MARCIPA. 
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oblique dark brown mai'k at middle of inner margin ; a small 
dark patch tinged with silvery grey on costa before the post- 
medial line which is red-brown and almost obsolete except 
at costa and inner margin, slightly excurved below costa, 
then oblique and sinuous to vein 3, on which it is retracted 
to lower angle of cell, then slightly incurved to inner margin ; 
the costa towards apex with short black-brown streaks 
alternating with oblique yellow striae ; a terminal series of 
red-brown striae, more prominent and black-brown towards 
apex ; cilia black -brown at tips except towards tornus. 
Hind wing orange-yellow with slight red-brown points just 
before termen towards apex. Underside orange-yellow ; fore 
wing with the costa tinged with rufous and with small tri- 
angular black-brown spots on termen from apex to vein 4 ; 
hind wing with the costa irroratecl with a few red-brown 
scales and with minute dark red-brown spots on termen from 
apex to vein 3. 
Hob. Gold Coast, Kumasi {Whiteside), 1 ^ ; S. Nigeria, 
Jemmata (Simpson), 1 S type. Exp . 36^t0 miliim. 
Marcipa phseodonta, n. sp. 
Head, tegulae, and prothorax fulvous orange, the rest of 
thorax brownish white ; abdomen yellow ; legs fulvous ; 
pectus and ventral surface of abdomen yellowish white. 
Fore wing yellowish tinged with rufous, irrorated with silver 
and a few black scales, the costal edge fulvous, yellow towards 
base and just beyond the postmedial line ; antemedial line 
rufous defined on inner side by pale yellow, excurved below 
costa, then oblique and slightly curved, some black scales 
on it at inner margin ; a conical black spot at middle of 
inner margin ; a black -brown point defined by pale yellow 
in middle of cell ; reniform rufous defined by pale yellow, 
oblique ; postmedial line rufous defined on outer side by 
pale yellow, oblique and slightly curved to vein 3, then re- 
tracted to lower angle of cell and incurved to inner margin 
where there is some black on it ; a conical rufous shade from 
costa before apex ; a fine rufous terminal line ; cilia pale 
rufous at base, deep rufous at tips. Hind wing orange- 
yellow, the cilia tinged with rufous except towards tornus. 
Underside uniform orange-yellow. 
Ab. 1. Fore wing with only a faint dark shade at middle 
of inner margin and without the black on the ante- and post- 
medial lines. 
Hob. Br. C. Africa, Mt. Mlanje (Neave), 5 <$, 5 $ type ; 
Portuguese E. Africa, Ruo Valley (Neave), 1 <$, Mt. 
Chiperone (Neave), 1 $, 1 Exp. 30-34 miliim. 
Pupa. Suspended from the underside of the leaf of a grass. 
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