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HYPSIDAE. 



9. Phaegorista prouti sp. nov. 



Allied to agaristoides Bdv. but distinguished from this and other 

 species by the red basal area on the fore wing and the more distally 

 placed subapical band. 



$ . Upperside with general markings of the allied form. Fore 

 wing with red basal area extending into the base of cellule 2, with a 

 broad stripe in the cell and a narrow costal streak. Subapical white 

 band, not crossing vein 3 and at a distance of about 3 mm. from end of 

 cell. A small white spot near tornus. Fringes not white at apex but 

 dotted with white throughout. Hind wing as in allied form but with 

 black margin slightly narrower, distal half of vein 2 streaked with 

 black, and some black scaling above the base of vein 3 forming a small 

 discal spot. 



Underside as above. Fore wing with whole basal area red, leaving 

 the costa narrowly black. 



Body and appendages coloured as in allied form, except that the 

 thorax below is red. 



Size as in allied form. 



Habitat. — Lufira Valley, November — December, 1918, one 3 . 



SATUBNIIDAE. 



10. Pseudaphelia basiflava sp. nov. 



3 . Upperside brownish-black, thinly scaled as in allied forms. 

 Fore wing with a yellow spot on the lower discocellular. Slight yellow 

 scaling in the cell, on costa above it, and in the submedian area. Hind 

 wing with basal half pale-yellow, including the discocellulars, the bases 

 of cellules 2, 4, 5 and 6, and slightly the base of 3. 



Underside very pale yellow with apex and outer margin of fore 

 wing and distal half of hind wing brownish. Both wings with a 

 yellow spot on the lower discocellular. 



Antennae black. Head yellow ; tegulae brownish-black fringed 

 with yellow hair below. Abdomen brownish-black ringed with yellow ; 

 anal tuft yellow. Legs brownish-black, tibiae fringed with yellow hair 

 on the inside. 



Length of fore wing : 36 mm. 



Habitat. — North side of the Maiko (or Oiko) Valley, near Stanley- 

 ville, May, 1920, one 3 . 



