680 MR. H. DRUCE ON NEW SPECIES OF [DeC. 20, 



lines are not so distinct. Head and thorax reddish brown ; tegulae 

 brown, edged with white. Abdomen on the upperside creamy 

 white, the underside brownish black ; legs dark reddish brown. 



Expanse 3 inches. 



Hah. West Africa : Cameroons. 



This fine species is allied to M. splendens, from which it is at 

 once distinguished by the white secondaries. The male of this 

 species is unknown. 



Pachypasa, Walk. 



PaCHYPASA ? MASSILIA, U. Sp. 



Female. Primaries and secondaries uniform reddish fawn-colour. 

 Primaries with four whitish patches, the first three near the apex, 

 the fourth close to the anal angle ; a minute white spot at the end 

 of the cell ; the underside of all the wings paler than above, the 

 secondaries broadly banded with greyish white from the base along 

 the costal margin almost to the apex. Head and the thorax reddish 

 fawn-colour. Abdomen dark brown, each segment banded with 

 long whitish hairs, the underside of the abdomen greyish brown ; legs 

 dark brown. Antennae black. 



Expanse 5| inches. 



Hab. West Africa : Cameroons {Rutherford). 



This fine species is quite different to any I have seen ; it is the 

 only specimen obtained by the late Mr. Rutherford, and is allied to 

 Pachypasa subfascia. Walk. 



Pachypasa ? phocea, n. sp. 



Female. Primaries reddish brown, darkest near the apex and along 

 the outer margin ; a wide dark brown band, which is narrower in 

 the middle, crosses the wing from beyond the middle on the costal 

 margin to about the middle of the inner margin ; on each side of the 

 band the wing is thickly irrorated with minute white scales ; the 

 fringe reddish brown. Secondaries uniform yellowish fawn-colour, 

 palest at the base, the fringe pale fawn-colour. Underside of all 

 the wings reddish fawn-colour, speckled with a few greyish scales ; 

 the upperside of the head and thorax the same colour as the primaries ; 

 abdomen yellowish, above the anal segment reJdish brown ; the 

 underside of the head, thorax, and abdomen dark reddish brown ; 

 legs brown, tarsi with white bands. Antennae white on the upper- 

 side, reddish brown on the underside. 



Expanse 3| inches. 



Hab. East Africa: Delagoa Bay (Mrs. Monteiro). 



A fine species, allied to P. bUinea, Walk. 



GoNOMETA, Walk. 



GONOMETA NYSA, n. Sp. 



Male. Primaries and secondaries, upper and inner side, bright 

 chestnut-brown, with all the veins slightly darker ; the head, aiitennae 



