1893.] BEITISH CEIfTEAIi ArEICA. 671 



Wings below cupreous brown ; primaries with the ochreous spots 



larger and brighter than above, that of end of cell deeply incised 



internally ; secondaries itumaculate. Expanse of wings 31-35 



millim. 



- Zomba, December 1892 and January 1893. 



Two somewhat damaged specimens of this distinct species, 

 which at the first casual examination I mistook for C. malgacha, 

 from which, however, they ax'e abundantly distinct. 



144. Ctclopldes midas, sp. n. 



AlUed to C. metis, chiefly differing above in the much greater 

 si^e and more golden orange colouring of all the spots ; there is, 

 however, a well-defined short orange streak below the costa near 

 the base, a nearly complete belt of subbasal spots crossing the 

 wings obliquely ; below all the spots are as well defined as above 

 but rather paler, whereas in C vietis the under surface of the 

 secondaries is almost immaculate in the female and quite so in the 

 male. Expanse of wings 30 millim. 



Zomba, July 1892. 



In the Hewitson collection a specimen from Nyasa is asso- 

 ciated \^ath 0. metis, and in the Museum collection is a second 

 specimen, from Victoria Nyanza. 



145. Padbaona WATSoia, sp. n. 



Kesembles Telicota hamhusa of Moore ; decidedly larger and 

 rather brighter in colouring ; the oblique black band on the 

 primaries with its outer edge acutely produced at first median 

 branch, as in some other species of Padraona, though this band 

 does not run inwards to the base ; the inner branch of the furca 

 also carried forwards to costa ; the outer border, however, has 

 an irregularly zigzag inner edge ; the base is greyish green, with 

 a black spot, ill-defined in the male, near the base of the cell, 

 and the male has basal black streaks on costal and internal borders ; 

 the ground-colouring of the female is much yellower than that of 

 the male : the pal tern of the under surface, but especially on the 

 secondaries, is very similar to that of Telicota hamhiisce, but the 

 costal border of the primaries is bright yellow, with the differences 

 in the darker markings mentioned as occurring on the upper 

 surface ; the secondaries are bright yellow, with the greyish areas 

 of T. hambusce replaced by greenish ; the blackish anal patch well- 

 defined in the male, subquadrate, bounded internally and at anal angle 

 by golden orange ; the blackish submarginal spot well-defined and 

 continued to costa ; the short greyish central band spotted with 

 blackish, and several smaller spots across the basal area ; costa 

 greyish. Expanse of wings 40 millim. 



Zomba, d July 1892, $ January 1893. 



It seems to me that generic distinctions employed for species 

 bearing so close a resemblance to one another as the present 

 insect and Telicota hambusce are somewhat arbitrary and not 

 altogether satisfactory ; but the Hesperiidae are such a difficult 



