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Male and female. Dark blue. Thorax bright deep gold-colour. 

 Wings partly purple. Hind wings with an irregular vitreous colour- 

 less stripe extending along half the length from the base. Lengti 

 of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 16 — 18 lines. 



a, b. Sierra Leone. From Mr. Foxcroft's collection. 



Saliunca aurifrons. 



Foem. Saturate viridis ; caput thoracisque margo anticus late 

 aurata ; an tennce purpurea, subpectinata, basi aurata? ; abdo- 

 men subauratum, subtns album ; aloe cyanea ; antica? macula 

 subapicali rotundata aurata purpureo marginata ; posticee vitta 

 brevi vitrea. 



Female. Deep green. Head and fore border of the thorax 

 bright gold-colour. Proboscis pale yellow. Antenna? purple s 

 slightly pectin ated, gold-colour at the base. Abdomen slightly 

 gilded white beneath, except towards the tip. Fore coxag gilded. 

 Wings bright blue. Fore wings with a round subapical gilded spot, 

 which is bordered with purple. Hind wings with a vitreous colour- 

 less spot extending ft sin the base to beyond one-third of the length. 

 Length of the body 1 iines ; of the wings 17 lines. 



a. Sierra Leone. From Mr. Foxcroft's collection. 



Genus ODOZANA. 



Mas. Corpus crassum. Proboscis brevis. Palpi porrecti, 

 laeves, caput nou superantes ; articulus 3us brevissimus. Antenna? 

 setulosse. Abdomen alas posticas superans, fasciculis duobus late- 

 ralibus longissimis, apice floccosum. Pedes laeves, breves. Alst 

 anticae apice rotundatae, margine exleriore perobliquo vix convexo. 



Male. Body thick. Proboscis short. Palpi porrect, smooth, 

 not extending beyond the head ; third joint extremely short. An- 

 tennae setulose. Abdomen extending beyond the hind wings, with 

 two very long lateral tufts, which extend from near the base to 

 beyond ihe tip ; the latter is also floccose. Legs smooth, short ; 

 spurs moderately long. Wings moderately broad. Fore wings 

 rounded at the tips ; costa straight; exterior border hardly convex, 

 very oblique ; discal fold veij distinct; first, second and third infe- 

 rior veins approximate ; fourth remote. 



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