ATTATHA. — COLBUSA, 11 



Hah. CoKGO, Katanga, Kambove (JSTeave), 1 $ ; GtERM. E. 

 Africa, Usagara Distr. Kilossa (N'eave), 1 2 ; Ba. C. Africa, 

 Lr. Shire Valley, Chikawa (N'eave), 1 $ ; N.E. Rhodesia, E. 

 Luangwa Distr., Mterize R. (JVeave), 1 c? , 1 $ type; Mozam- 

 bique, Grorongoza. J^xj). 44 millim. 



7774. Attatha metaleuca, sp. n. (Plate CCXXII. fig. 4.) 



(5 . Head and thorax creamy yellow ; palpi at tips, frons, and 

 antennae blackish ; tegulse black, white at base ; streaks on shoulders, 

 a band across patagia and mesothorax, and a patch on metathorax 

 black ; fore and hind legs in front and the hind tarsi blackish ; 

 abdomen white tinged with ochreous, the basal crest black. Fore 

 wing ochreous j^ellow ; a subbasal wedge-shaped black mark in sub- 

 median interspace ; a black fascia on antemedial part of inner 

 margin ; an oblique quadrate black patch from costa to lower end of 

 cell with its lower extremities produced to points ; an oblique black 

 streak in postmedial part of submedian fold ; a wedge-shaped black 

 patch from apical part of costa to below vein 3 near termen, its 

 inner edge indented above vein 6 and incurved with a fine black line 

 before it below vein 6 ; a brownish line on medial part of termen, a 

 small black spot at vein 3 and larger rounded spot at vein 2 ; the 

 terminal area tinged with scarlet towards tornus, a subterminal 

 black striga above vein 1. Hind wing creamy- white ; a wedge- 

 shaped fuscous band from apical part of costa to below vein 5 ; 

 cilia fuscous at apex, then tinged with scarlet. Underside of both 

 wings creamy white with the markings shewing faintly. 



itah. N. Nigeria, Zmigeru {Simpson), 1 S tyP^- Ex^j. 

 36 millim. 



Genus COLBUSA. 



Tvpe. 



Colhusa, Wlk. xxxiii. 978 (1865) euclidica. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to about 

 vertex of head and moderately scaled, the 3rd short or moderate ; frons 

 smooth ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male ciliated ; thorax clothed with 

 hair and scales mixed, the metathorax with spreading crest; tibite slightly 

 fringed with hair, the fore and hind tibite not spined ; abdomen with dorsal 

 crest at base only. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved 

 and not crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 

 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing 

 with the cell about half the length of wing; veins 3, 4 from angle; 5 fully 

 developed from well above angle; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with 

 the cell near base only. 



7775. Colbusa euclidica. 



Golbusa euclidica, Wlk. xxxiii. 978 (1865). 



Head and thorax white ; palpi, frons, antennae, tegulse, shoulders, 

 a band across patagia and mesothorax and a patch on metathorax 

 black-brown ; pectus scarlet ; fore and mid legs blackish brown, 



