98 Lord Walsingham on 



slightly dark-margined throughout ; below it is a streak of a 

 similar colour running along the fold from the base, and ending 

 before the middle of the fold closely above a detached elongate 

 spot of the same metallic steel-blue, lying immediately below the 

 fold beyond its middle ; at two-thirds the wing-length are two con- 

 spicuous lilac metallic spots, the first, costal, reaching less than 

 half-way across the wing, the other, dorsal, almost connected with 

 it, and occupying more than half the width of the wing ; these are 

 also distinctly dark-margined; beyond them is a broad bright 

 orange-yellow fascia completely crossing the wing ; the apical 

 portion of the wing is fuscous, containing three small metallic 

 spots, parallel with the apical margin, and separated from it by an 

 orange streak ; cilia bright steel-blue, separated by a dark line 

 from the orange streak. Under side uniformly smooth, shining 

 greenish grey. Hind wings brownish fuscous ; cilia grey. Under 

 side shining greenish grey. Abdomen brownish fuscous. Under 

 side pale greyish ochreous. Legs brownish fuscous, spotted with 

 whitish at the joints ; spurs whitish. Exp. al. 11 mm. 



Hob. Bathurst (Gambia), one specimen among a 

 species of mallow in November (Carter). 



Type, $ , Mus. Wlsm. 



BRACHYCROSSATA, Hein. 



The genus Brachycrossata has 12 veins in the fore 

 wings ; 7 and 8 from a common stem ; 2 and 3 separate 

 and parallel. There are 8 veins in the hind wings; 

 3 and 4 from a point at lower angle of cell ; 6 and 7 from 

 a point at upper angle of cell. 



The genus, as thus denned, is of very limited extent. 

 A considerable number of species occur in the Indian 

 region, and also in Africa, which agree with Brachy- 

 crossata in all particulars, except that veins 2 and 3 of 

 the fore wings rise from a recurved common stem. This 

 difference in neuration may be sufficient to constitute 

 another genus, but for the present it would be rash to 

 give it a name, as it has most probably been already 

 described by Walker without reference to the neural 

 characters. It will be better for the present at least to 

 divide Brachycrossata into two sections, thus : 



A. Veins 2 and 3 of the fore wings separate. 



B. Veins 2 and 3 of the fore wings arising from a recurved common 



stem. 



