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21. Margaronia Arachnealis. 



Mas. Lcete viridis, subtus glauco-alba, caput apud ocutos album ; 

 antennce pubescentes ; abdominis fasciculus apicalis nigricans ; 

 femora antica apice ochracea ; tibiae anticce cupreo-fuscce fas- 

 cia lata alba ; alee fimbria obscure cinerea ; anticce linea cos- 

 tali tenui cinerea, punctis marginalibus nigris, gutta discali 

 nigricante ; posticce fimbria versus angulum interiorem viri- 

 descente-alba. 



Male. Very vivid green. Body beneath and legs white 

 or glaucous. Head white about the eyes. Palpi blackish towards 

 the tips, white beneath. Antennae pubescent. Abdomen with a 

 blackish apical tuft. Fore femora ochraceous towards the tips ; 

 fore tibiae cupreous-brown, with a broad white band. Wings with 

 a dark cinereous fringe. Fore wings with a slender cinereous cos- 

 tal line, with black marginal points, and with a blackish discal dot. 

 Hind wings with the fringe greenish white towards the interior 

 angle. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



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



22. Margaronia baldersalis. 



Fcem. Pomaceo-viridis, subtus glauca, caput antice, pulpi supra 

 thoracisque latera antica cervina ; abdomen apice testaceum ; 

 pedes antici testacei ; aim punctis marginalibus subobsoletis, 

 fimbria viridi ; anticce linea costali tenui testacea, punctis 

 duobus subcostalibus nigris ; posticce gutta discali nigra. 



Mas. Late-viridis ; caput antiee, palpi supra, thoracis latera 

 antica et abdomen apice ochracea ; alee punctis distinctis mar- 

 ginalibus nigris ; anticce vitta costali ochracea postice albido 

 marginata. 



Female. Apple-green. Body beneath and legs glaucous- 

 white. Head in front, palpi above and fore sides of the thorax 

 fawn-colour. Abdomen testaceous at the tip. Fore legs mostly 

 testaceous. Wings with the marginal black dots almost obsolete; 

 fringe green. Fore wings with a slender testaceous costal line, and 

 with two black discal points near the costa. Hind wings with one 

 black discal dot. Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 

 16 lines 



a. Port Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



