670 MB. H. DRXJCE ON NEW SPECIES OF [DcC 20, 



Anace ? HERPA, n. sp. (Plate LV. fig. 12, 2 .) 



Female. Primaries brownish black, crossed near the apex from 

 the costal margin to the outer margin by a white band, which is the 

 widest on the costal margin, and tapers off to a point on the outer 

 margin. Secondaries dark orange-yellow, broadly bordered with 

 brownish black from the apex to the anal angle ; a large black spot at 

 the end of the cell. Head and palpi black ; collar dark orange, with a 

 black dot on each side of the head ; tegulce white, with two black dots 

 on each ; thorax brownish black. Abdomen and the underside of the 

 thorax orange ; a row of black spots on each side of the abdomea ; 

 antennae black. 



Expanse 2j inches. 



Hub. West Africa : Cameroons (Rutherford). 



I am rather doubtful whether this species should be placed in the 

 genvLS Aiiace, but without seeing male specimens it is better, I think, 

 to place it here provisionally than to make a new genus for it with- 

 out sufficient material for so doing. 



Areas, Walk. 

 Areas moloneyi, n. sp. (Plate LV. fig. 4, $ .) 



Primaries creamy white, with the costal margin bright scarlet, and 

 all the veins edged with pale fawn-colour ; two minute black dots at 

 the end of the cell. Secondaries white, with a black spot at the end 

 of the cell, and a row of four black spots along the outer margin, 

 extending from the apex to near the anal angle. The underside of 

 all the wings the same as above, but slightly greyer in colour. Head, 

 thorax, the base, and the underside of the abdomen creamy white ; 

 the upperside of the abdomen bright red, with a central row of 

 black spots and also a row on each side, which are considerably the 

 smallest ; the anus is greyish. Antennae black ; legs greyish. 



Expanse If inch. 



Hab. West Africa : Gambia (Capt. A. Moloney). 



This very distinct and pretty species I have much pleasure in 

 naming after its discoverer. Captain A. Moloney, who obtained it 

 with many others from the Gambia. 



Fam. LiTHOSiiD^. 

 Caryatis, Hiibn. 



CaRYATIS HERSILIA, H. Sp. 



Primaries slate-colour, almost the same as in Caryatis phileta ; the 

 white band crossing the wing as in that species, but much narrower 

 and lobed at the end of the cell. Secondaries bright carmine, with 

 the apical border wider than in C. phileta. Head, thorax, and 

 abdomen carmine, the latter with black spots on each segment. 

 Antennae black ; legs slate-colour. 



Expanse If inch. 



Hnb. West Africa : Cameroons. 



This species is closely allied to C. phileta, from which it is at once 



