404 XOCTUID.E, 



Ab. ] . Fore wing with oblique blackish streak from middle of 

 costa to terraen at vein 2, the white spots at end of cell reduced to 

 l>oints. 



Ab. 2. Similar, but fore wing yelloAV and crimson striated with 

 brown to the postmedial band. 



Hah. Sierra Leone, 1 J type ; Gold Coast, Bibianaha {SpurreU), 

 1 5 ; S. Nigeria, Sapele (Sampson), 1 $ . iJa^p. 80-90 millim. 



Sect. II. Antennre of male somewhat laminate and almost simple. 



A. Abdomen grey-brown; hind wing with black-brown patch 



beyond lower angle of cell maculijera. 



IB. Abdomen crimson ; Jiind wing without black-brown 



patch discolor. 



7514. Miniodes maculifera, n. sp. (Plate CCXII. fig. C.) 



J . Head, thorax, and abdomen dark greyish brown ; the sides 

 of head with a faint crimson tinge ; basal joint of antennae with a 

 white ring ; pectus and ventral surface of abdomen with a purplish 

 tinge. Pore wing olive-brown striated with dark brown and with 

 traces of some scarlet especially below costa ; a minute tuft of 

 scarlet scales at base ; antemedial line represented by traces of a 

 dark bar from costa and a small black spot below the cell ; reniform 

 represented by a small rather bidentate spot above, oblique striga 

 at middle, and triangular spot excised on outer side beyond lower 

 angle of cell, all pure white defined by black ; postmedial line 

 faint, diffused, blackish, oblique to vein 4, then inwardly oblique ; 

 an oblique diffused black shade from apex with an elliptical grey 

 patch defined by blackish below it between veins 5 and 3; cilia 

 dark brown. Hind wing purplish crimson, the inner area clothed 

 with brown hair, narrowly towards tornus ; a rounded black-brown 

 patch bej'ond lower angle of cell between veins 6 and 2 ; the veins 

 slightly streaked with brown towards termen ; cilia with a few 

 brown scales and whitish tips, the termen narrowlj' and cilia dark 

 brown from above vein 2 to tornus. Underside of fore wing 

 crimson with the marginal areas ochreous brown striated with 

 dark bi'own ; hind wing ochreous brown striated with dark brown, 

 the terminal half of inner area with crimson streaks in the folds 

 above and below vein 1. 



5 . Sides of head scarlet ; thorax with some scarlet ; fore wing- 

 scarlet thickly striated with brown ; hind wing with less brown 

 hair on inner area, the veins without brown towards termen ; the 

 underside more ochreous. 



Hah. N. Nigeria, Panguma {Anderson), 1 $ ; Uganda, Toro 

 Daro Porest (Neave), 1 c? , 1 $ type. U.vp. 90 millim. 



7515. Miniodes discolor. 



Miviodes dii^cohr, Giien. Noct. iii. p. 119 (1852). 



Head and thorax orange-yellow tinged with scarlet ; palpi Avith 

 the cJrd joint grey-brown ; froiis with grey-brown band ; vertex of 

 head Avith some grey-brown ; tegula? with grey-brown band, the 



