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greyish fuscous, with two slender white lines on each side of the 

 anterior half. Forewingn greyish fuscous, mottled and banded 

 with white, witli a row of eight bright metallic spots around the 

 apex and termen, each set in an elongate dark fuscous shade ; the 

 white markings on the forewings are thus distributed : a narrow 

 fascia near the base, running obliquely outwards from the dorsum 

 across the fold, angulated a little below the costa and reverting to 

 it ; a second a little beyond, rather straighter, reaches only half- 

 way across the wing from the costa ; beyond the middle of the 

 wing is a large patch spreading from the outer end of the cell 

 to the costa and dorsum, much interruptel an I tuffusel by 

 greyish fuscous scales, but becoming distinct on the margins at the 

 commencement of the costal cilia and before the commencement 

 of the dorsal cilia ; cilia greyish fuscous, with a white spot below 

 the apex and another below the tornus, a slight parting line along 

 their base. Exp. /., 12 mm. Hindtcing* brownish fuscous, with 

 a white patch on the outer half of the cell, and an oblique 

 white streak reverting from beyond this to the middle of the 

 termen ; above and beyond the upper extremity of the second 

 streak is a brilliant metallic lilac streak tapering to its lower 

 extremity, where it almost reaches the margin ; a third obscurely 

 whitish streak, from near the abdominal angle, tends outwards and 

 upwards, terminating above the lower extremity of the more con- 

 spicuous white streak beyond it ; cilia greyish fuscous with three 

 conspicuous white interruptions, the first at the apex, the other 

 two corresponding, with the extremities of the lilac streak and the 

 largest white streak respectively. Abdomen brownish fuscous. 

 Legs white, annulated with brownish fuscous. 



Type. . 



Hub. Yoruba Idanre (Sir G. Carter); French Congo 

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

 specimens. 



All the white and metallic markings of both fore and 

 hindwings are reproduced on the underside, where they 

 are even more strongly apparent than above. 



SIJIAETHIS, Leach. 



_ Simaethis equatoris, sp. n. (PL III., fig. 19.) 



A ntennce slightly cilia te ; greyish fuscous, annulated with whitish. 

 Pal pi very short, not projecting beyond the head ; cinereous, with 

 three narrow greyish fuscous bauds beneath. Head ochreous, mixed 



