connecting Tincecjeria with Eretmocera. 33 



which at the anal angle precedes the smaller on the costal margin ; 

 these markings are bright yellow ochre ; cilia smoky fuscous. 

 Under side crimson, tinged with fuscous. Hind wings crimson, 

 tipped with fuscous ; cilia smoky fuscous around the apex, bright 

 carmine along the basal two-thirds of the abdominal margin. 

 Under side similar to the upper. Abdomen crimson, the centre of 

 the anal segment sometimes tinged with fuscous, its lateral fringes 

 ochreous. Under side shining yellow ochre, tinged with purple at 

 the base. Legs purplish fuscous. Exp. al. 13 mm. 



Hob. Bathurst, West Africa (Mr. G. T. Carter). 

 Type. $ , Mus. Wlsm. 



[PL vi., fig. 17.] 

 latissima, Z., HandL, Kong. Svensk. Ak., 1852, 100 1. 



" Alis anterioribus brunneis, macula subdorsali ante medium 

 majore duabusque posticis oblique oppositis flaVissimis; posteri- 

 oribus puniceis apice fusco (). 



"Maculae alarum anterioruin flavissimae et majores hanc a 

 praecedentibus distinguunt. Caput et thorax brunnea. Margo 

 occipitis posticus, patagioruni margo interior et apex, maculaque 

 eorum apici contigua flava. Antennae ut in scatospila, squamis 

 violaceo-nitidis. Palpi ut in prioribus. Pectus laete flavo-macu- 

 laturn. Pedes fusci, ad femorum basim pallide flavi ; posticorum 

 femora in uno latere, tibiae in basi et sub primo spinarum pari 

 pallide flavae ; spinae earuin albidae. Abdomen supra puniceum, 

 ad basim macula indistincta fusca. Venter flavus. Segmenti 

 analis fasciculis superne puniceus, subtus flavus, interne ater, quo 

 colore pili laterales in uno specirnini late tincti sunt. 



" Alas anteriores 2^ 2f" longae, obscure brunneae, sub apicem 

 violaceo-nitidulae, maculis flavissimis ornatae. Macula prima 

 oblonge ovata non longe a basi plicam ita occupat, ut major ejus 

 pars dorso alae quarn costae adjaceat. Maculae duae reliquse minores 

 oblique oppositae, altera in angulo dorsali, altera in costa apici 

 vicinior. 



"Alae posteriores puniciae, apice fusco. Cilia punicea, circa 

 apicem late fusca. 



" Subtus alae puniciae ; anterioruin costa cum apice ciliisque 

 omnibus nigra, linea sub costa replicata brevis flava ;' posteriorum 

 color ut supra. 



" Habitat in tractibus fluviorurn Limpoponis et Gariepis." (Exp. 

 al. 14 mm.). 



TRANS. ENT. SOC. LOND. 1889. PART I. (MARCH.) D 



