TAVIODES. 
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Taviodes excisa, n. sp. 
c?- Head, thorax, and abdomen grey suffused with brown, 
the tegulse and patagia redder brown ; antennae grey-brown ; 
palpi red-brown, the 2nd joint in front and the tips white ; 
pectus and ventral surface of abdomen white ; legs whitish 
suffused with brown. Fore whig brown suffused with grey ; 
antemedial line indistinct, brown, excurved below the costa 
and cell and incurved in the cell ; a white point in middle 
of cell and striae at upper and lower angles of cell defined by 
some dark brown ; medial line well beyond the cell, dark, 
oblicpie to vein 6, then inwardly oblique and sinuous ; post- 
medial line dark, very oblique to below vein 7, where it is 
angled outwards to below apex, then inwardly oblique and 
incurved below vein 3 ; a fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind 
wing brown suffused with grey ; a dark discoidal striga ; 
indistinct dark medial line, slightly excurved beyond the cell 
and oblique towards inner margin ; postmedial line dark, 
oblique below vein 5. Underside brown tinged with whitish ; 
fore wing with some white irroration at base of costa, a small 
dark spot in middle of cell, white discoidal striga defined by 
dark brown, postmedial line dark brown defined on outer side 
by white, excurved to below vein 7, then oblique ; hind wing 
with blackish discoidal striga, indistinct dark medial line, 
postmedial line dark brown defined on outer side by white, 
very slightly angled outwards at discal fold. 
2. Fore wing with the postmedial line excurved to vein 6, 
a dark patch on costa before apex. 
Hab. S. Nigeria, Lagos, Ebute Meta ( Boag ), 1 1 $ type. 
Exp. <$ 52, $ 48 millim. 
Taviodes congenita, n.sp. 
$. Head white irrorated with brown ; thorax and abdomen 
grev-brown, the thorax and basal segment of abdomen with 
some whitish ; antennae grey- brown ; palpi dark brown 
irrorated with white, the extremities of 2nd and 3rd joints 
white ; pectus, legs and ventral surface of abdomen ochreous 
yellow, the fore femora black-brown irrorated with white. 
Fore wing pale grey -brown with a violaceous tinge, some 
ochreous on medial part of costa ; a faint curved brown 
antemedial line ; a white point in middle of cell and two 
discoidal points ; an indistinct brown medial line, excurved 
beyond upper angle of cell, then oblique and incurved below 
submedian fold ; postmedial line brown slightly defined on 
outer side by whitish and by a small whitish spot at costa, 
oblique from below costa to below vein 7, then inwardly 
oblique and slightly sinuous, some ochreous before termen 
below apex. Hind wing pale grey-brown with a violaceous 
