EAEIAS. 501 



6860. Earias ogovana. (Plate CLXXXVII. fig. 8.) 

 Earias ogovana, HoU. Psyche, vi. p. 398 (1893). 



$ . Head and thorax yellow-green ; palpi brown and white ; 

 antennae brown ; pectus and legs white, the fore tibias and tarsi 

 dark brown, the latter ringed with white ; abdomen dark brown, 

 the ventral surface white except towards extremity. Fore wing 

 yellow-green ; a medial dark green line, oblique from costa to 

 median nervure, then erect ; postmedial line dark green, cxcurved 

 from costa to submedian fold ; the costal edge towards apex and 

 the cilia dark purple-brown. Hind wing whitish wholly suffused 

 with purple-brown, the cilia paler with a brown line through them. 

 Underside of fore wing whitish sufliused with purple-brown ; hind 

 wing whitish, the costal area and terminal area to vein 3 irrorated 

 with brown. 



Hah, Gold Coast, Bibianaha (Sjnirrell), 1 5 ; S. Nigeria, Olo- 

 kemeyx (Dudgeon), 1 $ ; Ilesha {Humphrey), 1 $ ; Gaboon, Ogove R., 

 type t in Coil. Holland. Exp. 28 millim. 



6861. Earias biplaga. 



Earias biplaga, Wlk. xxxv. 1773 (18fi6) ; Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. p. 282. 

 Earias fusciciliana, Snell. Tijd. v. Eiit. xv. p. '66 (1872) ; Kirby, Oat. Lep. 



Het." p. 28?. 

 Earias maculana, Siiell. Tijd. v. Ent. xv. p. 36 (1872) ; Kirby, Cat. Lep. 



Het. p. 282. 

 Earias flaga, Feld. Keis. Nov. pi. 108. f. 20 (187-1). 



Head and thorax yellow-green ; palpi brown mixed with white ; 

 antennae brown ; pectus and legs white, tlie fore tibiae and tarsi 

 and the extremities of mid and hind tarsi chocolate-brown irrorated 

 with white ; abdomen white dorsally tinged with brownish. Fore 

 wdng yellow-green; traces of medial and postmedial waved lines, 

 oblique and green from costa to discal fold, then dark brown filled 

 in with, brown irrorated with dark brown and with the indistinct 

 dark, discoidal spot on its inner edge ; traces of a green subterminal 

 line, excurved below vein 7 and at middle ; cilia with the tips 

 chocolate-brown irrorated with grey. Hind wing semihyaline 

 white, the termen and cilia suffused with purplish brown from apex 

 to vein 2. Underside of fore wing and costal area of hind wing 

 yellowish, the costal areas slightly irrorated with brown. 



Ab. 1. Fore wing with series of dark points on the lines, the dark 

 discoidal spot prominent, the area between medial and postmedial 

 lines not filled in with brown on inner half. 



A.b. 2. fusciciliana. Fore wing without brown discoidal spot or 

 postmedial brown area. 



Hab. SiEERA Leoxe {Morgan), 1 $ type ; S. Nigeeia, Lagos, 

 Ebute Meta {Boag), 1 $ , Calabar {Simpson), 1 $ , Aro (Simpson), 

 1 2 ; K. Nigeria, Zungeru (Macfie), 1 $ , Borgu, Yelwa Lake 

 (Migeod), 1 J ; Le. Guinea ; Br. E. Africa, Taveta (Rogers), 2 $ , 

 Nairobi (Orawshay), 1 $ , Eb Urru (Bett^n), 1 $ ; Be. C. Africa, 



