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5152. Eublemma proleuca, n. sp. (Plate CLTI. fig. 6.) 



2 . Head and thorax whitish tinged with rufous ; abdomen 

 blood-red at base, then dark brown Avith pale segmental lines, the 

 ventral surface AYhitish irrorated with brown. Fore wing blood- 

 red finely striated with brown, the costal area and termen ochreous 

 white, the costal edge brown ; antemedial line represented by a 

 dark point on costa and diffused curved red line from cell to inner 

 margin ; a rather oblique white discoidal bar ; medial line repre- 

 sented by a dark point on costa and diffused red line from below 

 costa, excurved beyond the cell, then incurved and sinuous ; post- 

 medial line rather diffused, red, excurved from costa to vein 4, then 

 incurved and ending at tornus ; some slight brown marks just 

 before termen from apex to vein 5 ; a fine brown terminal line and 

 series of dark points on the cilia. Hind wing blood-red finely 

 striated with brown and with traces of diffused oblique red medial 

 and postraedial lines ; the underside ochreous white irrorated with 

 fuscous, the terminal area suffused with brown. 



Hab. S. jS^igekia, Olokemeji {Dudgeon), 1 $ type. Exp. 12 

 millim. 



5153. Eublemma albifascia, n. sp. (Plate CLIL fig. 7.) 



S . Head and tegulse ochreous suffused with rufous, the palpi 

 and antennae deep red-brown ; thorax and abdomen deep purplish 

 rufous, the prothorax with white band ; pectus, legs, and ventral 

 surface of abdomen ochreous white, the tibial and tarsi tinged with 

 brown. Fore wing deep purplish rufous, the costa narrowly white 

 to near apex, the costal edge blackish towards base ; a faint oblique 

 dark antemedial line, incurved at vein 1 ; a rather diffused blackish 

 discoidal spot ; a faint dark medial line, excurved from costa to 

 beyond the cell, then sinuous ; postmedial line faint, dark, excurved 

 from costa to vein 4, then incurved and again excurved above inner 

 margin ; traces of a subterminal series of slight blackish spots. 

 Hind wing deep purplish rufous with faint traces of an oblique 

 medial line, waved postmedial line and subterminal series of blackish 

 points ; the underside whitish tinged with brown. 



Hah. Gold Coast, Kumasi {Whiteside), 1 J type. Exp. 32 

 millim. 



5154. Eublemma flavicosta, n. sp. (Plate CLII. fig. 8.) 



5 . Head and tegulse yellow suffused with red ; thorax and 

 abdomen chocolate-brown tinged with grey ; pectus and legs 

 yellowish suffused with rufous. Pore wing chocolate-brown suffused 

 with nurplish grey, the costal area yellow ; an indistinct brown 

 antemedial line from the costal area to inner margin, defined on 

 inner side by grey and slightly excurved below the cell ; sinuous 

 brown medial and postmedial lines from the costal area to inner 



