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NOCTl/IDJE. 
spot slightly defined by dark brown and with slight dark 
striga in centre ; postmedial line almost subterminal, bright 
red-brown, oblique towards costa, excurved at vein 7, then 
incurved ; cilia bright rufous. Hind wing orange-yellow ; 
a slight dark discoidal point. Underside orange-yellow, the 
inner areas whitish ; both wings with small black discoidal 
spots ; hind wing with some black-brown irroration on costal 
and terminal areas, especially on apical area. 
Hab. Br. C. Africa, Mt. Mlanje (Neave), 1 $ ; Portu- 
guese E. Africa, Kola Valley (Neave), 1 $ type. Exp. 
28 millim. 
Paralepliana sarcochroa, n. sp. 
Head and thorax fulvous orange, the head and base 
of tegulae, pectus and legs tinged with pink ; antennae and 
palpi at tips tinged with brown ; abdomen pale yellow, the 
base of dorsum and ventral surface pink. Fore wing fulvous 
orange irrorated with a few blackish scales, the costa tinged 
with pink ; a faint brownish medial line, oblique towards 
costa, then sinuous ; two blackish discoidal points ; post- 
medial line red-brown defined on inner side by yellowish, 
angled outwards to below apex, then incurved ; the apex 
suffused with red-brown, a slight red -brown terminal line ; 
cilia deep red-brown at tips. Hind wing pale orange-yellow, 
the cilia fulvous red. Underside fulvous orange, the inner 
areas yellowish white ; hind wing with the costal area slightly 
irrorated with brown and with a blackish discoidal point ; 
both wings with terminal series of slight blackish points. 
Hab. Gold Coast, Tarkwa (Justice), 1 $ type. Exp. 
36 millim. 
Paralepliana mesoscia, n. sp. 
Head, thorax and abdomen whitish tinged with reddish 
brown, the antennae tinged with darker brown. Fore wing 
whitish tinged with reddish brown and irrorated with a few 
black scales ; an inwardly oblique red-brown medial shade ; 
a black point at lower angle of cell ; postmedial line double 
filled in with white, the inner line red-brown with a slight 
brown shade before it, the outer faint, excurved below costa, 
then erect and slightly bent outwards to tornus ; a series 
of small black spots and striae on apical part of costa and 
termen. Hind wing whitish tinged with reddish brown ; 
a terminal series of blackish striae. Underside whitish tinged 
with brown and irrorated with black ; hind wing with black 
discoidal point and both wings with terminal series of points. 
Fore wing with small areole. 
Hab. W. Africa (Dudgeon), 1 $ ; Cameroons, Ja R., Bitje, 
2 d type. Exp. 28-30 millim. 
