1887.] LEPIDOPTERA FROM TROPICAL AFRICA. ^Tl 



Chrysopoloma labda, n. sp. 



Male. Upper and underside uniform pale citron-yellow ; primaries 

 crossed by three narrow purplish-brown bands, the first curved, the 

 second straight from the inner margin, but not reaching the costal 

 margin, the third a row of spots extending from near the apex to 

 the inner margin. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale yellow. 



Expanse 1^ inch. 



Hub. East Africa : Nyassa. 



This pretty little species is allied to C. rosea. 



Chrysopoloma? thelda, n. sp. 



Primaries brownish fawn-colour, thickly irrorated with white 

 scales ; a small ^-shaped brown mark on the costal close to the 

 apex, and a brown mark along the outer margin ; a curved line of 

 black lunular-shaped marks extending from the apex to the inner 

 margin above the anal angle. Secondaries pale yellow, crossed 

 below the middle by two fawn-coloured bands of lunular-shaped 

 marks, the first not reaching the costal margin ; on the inner 

 margin are three patches of dark-brown hairs, the fringe of all the 

 wings fawn-colour. Underside of all the wings yellowish fawn- 

 colour, with the darker markings as above, and in addition two 

 indistinct rows of small brown spots on each wing, the first between 

 the bands, the second submarginal. The thorax and abdomen 

 above dark fawn-colour, on the underside yellowish. 



Expanse 2 inches. 



Hub. West Africa : Mongo-ma Lubah. 



A fine species, very distinct from any other with which I am 

 acquainted, but in form nearest to G. citrina. 



EuTRiCHA, Hiibn. 



EUTRICHA AUDEA, n. Sp. 



Male. Primaries dark brown, shading to pale yellowish-brown at 

 the base and along the inner margin, three brownish-black waved 

 lines crossing from the costal to the inner margin ; two crescent- 

 shaped spots close to the apex. Secondaries uniform dark brown, 

 the underside of all the wings of a dark brown colour. Head, 

 thorax, and abdomen dark reddish brown ; antennae and legs brown. 

 The female is like the male, but much larger and with all the 

 markings much more distinct. 



Expanse, cS 2 inches, $ 3\ inches. 



Hab. West Africa : Cameroons {Rutherford, Fuller). 



This species is allied to E. nitens, described by Mr. Butler, from 

 Madagascar ; a specimen is in the National Collection, from Old 

 Calabar. 



Lasiocampa, Schr. 

 Lasiocampa monteiroi, n. sp. 



(S . Pale uniform straw-colour, the primaries crossed near the 

 base and beyond the middle by two brownish-yellow lines and a 



