CATEPHIA. 
wards at veins 4, 3 ; a series of black striae just before termen. 
Hind wing black-brown with a cupreous gloss ; a white patch 
from upper angle of cell to submedian fold diffused below the 
cell towards base ; cilia white from just below apex to vein 4 
and in submedian interspace. Underside of fore wing white 
to the postmedial line, with some ochreous on costa and brown 
irroration in cell, a black discoidal striga, the terminal area 
blackish with some ochreous and white on costa and on 
termen between veins 7 and 4 ; hind wing with the basal half 
white, the costa tinged with ochreous and irrorated with some 
blackish scales, the terminal half blackish. 
Hab. Gold Coast, Kumasi (Sanders). 3 9 type. Exp. 
30-32 millim. 
Catephia holophsea, n. sp. 
<?• Head and thorax red -brown, the vertex of head and 
dorsum of thorax pale rufous ; antennae towards base greyish 
ringed with black ; palpi with some black at sides ; pectus 
whitish tinged with rufous ; tarsi blackish ringed with white ; 
abdomen I’eddish brown mixed with grey, the anal tuft blackish. 
Fore wing red-brown mixed with fuscous brown ; ante- 
medial line hardly traceable, curved ; orbicular and reniform 
very faintly defined by rufous scales ; postmedial line in- 
distinct, blackish, slightly defined on each side by rufous 
towards costa, bent outwards below costa, then oblique to 
vein 4 and incurved below it, some white points beyond it on 
costa ; subterminal line very indistinct, dark, defined on 
outer side by white to vein 4, angled outwards at veins 7, 6 
and 4 ; a terminal series of minute black lunules. Hind 
wing brown with a cupreous gloss ; cilia whitish with a brown 
line through them except in submedian interspace. Under- 
side of fore wing with the basal half clothed with rough 
whitish and reddish ochreous scales, some brown suffusion 
in and below middle of cell, a small blackish discoidal spot, 
the terminal half brown with some reddish ochreous on costa 
and white on termen between veins 7 and 4 ; hind wing 
clothed with rough whitish and reddish ochreous scales to 
the blackish postmedial line, a slight black discoidal lunule, 
the terminal area brown with some reddish and white irroration 
on costal area and termen. 
Hab. S. Nigeria, Onitsha, 1 $ type. Exp. 38 millim. 
Catephia metaleuca, n. sp. 
g. Head and thorax dark greyish brown mixed with 
white ; tarsi blackish ringed with white ; abdomen whitish 
mixed with brown, the crests browner, the ventral surface 
