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  Lord 
  Walsingbam 
  on 
  

  

  COPTOLOMA, 
  Ld. 
  

  

  [PI. 
  iii., 
  fig. 
  14.] 
  

   Coptoloma 
  dijnidiata, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Antennce 
  pale 
  ochreous. 
  Paljn 
  orange 
  ochreous. 
  Head 
  ochreous. 
  

   Thorax 
  shining 
  orange 
  ochreous. 
  Fore 
  wings 
  shining 
  orange 
  

   ochreous 
  to 
  one-half 
  their 
  length, 
  sparsely 
  irrorated 
  with 
  purphsh 
  

   fuscous 
  scales 
  ; 
  beyond 
  the 
  middle 
  bright 
  orange 
  ochreous, 
  irregu- 
  

   larly 
  suffused 
  with 
  purplish 
  fuscous 
  streaks 
  and 
  patches, 
  with 
  three 
  

   or 
  foiu' 
  very 
  oblique 
  metallic 
  steel-blue 
  costal 
  streaklets 
  ; 
  cilia 
  

   orange 
  ochreous, 
  with 
  a 
  silvery 
  metallic 
  lustre, 
  especially 
  on 
  the 
  

   lower 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  apical 
  margin, 
  within 
  which 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  small 
  

   black 
  dots 
  indicate 
  an 
  ocelloid 
  patch 
  ; 
  the 
  purpHsh 
  patches 
  are 
  pro- 
  

   longed 
  further 
  towards 
  the 
  base 
  on 
  the 
  dorsal 
  than 
  on 
  the 
  costal 
  

   margin. 
  Under 
  side 
  pale 
  greyish 
  fuscous. 
  Hind 
  loings 
  fuscous, 
  

   with 
  paler 
  cilia. 
  Under 
  side 
  pale 
  greyish 
  fuscous. 
  Abdomen 
  

   greyish 
  fuscous. 
  Legs 
  whitish 
  ochreous, 
  spotted 
  above 
  on 
  the 
  

   ultimate 
  tarsal 
  joints. 
  Exp. 
  al. 
  8 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Bathurst 
  (Gambia), 
  *' 
  taken 
  at 
  light 
  early 
  in 
  

   December," 
  two 
  specimens 
  {Carter). 
  

  

  Type, 
  3- 
  , 
  Mus. 
  Wlsm. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  differs 
  from 
  its 
  Asiatic 
  ally, 
  known 
  as 
  

   Hemerosia 
  aitrantiana, 
  Pryer 
  (Cist. 
  Ent. 
  II., 
  235, 
  PL 
  lY., 
  

   12. 
  (1877)), 
  in 
  the 
  more 
  equal 
  division 
  of 
  the 
  pale 
  and 
  

   dark 
  portions 
  of 
  the 
  fore 
  wing 
  ; 
  in 
  aurantiana 
  the 
  former 
  

   predominates. 
  

  

  DiCHROEAMPHA, 
  Gil. 
  

  

  [PL 
  iii., 
  fig. 
  15.] 
  

   Dichroramjjha 
  excisa, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

   Antennce 
  pale 
  brownish 
  fuscous. 
  Palpi 
  whitish 
  cinereous. 
  Head 
  

   brownish 
  fuscous 
  ; 
  face 
  whitish 
  cinereous. 
  Thorax 
  pale 
  brownish 
  

   fuscous. 
  Fore 
  wings 
  somewhat 
  excised 
  below 
  the 
  apex, 
  and 
  bulged 
  

   above 
  the 
  apical 
  margin 
  : 
  pale 
  brownish 
  fuscous 
  to 
  a 
  little 
  beyond 
  

   the 
  middle 
  ; 
  the 
  remainder 
  of 
  the 
  wing 
  suffused 
  with 
  a 
  dehcate 
  

   mauve 
  or 
  pale 
  lilac 
  tint, 
  obscurely 
  striated 
  with 
  darker 
  shades 
  ; 
  the 
  

   inner 
  edge 
  of 
  this 
  suffused 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  wing 
  is 
  clearly 
  defined, 
  

   slightly 
  convex 
  towards 
  the 
  base 
  on 
  the 
  lower 
  two-thirds 
  of 
  the 
  

   wing- 
  width, 
  and 
  abi'uptly 
  biangulated 
  beneath 
  the 
  costa; 
  on 
  the 
  

   costal 
  margin 
  are 
  three 
  or 
  fovir 
  pairs 
  of 
  pale 
  obhque 
  streaklets, 
  

   those 
  nearest 
  to 
  the 
  apex 
  being 
  shining 
  silvery 
  ; 
  two 
  black 
  dots, 
  

   one 
  opposite 
  the 
  middle, 
  the 
  other 
  below 
  the 
  middle, 
  of 
  the 
  apical 
  

   margin, 
  the 
  upper 
  one 
  fuUuwed 
  by 
  a 
  silvery 
  spot 
  at 
  the 
  bulge, 
  are 
  

  

  