540 New Forms of African Lepidoptera 



patch between vein 2 and inner margin, extended more distad than in 

 semirufa, enclosing a spot of ground-colour, and in one specimen just 

 reaching vein 3 ; a white discal spot in 2 and another in 3, smaller than 

 in semirufa, in the type rounded, in the paratype the lower one much 

 larger than the upper one ; three white discal streaks in 4 to 6 ; two 

 small subcostal dots or streaks in 6 and 8 ; a submarginal series of six 

 white ovate marks, open proximally where there is a series of six black 

 spots ; a submarginal crenulate line, interrupted at the veins, and 

 vestigial in the type. Hind wing with a narrow rufous subbasal band 

 from the origin of veins 5 and 6 to the submedian ; distal two-thirds 

 rufous, the proximal edge of this area more extended in cellule 3, and 

 not extended above vein 7 ; a postdiscal series of six black spots, the 

 upper one placed in the black-brown costal area, these spots placed 

 more proximal than in semirufa ; a small white spot in 6 proximally of 

 the black one ; a large white costal spot placed about midway in cellule 7 

 and limited by vein 8 ; costal edge grey-white to the middle ; outer edge 

 from the rufous area very slightly crenulate, and nearer to it than to the 

 margin is a fine rufous line which is vestigial in the type ; inner margin 

 fuscous. 



Underside with paler ground-colour, markings darker brown than 

 above in the type, but yellow-brown in the paratype. Fore wing 

 with the usual cell-marks; a black-brown spot below the cell; a 

 discal row of three white streaks in 4 to 6 ; a postdiscal series of 

 six black spots, the posterior one the larger, all ringed with dark- or 

 yellow-brown. Submarginal ovate marks and line as on upperside ; 

 the middle part of the submarginal line in 3 and 4 much thickened, 

 and in the paratype with extended white scaling to the adjacent ovate 

 marks. Hind wing with a white basal line which does not invade 

 the praecostal area ; white costal spot as on upperside but reaching 

 costa in the type ; a white discal band, slightly brownish in the type, 

 from submedian to vein 7, the spot in 4 longer than the others ; a 

 faint-brown subbasal line crossing the cell as on upperside ; a post- 

 discal series of seven black spots placed in the dark-brown band ; the 

 band narrower than on upperside, its outer edge narrowly yellow- or 

 whitish-brown ; a submarginal whitish line which is placed about 

 midway in the dark marginal border in the type, and in the paratype 

 it is placed closer to the edge of the brown band. In the paratype 

 the inner margin and discal area suffused with ochreous. 



Length of fore wing : Type, 24 mm. ; paratype, 28 mm. 



Habitat. — Bitje, Cameroons, 2,000 feet, January-February, G. L. 

 Bates, $ type ; Cameroons, Schwab, one $ paratype. 



