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  Lord 
  Walsingham 
  on 
  

  

  yery 
  obKque, 
  greyish 
  brown 
  ; 
  cilia 
  the 
  same. 
  Abdomen 
  and 
  legs 
  

   greyish 
  brown. 
  Exi^. 
  al. 
  13 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Bathurst 
  (Gambia), 
  three 
  specimens 
  {Carter). 
  

   Type, 
  <y 
  ? 
  , 
  Mus. 
  Wlsm. 
  

  

  [Pl.m.,fig.4.] 
  

   Argyrotoxa 
  viridis, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  AntenncB 
  rather 
  more 
  than 
  half 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  fore 
  wings, 
  

   brownish 
  fuscous, 
  slightly 
  pubescent. 
  Palpi 
  brownish 
  ochreous, 
  

   dusted 
  externally 
  with 
  fuscous 
  ; 
  second 
  joint 
  thickenfed 
  anteriorly, 
  

   somewhat 
  coarsely 
  scaled 
  ; 
  apical 
  joint 
  obtuse, 
  much 
  shorter 
  than 
  

   the 
  second. 
  Head 
  dull 
  brown, 
  with 
  erect 
  scales 
  above. 
  Thorax 
  

   bright 
  green, 
  with 
  a 
  vermiHon-red 
  oblique 
  streak 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  

   j)osteriorly. 
  Fore 
  ivings 
  about 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  wide, 
  costa 
  sud- 
  

   denly 
  arched 
  near 
  the 
  base, 
  thence 
  parallel 
  with 
  the 
  dorsal 
  margin 
  

   to 
  the 
  slightly 
  rounded 
  apex 
  ; 
  apical 
  margin 
  straight, 
  somewhat 
  

   rounded 
  off 
  at 
  the 
  anal 
  angle 
  : 
  bright 
  bluish 
  green, 
  the 
  costal 
  and 
  

   apical 
  margins 
  narrowly 
  brownish 
  ochreous, 
  on 
  which 
  are 
  a 
  series 
  

   of 
  about 
  fourteen 
  black 
  dots 
  and 
  spots 
  of 
  different 
  sizes 
  from 
  the 
  

   base 
  to 
  the 
  apex, 
  some 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  margined, 
  on 
  their 
  lower 
  edges 
  

   with 
  red 
  ; 
  along 
  the 
  apical 
  margin 
  are 
  also 
  some 
  black 
  spots, 
  but 
  

   somewhat 
  suffused 
  and 
  ill-defined 
  ; 
  upon 
  the 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  wing 
  

   are 
  abo;it 
  seven 
  conspicuous 
  vermilion-red 
  spots 
  or 
  streaks 
  ; 
  the 
  

   first 
  elongate, 
  reniform, 
  extending 
  obliquely 
  downwards, 
  near 
  the 
  

   base 
  of 
  the 
  wing, 
  to 
  the 
  fold 
  ; 
  a 
  second 
  also 
  on 
  the 
  basal 
  third 
  of 
  

   the 
  wing, 
  elongate, 
  quadrangular, 
  obliquely 
  placed 
  above, 
  beyond, 
  

   and 
  parallel 
  to 
  the 
  first 
  ; 
  below 
  this 
  one 
  is 
  an 
  elongate 
  streak 
  of 
  

   the 
  same 
  colour, 
  the 
  upper 
  end 
  of 
  which 
  barelj' 
  crosses 
  the 
  fold, 
  

   the 
  lower 
  end 
  reaching 
  obliquely 
  -the 
  basal 
  third 
  of 
  the 
  dorsal 
  

   margin 
  ; 
  about 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  wing 
  is 
  another 
  less 
  elongate 
  

   quadrangular 
  spot, 
  above 
  which 
  is 
  a 
  streak 
  connected 
  with 
  a 
  black 
  

   costal 
  spot, 
  and 
  beneath 
  a 
  rather 
  larger 
  oblique 
  streak 
  crossing 
  the 
  

   fold 
  to 
  the 
  dorsal 
  margin 
  beyond 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  an 
  elongate 
  obHque 
  

   streak 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  colour, 
  its 
  upper 
  end 
  somewhat 
  dilated, 
  extends 
  

   from 
  the 
  upper 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  cell 
  towards 
  the 
  anal 
  angle, 
  but 
  does 
  not 
  

   reach 
  it 
  ; 
  beyond 
  the 
  cell 
  the 
  wing 
  is 
  tinged 
  with 
  dull 
  greyish 
  or 
  

   purplish 
  fuscous 
  ; 
  an 
  undulating 
  narrow 
  whitish 
  Hne 
  forming 
  the 
  

   inner 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  ochreous 
  marginal 
  shade 
  ; 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  ciha 
  

   on 
  the 
  apex 
  and 
  apical 
  margin 
  is 
  clouded 
  with 
  greyish 
  or 
  purplish 
  

   fuscous. 
  Hind 
  ivings 
  as 
  wide 
  as 
  the 
  fore 
  wings 
  ; 
  brown, 
  the 
  costal 
  

   margin 
  straw-white 
  nearly 
  to 
  the 
  apex, 
  which 
  is 
  produced, 
  the 
  

  

  