DA LACEA. 79 



margin ; a scarlet bar with some yellow in centre across end of cell ; 

 :in oblique yellow spot defined by scarlet below base of vein 2 and a 

 minute scarlet spot above its base ; postmedial scarlet spots above 

 and below vein 6 and a minute spot below vein 5. Hind wing 

 yellow, the inner half suffused with scarlet. Underside of tore 

 wing with the inner area yellowish, the cell and a spot beyond it 

 scarlet ; hind wing yellow tinged with scarlet. 



Hah. Siekka Leo>'E (Bartlett), 1 <$ type. Exp. 50 niillim. 



295 e. Balacra humfreyi. 



Balacra humphreyi, Roths. Nov. Zool. xix. p. 119, pi. xiii. f. 14 (1912). 



c? . Head scarlet, the back of head reddish yellow ; palpi whitish 

 at tips ; antennae grey-brown ; thorax reddish yellow ; pectus and 

 legs scarlet, stripes on tibiae and the tarsi grey-brown ; abdomen 

 reddish yellow, the ventral surface scarlet. Fore wing grey-brown 

 faintly tinged with scarlet; a subbasal scarlet mark below eosta 

 and some reddish yellow at base of inner margin ; a yellow bar 

 edged with scarlet across end of cell and pear-shaped spot below 

 base of vein 2 with faint scarlet spot above base of vein 2 ; post- 

 medial yellow spots edged with scarlet above and below vein 0. 

 Hind wing yellow, the inner half tinged with scarlet. Underside 

 of fore wing with the cell and inner area reddish yellow, a yellowish 

 spot beyond the cell. 



Sab. S. Nigeria, Ilesha (Humfrey), 4 tf type. Exp. 52 

 niillim. 



295/. Balacra rattrayi. 



Metapirnnoma rattrayi, Roths. Nov. Zool. xvii. p. 444 (1910). & xix. 

 pi. xiii. ff. 12, 13. 



c? . Head scarlet, the back of head yellow ; antenna? blackish ; 

 tegular grey at base, yellow at tips ; patagia yellow with the upper 

 edge grey ; dorsum of thorax grey with paired yellow marks on 

 meso- and metathorax ; pectus and legs scarlet, the tibia* above and 

 tarsi grey-brown ; abdomen yellow with bluish grey segmental bands. 

 Fore wing with the basal half pale grey-brown, the terminal half 

 yellowish, the outer edge of the brown area oblique and sinuous ; a 

 scarlet streak below costa from near base to beyond middle, some 

 yellowish at base of inner margin ; an antemedial scarlet spot below 

 vein 1 ; a yellow spot in end of cell and oblique spot below base 

 of vein 2. Hind wing yellow, the inner area tinged with scarlet. 

 Underside of fore wing yellow with a pale scarlet streak below eosta 

 to beyond middle. 



§. Thorax darker grey-brown with the markings redder; abdo- 

 men with the bands blue-black ; fore wing with the ground-colour 

 red-brown, a semihyaline white spot edged with yellow in end of 

 cell and an obliquely curved series beyond the cell from above vein (j 



