MASSAGA. 



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8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with vein 2 from well before 

 angle of cell ; o, 4 from angle ; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 

 0, 7 from upper angle ; mile with a fringe of long hair on upperside in cell. 



A. Wings with the bands whitish. 



a. Wings, especially the hind wing, with the band broad ... maritona. 



b. Wings with the band narrow virescens. 



B. Wings with the band metallic greenish montelrona. 



190. Massaga maritona. 



Massaga maritona, Biitl. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 224, pi. 17. f. 1 ; Kirby, Cat. 

 Het. p. 33. 



S . Head and tegulse crimson ; 3rd joint of palpi, frontal 

 prominence, and antennae black ; fore coxae and femora crimson ; 

 thorax and abdomen black shot with blue, the extremity of abdomen 

 and base of anal tuft chrome-yellow. Fore wing black shot with 

 brilliant blue, the veins streaked with metallic blue ; a moderately 



Fig. 283. — Massaga maritona, ^J. \. 



broad medial yellowish- white band narrowing towards costa which 

 it does not quite reach, its outer edge somewhat diffused. Hind 

 wing black shot with brilliant blue ; a broad yellowish-white 

 medial band with somewhat waved edges ending near tornus. 



5 . Abdomen with the whole anal tuft yellow 

 the medial band bent inwards from median nervare to costa. 



JIab. Sierra Leone (Fo.vcroft), 3 cS type, (Austen) 2 (5, 1 $. 

 Kvj)., (S 50, 2 56 millim. 



fore wing with 



191. Massaga virescens. 



Massaga hesparia, Wlk. ii. 358 (1854), nee Cram. 



Massaga virescens, Butl. Lep. Exot, p. 175, pi. 01. f. 15 (1874); Kirby, 



Cat. Het. p. 33. 

 Massaga angustifascia, Roths. Nov. Zool. iii. p. 31 (1896). 



5 . Black, shot with bronze-green ; head, teguloe, pectus in front, 

 fore coxae, and femora crimson. Fore wing with creamy-white 

 band just beyond the cell, bent inwards and narrowing towards 

 costa, which it does not quite reach. Hind wing with creamy- 

 white band just beyond the cell, slightly angled at vein 5 and 

 ending near tornus. 



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