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Ptilothyris purpurea, sp. n. (PL II., fig. 2.) 



Antenme purple on the basal two-thirds, with an ochreous patch 

 behind the basal joint, the outer third white. Palpi bright 

 ochreous, the apical joint shaded with purplish fuscous externally. 

 Head dark purplish, the face paler ; the fringes above the eyes 

 bright ochreous. Thorax dark purplish. Forewincjs shining, dark 

 purplish, with a triangular patch of somewhat roughened scales 

 extending nearly across the wing at one-third from the base (this 

 is bright purplish grey in certain lights, but appears brownish 

 fuscous if held in an opposite direction) ; beyond this at the upper 

 angle of the cell is a smaller similar patch ; a slender subqchreous 

 line runs along the base of the dark purplish cilia. E,cp. al. 

 24 mm. Hindwing*, , deep purplish fuscous (varying somewhat 

 according to the angle at which the light strikes them) ; costal 

 margin from the base to two-thirds shining whitish ochreous ; a 

 pale, iridescent transparent elongate patch, lying beneath the costal 

 margin beyond the middle, extends nearly across the width of the 

 cell ; a tuft of greyish hair-scales at the base of vein 1 ; cilia 

 purplish tipped with whitish ochreous towards the abdominal angle 

 and somewhat beyond it : $ cupreous brown, without the pale 

 patch ; cilia purplish grey. Abdomen purplish grey, anal tuft pale 

 ochreous ; underside shining whitish ochreous. Legs bright 

 ochreous ; hind tibiae shaded externally with purplish at the base 

 and between the spurs, the outer spurs and the basal joint of the 

 tarsi also purplish externally. 



Type. $ . Mus. Wlsm. ; ? . Mas. Holland. 



Hob. Lagos ( $ $ , Sir G. Carter) ; French Congo 

 Kangwe, Ogowe River ( $ Kev. A. C. Good) ; three 

 specimens. 



EPICHARMA, gen. n. 



r VW* > "" (e7r/xa/^ia = an object of malignant joy.) 



TYPE. Epicharma notliriforme, Wlsm. 



Antennce ( 9 ) filiform. Labial palpi strongly recurved, second 

 joint amply clothed above and below, the scales beneath scarcely 

 longer than those above ; apical joint as long as the second, slender, 

 smooth. Maxillary palpi short, dependent. Ilaustellum long. 

 Ocelli obsolete. Head and thorax smooth. Forewings, costa 

 slightly arched at the base, straight beyond, apex depressed, ter- 

 men scarcely oblique. Neuration, 11 veins (7 and 8 coincident 



