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thorax and abdomen fuscous, the latter ochreous toward* extremity. 

 Fore wing fuscous grey, with diffused blackish antemedial patch ; 

 the costa from it to apex orange; a triangular yellow medial patch 

 before the postmedial line extending down to vein 2 and containing 

 a dark-edged orange discoidal spot ; the postmedial line oblique, 

 slio-htly excurved between veins 5 and 2, th^n retracted to balow 

 end of cell. Hind wing fuscous, with obscure medial line ; both 

 wings with the cilia yellow, except at middle. Underside of fore 

 wing with two dark-edged orange spots in cell. 

 Hah. Sieri-a Leone {Clements). Exjp. 22 mm. 



(6)tTHLIPT0CEEAS POLTGEAMMODES, n. Sp. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen rufous ; vertex of head yellowish ; 

 abdomen with two white spots on 1st segment. Fore wing rufous ; 

 a verv ill-defined yellowish antemedial band not reaching the costa ; 

 a quadrate spot in end of cell ; a large postmedial yellow area not 

 reaching the costa and traversed by the postmedial sinuous line, 

 which has a series of yellow spots beyond it from costa to vein 2, 

 where it is retracted to lower angle of cell. Hind wing yellow 

 with the base rufous ; a rounded rufous discoidal spot ; a sinuous 

 postmedial line bent outwards between veins 5 and 2, then retracted 

 to below angle of cell : the terminal area rufous with waved inner 

 edge. 



Hah. Natal, Mooi Eiver. Exp. 40 mm. 



Genus 93. Aechernis. 



Archernis Mevr. P. Linn. Soe. N.S.W. ii. 1, p. 254 (1886). 

 Protonoceras Warr. A. M. N. H. (6) vi. p. 457 (1890). 

 Metaporthra Mevr. Trans. Ent. Soe. 1894. p. 463. 

 Chrysommatodes'Wsin: A. M. N. H. (6) xvii. p. 105 (1896). 

 Palpi porrect, long and straight, the 2nd joint fringed with hair 

 below, the 3rd prominent ; maxillary palpi long and slightly dilated 



Fig. 93. 



Archernis capitalis, cS . \. (From Moths Ind. vol. ir.) 



•<x\\h scales ; frons rounded. Fore wing with veins 3, 4, 5 separate 

 at origin ; 7 nearly straight and well separated from 8, 9. Hind 

 wing with the cell short ; the discocellulars erect ; veins 3, 4, 5 

 from angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle, 7 anastomosing with S. 



