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Holl. (" Psyche," January, 1893), but the dark markings are somewhat 

 broader and heavier. The hindwings have the costal margin and the 

 whole outer half broadly black, leaving only a relatively small translucent 

 spot on the inner margin. The body is black. The front is white. 

 There is a narrow ring of white on the abdomen back of the thorax. 

 The pectus and the anterior segments of the abdomen on the underside 

 are accentuated with white lines. Expanse 21 mm. 



Habitat. — Efulen, Bul6 Country, Cameroons (coll. A. C. Good, 

 Ph.D.). This is a well-marked and distinct species. It is, so 

 far as I know, not as yet represented in any European collection. 



Genus SYNTOMIS 111. 



3. S. kerri sp. nov. $. — The anterior wings recall 6". leucogastra Holl. 

 ("Psyche," January, 1893), but the white subapical spot and the white 

 spot in the cell in 6". kerri are small, whereas in S. leucogastra they are 

 relatively large. The secondaries are marked with three white semi- 

 translucent spots near the base, whereas in 6". leucogastra the secondaries 

 are solidly black. But the strongest points of difference between the two 

 species are found in .the markings of the abdomen. The abdomen in 

 both species is black, but in leucogastra the anal extremity is heavily 

 tipped with bright orange, whereas in kerri it is narrowly tipped with 

 dark crimson. The underside of the abdomen in leucogastra is broadly 

 and conspicuously white, in kerri it is uniformly deep black. The pectus 

 and legs in leucogastra are orange ; in kerri they are black. Expanse 

 24 mm. 



Habitat. — Cameroons (coll. Kerr). 



4. S. efulensis sp. nov. 9 . — The body, the antennae and the legs are 

 black. The anterior segments of the abdomen are marked laterally upon 

 their edges by short lines of metallic green. The primaries are black, 

 glossed in certain lights with green. There is a large quadrate hyaline 

 spot at the end of the cell and the intraneural spaces on the disc are pale 

 semi-translucent green. The secondaries are heavily bordered on all 

 sides with black, leaving an elongated hyaline spot in the middle of the 

 wing below the cell. Expanse 32 mm. 



Habitat. — Efulen, Bul6 Country, Cameroons (coll. A. C. Good, 

 Ph.D.). This is a very distinct species. 



Family ZYG^NIDA:. 



Genus TASEMA Walker. 



5. T. nox sp. nov. $. — This obscure little moth is black, with a green- 

 ish reflection in certain lights. The antennae are minutely tipped with 

 white. There is nothing more to be said after having located it in the 

 proper genus, as was kindly done for me by Sir George F. Hampson. 

 Expanse 20 mm. 



Habitat. — Cameroons (coll. A. C. Good, Ph.D.). 



