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black bars, the first three broadly interrupted in the middle; anal 
tuft red-brown; antennze testaceous: wings below altogether paler 
and browner than above, the transverse white streak and basal points 
of primaries absent, discocellular point smaller, secondaries crossed 
by three central brown lines; body below sordid whitish, pectus 
greyish. Expanse of wings 4 inches 1 line. 
«Boma, Feb. 1873” (Monteiro). Type, B.M. 
This handsome new species is allied to N. enopion ; it was the 
only example taken, and was, I believe, captured by Mrs. Monteiro, 
after whom I have named it. 
31. NEPHELE VARIEGATA, 0. Sp. 
Primaries—base of wings grey-brown, varied with clay-colour, 
with two discoidal whitish dots, bounded externally by an irregular 
transverse grey-clouded whitish band, divided through the centre by 
a blackish line; a broad central oblique greyish brown band, varied 
with clay-colour, bounded on each side by two irregular black lines 
and constricted in the middle; three silver spots at end of cell; 
immediately beyond the central band is a narrower band, whitish at 
costa, otherwise grey, intersected and bounded externally by lunated 
blackish lines; discal area ochreous towards costa, otherwise dark 
brown varied with clay-colour, a very irregular undulated submar- 
ginal blackish line bordered externally by a grey line; outer margin 
reddish brown; secondaries olive-green, outer margin (except at 
anal angle) with a broad brown border tapering from costa to sub- 
median nervure; fringe testaceous: body dark brown, pterygodes 
tipped with pale yellow scales; abdomen with six broad transverse 
lateral black bars separated by pale yellow lines; primaries below 
brown, dull olivaceous at base, crossed at the middle by an oblique 
nebulous dark brown bar, disk crossed by two waved undulated dark 
brown lines, and an arched undulated submarginal line; a white dis- 
cocellular point ; secondaries pale olivaceous, with the outer margin 
brown, three central undulated and a submarginal irregular dark 
brown lines; body greyish brown, palpi paler. Expanse of wings 3 
inches 7 lines. 
Congo (Richardson), Africa (Milne). Type, B.M. 
This is Z. peneus (part.) of Walker, Z. funebris, Boisd. (nec 
Fabricius). 
Subfamily SMERINTHINZ. 
Genus LeucorpHuesiA, Westwood. 
32. LrEUCOPHLEBIA ROSACEA, n. sp. (Plate IT. fig. 4.) 
3. Allied to L. lineata; primaries dull glossy rose-colour, a broad 
ochreous streak parallel to costa, broadest opposite external angle, 
and acutely pointed at each end; an oblique submedian basal 
ochreous streak, median branches silver; fringe golden; secondaries 
deep ochreous, fringe testaceous ; body—palpi and vertex chocolate- 
brown, back of head and sides of thorax pale sordid rose-colour ; 
centre of thorax chocolate-brown ; abdomen pale brown; antennze 
cream-coloured above, ferruginous below; wings below as in L. 
