1887.] LEPIDOPTERA FROM TROPICAL AFRICA. 681 



and thorax the same colour as the wings ; the abdomen brownish 

 black. 



Expanse 3| inches. 



Hab. West Africa: Mongo-ma Luhah (Thompson). 



This very fine insect is entirely different from any known to me ; 

 it is the only specimen I have seen. 



GONOMETA LOMIA, n. Sp. 



Male. Primaries fawn-colour, a wide brownish-black submarginal 

 line extending from the apex to the inner margin, beyond which on 

 the margin is a row of indistinct spots. Secondaries fawn-colour, 

 slightly paler at the base ; a black marginal line from the apex to 

 the anal angle. Head, thorax, and abdomen brownish fawn-colour. 

 Antennae pale brown at the base, with black tips ; legs brown ; the 

 underside of all the wings fawn-colour, darkest along the outer 

 margins of the primaries. 



Expanse 2| inches. 



Had. West Africa: Mongo-ma Lubah. 



GoNOMETA CASSANDRA, n. Sp. 



Male. Primaries rich purplish brown, slightly reddish along the 

 inner margin ; a submarginal row of > -shaped black spots, bordered 

 with white on the outer side, extending Irora the apex to the anal 

 angle. Secondaries brownish black, with a beautiful greenish-blue 

 shade, the outer margin broadly bordered with cream-colour. The 

 underside the same as above, excepting that the secondaries are 

 without the greenish-blue shade. Head and thorax dark brown. 

 Abdomen brownish black, shaded with greenish blue on the upper- 

 side, the underside of the thorax and legs dark brown, of the 

 abdomen dusky white. Antennae brownish black. 



Expanse 3^ inches. 



Hab. West Africa : Cameroons. 



This fine species is allied to Qonometa postica. Walker, from 

 South Africa, figured by Felder in the ' Novara,' tab. 84. f. 1 & 2. 



Fam. LimacodidjE. 

 Parasa, Moore. 

 Parasa urda, n. sp. (Plate LV. fig. 7, (5 .) 



Male, Primaries pea-green, fawn-colour at the base and along 

 the outer margin from the apex to the anal angle ; the inner edge of 

 the fawn-coloured margin is very much waved ; the fringe fawn- 

 colour along the outer margin, green on the inner margin. Second- 

 aries yellowish cream-colour, darkest at the base and along the inner 

 margin ; the fringe fawn-colour. Underside yellowish, with the 

 outer margins of all the wings shaded with reddish brown ; the 

 upperside of the head and thorax bright pea-green, the underside 

 dark reddish brown ; the abdomen fawn-colour. Palpi, antennae, 

 and legs reddish brown. 



Expanse, c? , li inch. 



