New Lepidoptera collected by Mr. T. A. Barns 135 



with black ; abdomen above cinereous with the crests dark brown (the 

 basal one more golden-brown) ; abdomen beneath, pectus and legs 

 whitish, the fore legs shaded with fuscous. 



Fore wing rufous-brown shaded with violet, especially on the basal 

 half of wing and near apex. Antemedial line double, obsolescent, 

 angled outward behind costa and at fold and inward in cell and before 

 hind margin ; a black orbicular dot ; a black medial line from about 

 three-fifths costa to middle of hind margin, slightly angled out behind 

 costa in cell, at fold and at hind margin, with a diffused, red-brown, 

 proximal shade, broadening towards hind margin ; reniform a black 

 lunule surrounded (especially distally) by some yellowish shading ; 

 postmedial line obsolescent, double, waved, nearly parallel with the 

 medial line ; a row of black and white subterminal spots between the 

 veins, from behind SC 4 to hind margin ; apex, pale violet-grey ; a dark 

 terminal line with yellow proximal shading between the veins ; fringe 

 brown, with a pale line at base. 



Hind wing uniform grey-brown, with dark terminal line ; fringe as 

 on fore wing. 



Underside of both wings violet-white irrorated with brown (the 

 fore wing more strongly shaded with brown, except behind fold) ; discal 

 spots (very black on hind wing) ; slight postmedial and subterminal 

 lines (the latter, on the fore . wing, with deep black spots behind 

 SC 4 and SC 5 ) ; dark terminal lines, somewhat broken into lunules ; 

 fringes as above. 



Congo Beige: Itoa River, Ituri Forest, Congo-Semliki Watershed, 

 January, 1920. (T. A. Barns.) One S . 



This species has crests on the first four abdominal segments, and 

 the palpus has an unusually short third joint and a rather short second 

 joint with a thick, triangularly-shaped tuft of hair above, but it falls to 

 the genus Kypena by Hampson's keys both in the "Moths of India," 

 and the " Annals of the South African Museum." 



Two unnamed specimens in the British Museum, from Uganda, are 

 near to this ; perhaps forms of the same species. 



Since this description was prepared another g has come to hand 

 (from Loya River, Irumu, Congo Beige, February, 1920), which is 

 rather more strongly marked (especially the postmedial line on under 

 side of both wings), but seems otherwise exactly to agree. Probably 

 in fresher condition. 



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