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pinkish yellow. Secondaries yellow, the outer margin from the apex 

 to the anal angle broadly bordered with slate-colour. Head, thorax, 

 and abdomen pale yellow, antennae black. 



Expanse 1 inch. 



liab. West Africa : Cameroons {Butherford). 



A pretty little specie--, in form very like H, doleris, but quite 

 different in colour. 



Fam. Laparid^. 

 Cypra, Boisd. 

 Cypra nyses, n. sp. 



Primaries and secondaries uniform semihyaline white, slightly 

 shaded with pale yellowish along the costal margin of the former, a 

 small black spot at tbe apex and anal angle of both wings. Head, 

 thorax, and abdomen yellowish white. Antennae and legs pale brown. 



Expanse 1^ inch. 



Hab. West Africa : Old Calabar (While). 



This species is allied to C. crocipes, Boisd., from Madagascar, from 

 which it is at once distinguished by the black spots on the wings. 



Anaphe, Walk. 

 Anaphe moloneyi, n. sp. (Plate LV. fig. 5, (S .) 



Male. Primaries creamy white, crossed beyond the middle from 

 the costal margin to the inner margin by a wide black band, not 

 broken in the middle as in A. carteri, the costal margin broadly 

 banded with black from the base to the apex, the outer margin 

 narrowly edged with black, and all the veins black, from the outer 

 margin almost up to the black band crossing the wing. Secondaries 

 creamy white, with the fringe black. Underside the same as above, 

 excepting the band on the primaries being very indistinct. Head, the 

 underside of the thorax, and the abdomen pale yellowish brown, the 

 upperside of the thorax creamy white. Antennse^^black, legs brownish 

 yellow. 



Expanse Ig inch. 



Hab. West Africa : Gambia (Capt. A. Moloney'). 



This species is allied to A. carteri, Walsingham, but very distinct 

 in the form of the black band and the black costal margin, also the 

 veins being black almost up to the band crossing the wings. The 

 large cocoon from which A. moloneyi came out was brought to this 

 country by Captain Moloney, who kindly handed it to me. It is 

 almost the shape of a lai'ge pear, about five inches long, and' was 

 found hanging from a branch of a tree by a fine silken thread : 

 unfortunately only one moth came out ; the large cocoon contains a 

 great number of small cocoons packed very closely together. The 

 silk appears to be of a very tough nature, and is of a reddish-brown 

 colour. The pupa is dark brown in colour, enclosed in a loosely 

 made silken cocoon. 



I have lately received, through the kindness of Mr. A. Higgins, 



