102 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [March, 



//ad. — Laggan, British Col., 6700 to over 7000 feet, July and 

 August. Bean, Nos. 463, 495, 496. 



Belongs to the series with hairy vestiture, and resembles phoca 

 in wing form, differing obviously in the ornamentation, and most 

 prominently in the secondaries, which in the new species are 

 smoky, while m phoca they are dull yellow. 



NEW GENERA AND SPECIES OF WEST AFRICAN 

 LIMACODIDyE.— I. 



By W. J. Holland, Ph. D., Pittsburgh, Pa. 



(I'nless otherwise fndicated the species are all from the valley of the Ogove.) 



SEMYRA Walk. 



1. S. lineata sp. nov. (^. — Body and appendages dark brown. Prima- 

 ries liver-brown; a very dark brown curved line runs from near the apex 

 to the base below the costa and is interrupted near the end of the cell by 

 a bright silvery spot; a similar dark brown Hne runs from near the apex 

 inwardly to about the middle of the inner margin; there are a few brown 

 rays near the base below the cell. The secondaries are wax-yellow, with 

 the fringes darker. On the underside the primaries are pale brown, with 

 the neurations whitish. The secondaries are of the same color as on the 

 upperside, but the neurations are whitish and stand out distinctly upon 

 the dark ground. The fringes on the underside of both wings are dark 

 brown. Expanse 30 mm. 



PARASA Moore. 



2. P. viridissima sp. nov. (^. — Front dark brown. Antennae brown; the 

 upperside of the thorax very dark green; the upperside of the abdomen 

 bright pea-green; lowerside of the thorax tinged with brownish. Legs 

 brownish; lowerside of abdomen pale green. Primaries bright green, 

 with the base and the marginal area brownish. • The marginal brown band 

 is produced inwardly at the second median. The secondaries are pale 

 green, with the margin pale brown. On the underside the wings are 

 marked as on the upperside, except that there is no brown at the base of 

 the prirnaries, and the nervules are whitish contrasting with the darker 

 ground color. Expanse 32 mm. 



EDCLEA Hiib. 



3. E. divisa sp. nov. (^. — Antenna brown; front reddish. Body above 

 and below brown. Legs concolorous. Tlie primaries on the upper sur- 

 face are wood-brown, with the basal half dark brown, the basal area being 

 separated from the rest of the wing by a pale whitish curved line running 

 from before the apex inwardly to the inner margin one-third of its length 

 from the base. The secondaries are uniformly wood-brown; the under- 

 side of both wings is wood-brown. Expanse 24 mm. 



