New Lepidoptera collected by Mr. T. A. Barns 95 



73. Cup ides thes cuprifascia sp. no v. 



Distinguished by its coppery markings above. 



$ . Upperside with black ground-colour. Fore wing with cupreous 

 orange median band placed obliquely below vein 2 — its lower edge 

 along the inner margin, its upper edge along lower margin of cell, its 

 distal edge even and reaching tornus, its proximal edge even and sub- 

 basal. Hind wing with lower distal half of same colour as fore-wing 

 band, embracing an area from inner margin to vein 6 and extending 

 into end of cell. 



Underside dark grey with bands formed of white lines edged on the 

 inner side with dark brown. Fore wing with discal band from vein 6 

 to inner margin, its proximal edge angled at vein 3, with anterior part 

 along discocellular and posterior part from veins 3 to origin of 2 and 

 thence to margin. A postdiscal band of five spots, those in 4-6 

 narrowing anteriorly, the two in 2 and 3 larger, more proximal, and 

 coincident with discal spots. A greyish-white marginal band enclosing 

 a thin brown submarginal line. 



Hind wing with a small black subbasal spot in 7. An irregular 

 discal band from vein 6 to inner margin. A rounded black spot 

 on inner margin between base and discal band. A curved post- 

 discal band of seven spots from costa to inner margin, the spots 

 smaller than those of the discal band. Greyish-white marginal band 

 enclosing the brown submarginal line. Two or three small orange 

 anal spots, edged with black distally and bearing metallic-blue scales. 

 This wing somewhat rubbed and markings not too clear. 



Length of fore wing : 13 mm. 



Habitat. — Bafwasende, Upper Congo, April, 1920. In dense forest 

 one $ . 



74. Cupidesthes minor sp. nov. (pi. XV, figs. 82, 83). 



Distinguished by its very small size. 



? . Upperside black-brown. Fore wing with pale blue basal area, 

 extending into lower part of cell and into base of cellule 2. Hind wing 

 with pale blue basal area forming a cell-stripe to beyond cell, and a 

 faint stripe in lc. A white submarginal line between submedian and 

 vein 6, interrupted in 2 by the orange border to the black submarginal 

 spot. A fine white marginal line. Fringes of both wings grey. 



Underside grey-white with spots defined by grey-brown and white 

 edging. Fore wing with a spot closing the cell ; a postdiscal series of 



