THE ENTOMOLOGIST 



Vol. XL.] JUNE, 1907. [No. 529. 



NEW AFRICAN ZYG^NID^. 

 By Dr. K. Jordan, F.E.S. 



1. Anomceotes triangularis, spec. nov. 



$ . Upper side of body black, thorax and base of abdomen partly 

 tawny ; under side yellow. Fore wing ovate-triangular, proximal half, 

 except costal margin, tawny, rest black ; four subcostals, the first con- 

 nected with the costal, the other tbree stalked together ; upper angle of 

 cell much produced, truncate. Hind wing small, triangular, semi- 

 transparent like fore wing, black, costal margin, cell, and abdominal 

 edge yellow. Under side more extended tawny yellow, the hind wing 

 being entirely of this colour, except a distal marginal band of about 

 2 mm. width, narrowing almost to a point at anal angle. Length of 

 fore wing 12 mm., of hind wing 7 mm. 



Hah. Sierra Leone. One male in the Tring Museum. 



2. Epizygcena procrioides xanthosoma, subsp. nov. 

 $ 5 . Abdomen pale yellow, except base and tip. 

 Hob. Uganda, British East Africa, Somaliland, and Abys- 

 sinia. A series in the Tring Museum ; also in the British 

 Museum. 



3. Epizygcena microsticha, spec. nov. 



$ . Body above green-black ; sides of pronotum and of abdomen, 

 a spot on the patagia, the spots of the fore wing, and the hind wing, 

 yellow ; under side of tibia? yellowish, of abdomen dark blue. Fore 

 wing above pale dull blue, with darker edges ; six small spots, two 

 near base, the anterior one being elongate, one in middle of cell, one 

 below cell, a fifth at apex of cell, and a sixth transverse, parallel with 

 distal margin. Hind wing with narrow black distal border. Under 

 side of fore wing yellow, the spots of upper side indicated, the costal 

 and distal margins blue-black. Length of fore wiug 9 mm. 



Hob. Grahamstown, Cape Colony. One male in the British 

 Museum. 



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