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ROMAL/EOSOMA. 



ROMAL/EOSOMA ZAMPA. 1, 3. 

 Romalceosoma zampa, Westioood in " Genera of Diurnal Lepidoptera" page 284. 



Upperside. Male, glossy green, with white lunular spots on the outer margins. 

 Anterior wing crossed beyond the middle by a narrow broken pale rufous band : the 

 apex and a spot at the anal angle, white. Posterior wing with the base black, a 

 red spot within the cell, the outer margin broadly dark green traversed by a band 

 of seven round white spots. 



Underside orange rufous, the outer margins green, the band and spots as above. 

 Anterior wing with three black spots within the cell, and a fourth indistinct spot on 

 the upper disco-cellular nervule : the anal angle (bordering the spot) purple. Pos- 

 terior wing with two black spots near the base, and a longitudinal band of pale green 

 — yellow near and parallel to the costal margin. 



Expan. 3^j inch. Hab. Sierra Leone. 



In the Collection of the British Museum. 



ROMAL/EOSOMA LUPERCA. 2, 4. 



Upperside. Male, dark blue green. Anterior wing with the apical half blue- 

 black crossed obliquely by a band of rufous white : the apex white. Posterior wing 

 with the inner margin broadly brown ; the outer margin blue-black. 



Underside green. Anterior wing, with the costal margin, the band, and apex 

 white : three black spots bordered with white (in a line) within the cell. Posterior 

 wing with the base carmine, followed by a band of white and two black spots bor- 

 dered with white : crossed obliquely from the middle of the costal margin by a band 

 of white which terminates before the middle of the outer margin : the inner margin 

 rufous. 



Expan. 3^j inch. Hab. Calibar. 



In the Collection of W. C. Hewitson. 



