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291 I. Balacra fenestrata. 



Pseudapiconoma fenestraia, Jord. Nov. Zool. xi. p. 442 (1904) ; Eoths. 



Nov. Zool. xix. pi. xiv. f. 35. 

 Pseudapiconoma melaena, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xv. p. 42G (1905). 



$. Head and thorax deep olive-brown; abdomen deep olive- 

 brown dorsally suffused with green except 1st two segments, the 

 lateral tufts orange at tips. Fore wing deep olive-brown ; a 

 triangular hyaline spot in end of cell ; an oblique curved spot below 

 base of vein 2 with a round spot below it and an elongate spot 

 above inner margin with its upper edge indented; a wedge- 

 shaped spot above vein 7, a small triangular spot above base of 

 vein G and quadrate spot above its middle, a large quadrate spot 

 above vein 5, an elongate spot above 4>, quadrate spot above 3, very 

 large elongate patch above 2 and quadrate patch above 1. Hind 

 wing deep olive-brown, the cell and inner area thinly scaled ; a 

 small hyaline spot above vein .3 and small elongate spots from below 

 5 to before 2. 



Sab. Angola, Pungo Andongo (Sofmei/er), type f $ in 

 Coll. Rothschild; Uganda, Mosaka (Christy}, 1 § type melcena. 

 J£xp. 51 millim. 



*291 c. Balacra vitreata. 



Pseudapiconoma vitreata, Roths. Nov. Zool. xvii. p. 445 (1910), & xix. 

 pi. xiv. f. 36. 



2 ■ Head, thorax, and abdomen brown tinged with greyish, the 

 last with small subdorsal black spots at base of the segments, 

 except the basal segment, and minute lateral tufts of yellowish 

 scales on terminal segments. Fore wing reddish brown ; a quad- 

 rate hyaline patch in the cell towards its extremity ; the inter- 

 spaces of terminal half hyaline, with brown patches in and beyond 

 end of cell and above base of vein G; a brown patch on apical 

 part of termen extending to below vein 3, towards which it narrows, 

 its inner edge incurved below vein G and at vein 3 ; a faint brownish 

 spot with a minute dark spot on it between veins 2 and 1 below 

 end of cell. Hind wing hyaline, the veins, margins, and cell brown, 

 the inner edge of the terminal band slightly angled inwards at 

 veins 1 and 3. 



Sab. "Afkica," type f $ in Coll. Rothschild. Kvp. GO 

 millim. 



*291 J. Balacra umbra. 



Pseudapiconoma umbra, Druce, A. M. N. H. (8) v. p. 394 (1910) ; Roths. 

 Nov. Zool. xix. pi. xiv. f. 30. 



5 . Head and thorax greyish brown with some reddish hairs ; 

 the eyes defined by crimson ; femora crimson above ; abdomen 

 grey-brown with dull reddish segmental hands, the ventral surface 



