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



11. Eudaemonia argiphontes bamsi subsp. no v. 



Distinguished from the typical West African form by its large size 

 and darker colour. 



3 . Upperside with darker brown ground-colour. Fore wing with 

 postdiscal band curved in its anterior part and parallel with outer 

 margin between costa and vein 5. Subbasal band with inner edge 

 more strongly pink in its posterior half. Hind wing with the rounded 

 spots placed farther from the postdiscal band. 



Underside of fore wing with submarginal line farther from the 

 margin and ending posteriorly straight from vein 2 to the margin close 

 to the postdiscal line. Hind wing with postdiscal line bordered by a 

 heavier dark band on its inside. 



Length of fore wing : 40 mm. ; in a large specimen of the typical 

 form this measures 33 mm. 



Habitat. — E. Epulu River, N. Ituri Valley, between Penghe and 

 Irumu, 700 m., March, one $ . Disturbed in dense forest at midday. 



Mr. Barns notes that on April 9 another of these moths was 

 observed by his wife between the Lindi and Ituri Rivers. This was 

 about 11 a.m. and the specimen had a " quick and lively flight." 



LIMACODIDAE. 



12. Thosea ruftmacida sp. nov. 



Distinguished by the black fore wing, bearing a reddish-brown spot 

 near the tornus, and smoky-brown hind wing. 



? . Upperside of fore wing with black ground-colour, for the 

 greater part overlaid with bluish-white scales. A subbasal brown line, 

 a discal brown line, and a postdiscal brown line, all heavily marked 

 posteriorly ; a second postdiscal brown line from costa to vein 4 ; a 

 black submarginal band to vein 4, with 3 short proximal oblique 

 branches ; a tawny patch between veins 2 and 4 at tornus ; a black 

 marginal line becoming indistinct posteriorly where it meets the end 

 of the submarginal line above the tawny patch. Hind wing smoky- 

 brown. Underside smoky-brown. 



Antennae, palpi, and head chocolate-brown. Thorax and abdomen 

 deep chesnut-brown. Legs chestnut-brown mixed with grey. 



Length of fore wing : 14 mm. 



Habitat. — Lufira River, near Likasi Copper Mine, 4,000 feet, 

 November 30, 1915, one ? . 



