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134. Parsegocera confluens. 



Mgocem confluens, Weyui. Stett. ent. Zeit. liii. p. 100 (1892). 

 Mgocera darocana, Druce, A. M. N. H. (G) xv. p. 42 (1895). 



Head and thorax deep chocolate-brown mixed with oclireous 

 white ; mid and hind tibiae mostly orange ; abdomen orange, the 

 dorsal tufts at base chocolate-brown and white, the anal tuft and 

 ventral surface towards extremity blackish. Fore wing deep 

 chocolate-brown : conjoined irregular ochreous-white patches at 

 base of costa, antemedial from middle of cell to vein 1 , in and below 

 middle of cell and from below end of cell to inner margin ; a spot 

 in upper end of cell ; two conjoined quadrate spots beyond the cell 

 on costa and between veins 3 and 5, and a terminal band narrowing 



Fig. 265, — Varcbgocera confluens,, cJ. y- 



to apex and tornus and with irregular inner edge ; a silvery-blue 

 antemedial line from costa to the patch in cell, bent outwards 

 from the cell to inner margin ; a discoidal bar and a diffused 

 subterminal line excurved from costa to vein 2, then incurved and 

 expanding into a patch ; a fine black terminal line ; cilia pure 

 white, chequered with black. Hind wing orange, with black 

 terminal band narrowing from costa to a point at vein ]. and with 

 a slightly sinuous inner edge. Underside of fore wing orange except 

 the apical half. 



Hah. Zanztbar, type t $ in Coll. Weymer ; German E. Africa, 

 Lindi, 1 6 . Exp. 36 millim. Type t darocana in Coll. Druce. 



Genus MIMEUSEMIA. 



Type. 

 Mimeusemia, Butl. A. M. N. H. (4) xv. p. 397 (1875) persimills. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint fringed 

 with long hair m front, the 3rd long, naked, porreet ; frons with truncate 

 conical prominence with raised rim at extremity ; antenna almost simple, 

 distinctly dilated towards extremity ; tibice nearly smoothly scaled ; abdomen 

 with dorsal crests on basal segments ; male Avith the clasjjers large, and with 

 lateral tufts of long hair from base. Fore wing with vein 3 from close to angle of 

 cell ; 5 from above angle ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 

 8 to form the areole, 7 from the areole, rarely from beyond it; 11 from cell. 

 Hind wing with vein 2 from long before angle of cell; 3,4 from ano-le ; 5 

 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle. 



