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margin. A dark brown renal stigma enclosing a fulvous reniform 

 on discocellulars. Outer area fulvous brown subapically, crossed by 

 a sub marginal row of bright fulvous lunules. Cilia dark brown. 

 Hind wing pale reddish brown, crossed by an indistinct darker 

 suhmarginal fascia. 



Female similarly coloured, but much larger, a good deal paler, 

 and without purple suffusion. 



Habitat. Kedai, 25th November, 3 ; Masongaleni, 31st March, 

 2 . Expanse, 0* 46 mm., § 74 mm. 



This form is nearest to Pachymeta puvpurascens Aurivillius, 

 from Mashonaland, but is paler and smaller. P. ]jurpurascens is 

 a much stouter larger species, is suffused throughout with purple, 

 and has no discoidal reniform stigma. 



112. Pachymeta roxana, sp. n. (PI. II. fig. 33.) 



Desci'iption. — c? • Head, thorax, fore wing, and abdomen pale 

 reddish brown. Antennas whitish. 



Fore wing crossed by an oblique dark brown line from costa to 

 inner margin, beyond which is a dark brown fascia. Distal area 

 paler ; a submarginal lunular dark brown band. Underside paler, 

 with a dark chocolate submarginal band. 



Hind wing pale fuscous inclined to ochreous basally ; a distal 

 dark brown band followed outwardly by a band of whitish lunides 

 which are defined outwardly by dark brown, margin pale. Cilia 

 fuscous. 



Underside of hind wing dark chocolate-brown on the basal half, 

 followed by bands as on the upperside. The inner area white from 

 inner margin to vein 1. The costa angled to a point at centre. 



Habitat. Kedai, 21st January. Expanse 50 mm. 



The chief feature of this form is the underside of the hind wing ; 

 I have not been able to find any species near it in the British 

 Museum collection. 



113. Gonometa postica Walker. 



Habitat. Masongaleni, 11th November, $ . 



This form is a good deal larger and redder than specimens which 

 I have bred in Natal (see Trans. Zooh Soc. vol. xv. p. 313, 1901), 

 and the fore wing is shot with vivid purple. It is a pity that 

 only a female was sent to me, as a specimen of the very different 

 male would have been most interesting. 



LlMACODIDJE. 



114. Paras a vivid a Walker. 

 Habitat. Kedai, 26th November. 



Hypsidi:. 



115. Egybolis vaillantina Stoll. 

 Habitat. Mombasa, 14th September. 



