1910.] from tropical west Africa. ■ 375 



Triclema obscura, sp. n. (Plate XXXIV. fig. 10, J .) 



Male. Upper side brownish black, with an inconspicuous dull 

 shining purple patch over the central area of the inner margin 

 of the fore wing and over the whole of the discal area of the 

 hind wing. On the hind wing near the apex is a faint pale 

 marking corresponding with the white patch on the under side. 

 On the under side the ground-colour is rich brown with darker 

 patches and pure white bands and marks arranged much as in 

 T. stmtdingeri Smith and Kirby * but narrower. Thorax and 

 abdomen brown above and with some whitish hairs below. 



Expanse ly 1 ^ inch. 



Hab. Bitje, Ja river, Cameroons, 2000 ft., dry season {G. L. 

 Bates). 



Type, Mus. Druce. 



Hespeeiidj;. 



Sarangesa lunula, sp. n. (Plate XXXV. fig. 8, S .) 



Hale. Upper side : fore wing dark olivaceous brown with semi- 

 hyaline white spots arranged as follows : a double spot closing 

 the cell, five subapical spots, a linear marking at the base of 

 cell 3, a crescent-shaped spot in cell 2, and two minute dots in 

 cell 1 placed one above the other. Hind wing olivaceous brown 

 with paler shades and darker brown blotches placed irregularly 

 over the discal and basal areas. Cilia of both wings fuscous with 

 some whitish patches. Underside paler than above. Fore wing 

 with spots as on upper side and an additional white dot near the 

 centre of cell 1. There is also some pale yellow shading near 

 the angle, beyond the white dots. Thorax and abdomen brown 

 above and below. Palpi thickly clothed with black and yellow 

 hairs. 



Female; Differs from the male by being paler and by the spots on 

 the fore wing being rather larger, and by the cilia of the hind wing 

 being distinctly chequered yellow and brown. The minute dot 

 near the middle of cell 1 of the fore wing, which is absent in most 

 specimens of the male sex, is usually clearly seen on both surfaces 

 in the female. 



Expanse, 3 2 ? 1 nr i ncn - 



Hab. Upper Kasai district, Congo Free State (P. Landbeck). 



Types, Mus. Druce. 



Described from three males and five females. , 



. . The curious crescent-shaped mark in cell 2 of the fore wing 

 should distinguish this insect from all others in the genus. 



Eagris landbecki, sp. n. (Plate XXXV. fig. 9, 5 .) 



Female. Upper side : fore wing dark olivaceous brown ; a 

 minute semihyaline white costal spot opposite the end of the cell ; 

 two larger spots, within and near the end of the cell ; three minute 



* Lyccenesthes staudingeri Smith & Kirby. Rhop. Exot.. African Lyefpnida), 

 p. 112, pi. xxiv. figs. 9, 10 (1894). 



