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  Lord 
  Walsingbam 
  on. 
  

  

  sliglitly 
  dark-margined 
  throughout 
  ; 
  below 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  streak 
  of 
  a 
  

   similar 
  colour 
  running 
  along 
  the 
  fold 
  from 
  the 
  base, 
  and 
  ending 
  

   before 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  fold 
  closely 
  above 
  a 
  detached 
  elongate 
  

   spot 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  metallic 
  steel-blue, 
  lying 
  immediately 
  below 
  the 
  

   fold 
  beyond 
  its 
  middle 
  ; 
  at 
  two-thirds 
  the 
  wing-length 
  are 
  two 
  con- 
  

   spicuous 
  lilac 
  metallic 
  spots, 
  the 
  first, 
  costal, 
  reaching 
  less 
  than 
  

   half-way 
  across 
  the 
  wmg, 
  the 
  other, 
  dorsal, 
  almost 
  connected 
  with 
  

   it, 
  and 
  occupying 
  more 
  than 
  half 
  the 
  width 
  of 
  the 
  wing 
  ; 
  these 
  are 
  

   also 
  distinctly 
  dark-margined 
  ; 
  beyond 
  them 
  is 
  a 
  broad 
  bright 
  

   orange-yellow 
  fascia 
  completely 
  crossing 
  the 
  wing 
  ; 
  the 
  apical 
  

   portion 
  of 
  the 
  wing 
  is 
  fuscous, 
  containing 
  three 
  small 
  metalUc 
  

   spots, 
  parallel 
  with 
  the 
  apical 
  margin, 
  and 
  separated 
  from 
  it 
  by 
  an 
  

   orange 
  streak 
  ; 
  cilia 
  bright 
  steel-blue, 
  separated 
  by 
  a 
  dark 
  line 
  

   from 
  the 
  orange 
  streak. 
  Under 
  side 
  uniformly 
  smooth, 
  shining 
  

   greenish 
  grey. 
  IfMitZ 
  -z^m^s 
  brownish 
  fuscous 
  ; 
  cilia 
  grey. 
  Under 
  

   side 
  shining 
  greenish 
  gvej. 
  Abdomen 
  brownish 
  fuscous. 
  Under 
  

   side 
  pale 
  greyish 
  ochreous. 
  Legs 
  brownish 
  fuscous, 
  spotted 
  with 
  

   whitish 
  at 
  the 
  joints 
  ; 
  spurs 
  whitish. 
  Exp. 
  al. 
  11 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Bathurst 
  (Gambia), 
  one 
  specimen 
  among 
  a 
  

   species 
  of 
  mallow 
  in 
  November 
  {Carter). 
  

  

  Type, 
  ? 
  , 
  Mus. 
  Wlsm. 
  

  

  Brachycrossata, 
  Hein. 
  

  

  The 
  genus 
  Brachycrossata 
  has 
  12 
  veins 
  in 
  the 
  fore 
  

   wings 
  ; 
  7 
  and 
  8 
  from 
  a 
  common 
  stem 
  ; 
  2 
  and 
  3 
  separate 
  

   and 
  parallel. 
  There 
  are 
  8 
  veins 
  in 
  the 
  hind 
  wings 
  ; 
  

   3 
  and 
  4 
  from 
  a 
  point 
  at 
  lower 
  angle 
  of 
  cell 
  ; 
  6 
  and 
  7 
  from 
  

   a 
  point 
  at 
  upper 
  angle 
  of 
  cell. 
  

  

  The 
  genus, 
  as 
  thus 
  defined, 
  is 
  of 
  very 
  limited 
  extent. 
  

   A 
  considerable 
  number 
  of 
  species 
  occur 
  in 
  the 
  Indian 
  

   region, 
  and 
  also 
  in 
  Africa, 
  which 
  agree 
  with 
  Brachy- 
  

   crossata 
  in 
  all 
  particulars, 
  except 
  that 
  veins 
  2 
  and 
  3 
  of 
  

   the 
  fore 
  wings 
  rise 
  from 
  a 
  recurved 
  common 
  stem. 
  This 
  

   difference 
  in 
  neuratiou 
  may 
  be 
  sufficient 
  to 
  constitute 
  

   another 
  genus, 
  but 
  for 
  the 
  present 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  rash 
  to 
  

   give 
  it 
  a 
  name, 
  as 
  it 
  has 
  most 
  probably 
  been 
  already 
  

   described 
  by 
  Walker 
  without 
  reference 
  to 
  the 
  neural 
  

   characters. 
  It 
  will 
  be 
  better 
  for 
  the 
  present 
  at 
  least 
  to 
  

   divide 
  Brachycrossata 
  into 
  two 
  sections, 
  thus 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  A. 
  Veins 
  2 
  and 
  3 
  of 
  the 
  fore 
  wings 
  separate. 
  

  

  B. 
  Veins 
  2 
  and 
  3 
  of 
  the 
  fore 
  ^Yings 
  arising 
  from 
  a 
  recurved 
  comraon 
  

  

  stem. 
  

  

  