234 NOVITATES ZOOLOGICAB XXIII. 1916. 



fold finely streaked with fuscons brown. Hindwing yellowish white, the veins of 



terminal area slightly streaked with brownish. 



Hab. Venezuela, Merida, 1 ? type. Exp. 36 mill. 



1595«. Virbia flavifurca n. sp. (Lep. Phal., PL 56. f. 21) 



Virbia medarda Hmpsn., Cat. Lep. Phal. B. M. iii. p. 200 (part) nee Stoll. 



? . Head and thorax rufous ; pectus orange-yellow ; abdomen with dorsal black 



stripe with waved edges, the sides orange-yellow, the ventral surface red-brown. 



Forewing uniform rufous with a fulvous tinge. Hindwing black ; a broad orange- 

 yellow fascia in and below the cell from base to near termen, towards which it 

 widens somewhat, its extremity rounded ; an orange-yellow fascia on inner margin, 

 expanding on termen to vein 1 ; a small subterminal orange-yellow spot in sub- 

 median fold. Underside of forewing black-brown, the costa rufous, an orange-yellow 

 wedge-shaped patch in and just below the cell to well beyond it, where it expands to 

 just below vein 2, its extremity obliquely curved and slightly sinuous, a minute 

 black discoidal spot ; hindwing with the orange-yellow extending to costa at base. 

 Hab. Venezuela (Dyson), 1 ? type. Exp. 40 mill. 



1679 «?. Maenas intacta n. sp. {Lep. Phal., PI. 57./. 27) 



? . Head and thorax pure white ; antennae blackish except at base ; palpi with 

 the second joint brown behind ; femora yellow above, the fore femora with brown 

 streak on inner side, the mid and hind tibiae and the tarsi banded wi^h black-brown ; 

 abdomen orange-yellow, the base, extremity, and ventral surface white, a dorsal 

 series of small black spots on the yellow segments and lateral series of small black 

 spots. Wings pure white and somewhat semihyaline, the hindwing with slight 

 blackish discoidal point. 



ab. 1. Frons with some yellow above; tegulae edged with yellow ; forewing 

 with antemedial black points below costa and cell and above inner margin, a dis- 

 coidal point and postmedial points above and below vein 1 ; hindwing with distinct 

 black discoidal point. 



Hab. N. Nigeria, Kano (F. G. Brown), 1 $ type ; Bauchi Prov. Kabwir (G. T. 

 Fox), 1 ?. Exp. 44 mill. 



1730 a. Diacrisia diversata n. sp. (Lep. Phal., PI. 58./. 15) 



? . Head and thorax white, with a slight creamy tinge ; the tegulae with black 

 spots in one specimen, the shoulders with black spots, the patagia with short 

 curved black streak, the prothorax with short black streak ; antennae black ; palpi 

 banded black and yellowish ; pectus and legs white, the fore coxae with brown 

 patches, the femora yellow above, the fore and mid tibiae streaked with brown, the 

 hind tibiae with brown band towards extremities, the tarsi banded with brown ; 

 abdomen orange-yellow, the base, extremity and ventral surface white, dorsal and 



lateral series of black spots. Forewing white with a slight creamy tinge and 



series of irregular grey spots defined by black-brown ; a minute black spot at base 

 of cell, a subbasal spot below costa and two below the cell, with sometimes some 

 points in the cell, an elongate grey and black spot beyond them below the cell ; an 

 oblique antemedial series of three irregular spots from costa to below the cell and 

 spots above and below vein 1 ; two elongate medial spots below costa and spots 



