196 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



the basal three-fourths of the second abdominal segment above, black ; 

 the four front legs bright yellow, the coxae broadly at the base below 

 rufous, the hind legs rufous, the coxie in the middle broadly above 

 and entirely below, and the apical third of the hind tibiae, black, the 

 hind tarsi yellow, tinged with fulvous, the base rufous. The face, 

 clypeus, mandibles, and palpi bright yellow, as are also the malar 

 space and a line on the lower part of the outer orbits. Wings fulvous- 

 hyaline, the apex broadly tinged with fuscous violaceous, the ner- 

 vures black, the costa and stigma rufo-testaceous. Male. Length, 

 28 mm. 



Bred from the larva of Saturnia pyretorum, West. Received 

 by Mr, J. Henry Watson from Hongkong. 



Head, thorax, and base of legs densely covered with pale, almost 

 fulvous pubescence. The vertex between the ocelli is irregularly, 

 stoutly striated, a stout stria runs down from outside the posterior 

 ocelli, and two stout oblique ones from between the outer and lower. 

 Parapsidal furrows with stout striae, which are more numerous on 

 the base. Middle of propleurae stoutly striated, the striae almost 

 forming reticulations ; there is a broad reticulated band on the meso- 

 pleuraB below the middle, the band widest at the base. Metathorax 

 strongly reticulated. Mesosternal furrow curved, crenulated ; it is 

 on the basal two-thirds. The transverse median nervure is received 

 shortly beyond the transverse ; in the hind wings the transverse 

 cubital is broken shortly below the middle. The basal joints of the 

 flagellum are yellow below. 



SOME NEW SPECIES OF ZAMARADA 

 (Fam. GEOMETPJDiE). 



By Louis B. Prout, F.E.S. 



Chiefly through the kindness of Mr. F. W. Short, B.Sc, 

 F.LE., of Selukwe, S. Ehodesia, I have accumulated some very 

 interesting material in the genus Zamarada, Moore, which 

 seems to be remarkably prevalent in his district. As most of 

 the forms are represented by more than one specimen, and 

 entirely without intergrades, there can be no reasonable doubt 

 as to their specific rank, although the structural uniformity 

 throughout the genus robs one of the most decisive criteria. I 

 subjoin descriptions of the new species. 



Zamarada bat]iyscaphes, n. sp. 



^ ? , 26-27 mm. Face and palpus mixed red and pale ochreous. 

 Vertex and antenna pale ochreous ; occiput red. Thorax and abdo- 

 men above red, beneath (with legs) pale. 



Both wings very pale, iridescent yellow-green, with small basal 

 patch, broad distal border, slight inner-mai'ginal shading and very 

 small discal spot red (a blend of bright rufous, yellowish and violet 

 scales), the fore wing in addition with costal edge (to SC) ochreous 



