 

 Type, $ ? , Mus. Wlsm. 



' Argyrotoxa viridis, sp. n. 



Antennae rather more than half the length of the fore wings, 

 brownish fuscous, slightly pubescent. Palpi brownish ochreous, 

 dusted externally with fuscous ; second joint thickened anteriorly, 

 somewhat coarsely scaled ; apical joint obtuse, much shorter than 

 the second. Head dull brown, with erect scales above. Thorax 

 bright green, with a vermilion-red oblique streak on each side 

 posteriorly. Fore wings about twice as long as wide, costa sud- 

 denly arched near the base, thence parallel with the dorsal margin 

 to the slightly rounded apex ; apical margin straight, somewhat 

 rounded off at the anal angle : bright bluish green, the costal and 

 apical margins narrowly brownish ochreous, on which are a series 

 of about fourteen black dots and spots of different sizes from the 

 base to the apex, some of which are margined on their lower edges 

 with red ; along the apical margin are also some black spots, but 

 somewhat suffused and ill-defined ; upon the surface of the wing 

 are about seven conspicuous vermilion-red spots or streaks ; the 

 first elongate, reniform, extending obliquely downwards, near the 

 base of the wing, to the fold ; a second also on the basal third of 

 the wing, elongate, quadrangular, obliquely placed above, beyond, 

 and parallel to the first ; below this one is an elongate streak of 

 the same colour, the upper end of which barely crosses the fold, 

 the lower end reaching obliquely the basal third of the . dorsal 

 margin ; about the middle of the wing is another less elongate 

 quadrangular spot, above which is a streak connected with a black 

 costal spot, and beneath a rather larger oblique streak crossing the 

 fold to the dorsal margin beyond the middle ; an elongate oblique 

 streak of the same colour, its upper end somewhat dilated, extends 

 from the upper end of the cell towards the anal angle, but does not 

 reach it ; beyond the cell the wing is tinged with dull greyish or 

 purplish fuscous ; an undulating narrow whitish line forming the 

 inner edge of the ochreous marginal shade ; the middle of the cilia 

 on the apex and apical margin is clouded with greyish or purplish 

 fuscous. Hind wings as wide as the fore wings ; brown, the costal 

 margin straw-white nearly to the apex, which is produced, the 



