446 SIR GEORGE F. HAMPSON OX [Mar. 1, 



Parathermes atripunctata, sp. n. (PI. XXXVIII. fig. 7.) 

 Head and thorax rufous irrorated with fuscous ; palpi whitish 

 irrorated with fuscous and with red band near extremity of 3rd 

 joint ; antennae blackish ; tegulae grey at base ; pectus and legs 

 white irrorated with brown, the tibiae rufous, the tarsi black 

 ringed with white ; abdomen grey-brown, the base tinged with 

 rufous, the anal tuft rufous, the ventral surface white irrorated 

 with brown. Fore wing grey-brown more or less strongly suf- 

 fused with rufous and sparsely irrorated with black ; subbasal 

 line double, red with black point at costa, inwardly oblique and 

 ending at submedian fold ; antemedial line red, inwardly oblique 

 and minutely waved, with black point at costa and sometimes 

 two others in cell ; a slight brown discoidal luiiule ; medial line 

 indistinct, dark, bent outwards below costa, angled inwards at 

 discal fold, incurved below vein 4 and with black point on it at 

 submedian fold, closely approximated to the postmedial line, 

 which is red with black point at costa, defined on outer side by 

 ochreous, bent outwards below costa, slightly incurved at discal 

 fold, incurved below vein 4 ; subterminal line ochreous, defined 

 on inner side by black spots between veins 7 and 4 and on outer 

 by blackish points and stria?, incurved to vein 4 where it is angled 

 outwards, then again incurved, some dark and pale points before 

 it on costa ; a series of small black spots just before termen and 

 a terminal series of striae ; cilia with blackish spots near base 

 and black line defined on inner side by ochreous near tips. Hind 

 win^ orev-brown more or less suffused with rufous and irrorated 

 with black, the costal area suffused with fuscous ; a red post- 

 medial line defined on outer side by yellow and with two black 

 points before it on inner area only ; a slight pale subterminal 

 line from vein 4 to tornus ; a series of black points just before 

 termen ; cilia rufous with yellow lines at base and near tips ; the 

 underside grey tinged with rufous and thickly irrorated with 

 fuscous, the terminal area suffused with fuscous, a blackish post- 

 medial line. 



Hah. N.E. Rhodesia, E. Luangwa distr. (JYeave), 1 $ , Kalung- 

 wisi distr. (JSTeave), 1 rf type, Bangweolo distr. {Neave), 1 S , 

 1 2 , Mansya R. {Neave), 1 6 . Exp. 26 mm. 



Mecodina subjecta Wlk. xxxiii. 1012 (1865). 



Congo, Katanga, Kambove ; N.E. Rhodesia, Ohambezi valley. 



Gracillodes caffea Guen. Noct. iii. p. 370 (1852). 



Congo, Lualaba R. ; N.E. Rhodesia, E. Luangwa distr., 

 Luangwa valley, X. Luangwa, Mt. Ulungu, Feira, Kalungwisi 

 valley. 



Egnasia vicaeia Wlk. xxxv. 1972 (1866). 



X.E. Rhodesia, E. Luangwa distr., Luangwa valley, Oham- 

 bezi valley. 



