22 
MASSAGIDIA; TUERTA. By Dr. K. Jordan. 
rnojiteirona. 
angusti- 
fascia. 
viresccns. 
mariiona. 
xenia. 
tenuifascia. 
chryso- 
chlora. 
liturata. 
cell, but beyond it, the up])er median quite close to the angle of the cell, farther apart from the lower median 
than from the termen at the cell. 3. segment of palpi in ^ short, in $ long. Hindwings of d' 'with hairpencil 
at the foremargin of the cell above. Metallic blue, with head, collar and palpi crimson. 
M. monteirona Btlr. ( = metallica Mnh.) (2 f). Wings Avithout any Avhite band, but in the outer half Avith 
greyish-green stripes more or less completely confluescent proximally in (J- From Cameroon to Angola. 
M. angustifascia Roths. (4h). Distinguished by having the band primula-yelloAV, at the most 3 mm. 
in AA'idth, 1—2 mm distant from the apex of the cell on the upper si’rface of either Aving, on the forcAA'ing un¬ 
derneath touching the apex; on the hinclAving 3 mm from the lower angle of the cell, Avith the veins under¬ 
neath betAveen the band and base, at least as far as the cell, of the same colour as the band. — Old Calabar, 
only 1 $ in Tring Museum. 
M. virescens Btlr. I regard as a (d of the following species distinguished by the band on the hinclAA'ings 
tapering posteriorly. Gold Coast (coll. Savanzy, ubi?); unknoAvn to me. 
M, maritona Btlr. (2 g). Bands Avhite, broader in $ than in d', on either AA-ing surrounding the apex of 
the cell. — From Hierra Leone southward as far as Cameroon (probably to North-Angola) and Uganda. Uganda 
specimens have the band on the AAdiole rather broader than 'West Africans. 
M. xenia spec. nov. As the folloAving genus appears doubtful, I do not think it advisable to establish 
for this peculiar species a separate genus. Secondary cell absent; the second subcostal nerAude arises farther 
clistally than the fifth. In one specimen the latter is on the left Aving united with the first radial by a transverse 
bar AALich gives the appearance of a false secondary cell; the loAver median branches off nearer the base than the 
first subcostal, a pecidiarity often met AAdth also in the folloAA ing genera. HinclAvmg of d? besides the subcostal 
tuft of hair, Avith long spreading hairs at the middle of the abdominal margin. Apex of abdomen red, not yelloAv 
as in the preceding species. The bands Avhite, as in the precechng species, but on the foreAvings more oblique, 
approaching the base more closely at the costa than at the posterior margin; moreover above it is Avider poste¬ 
riorly and someAvhat indistinct distally, narroAA'er in d than in $. On the hinclAving the band resembles that of 
•maritona, being slightly indented at the nervures. — Ja River (Cameroon) and Kassai (Congo State), 2 dc?- 
1 $ in Trmg Museum. 
21. Genus: Hmps. 
Differs from Massaga only in the 2. subcostal nervule of the foreAcdug arising from the secondary cell, 
i. e. someAAdiat beyond the 5. subcostal. 
M. hesp^ria Or. (d = clehcia Btlr., $ = demena Bruce) (2 g). Head and adjoining parts of thorax crimson, 
as in Massaga-, likeAvise the tip of the abdomen. A Avlute band traversing both Avings, on the foreAving forming 
a broad angle clistally in d) cuiwed in $. — From 8ierra Leone soutliAvard to the Congo Region and Uganda. 
M. tenuifascia Hmps. (4 e). Hindwings with the band narroAver than in hesperia, tapering behind. 
— Southern Congo Region. 
22. Genus: Tiierta Wkr. 
Antennae filiform, noth thickened distally, eAmn in d- segments 1 and 2 of palpi AA’ith bristlhig bair 
beneath. Frons slightly projecting, AAdth raised edge, not contracted posteriorly in d- Hdndtibiae in both sexes 
rough. Abdomen clothed Avith dorsal tufts of scales and hairs near base. In the foreAAdng the cell measures 
more than one half the length of the AAdng. 1. subcostal nervnle arising farther proximally than 2. median; 2. 
subcostal from the secondary cell, 3, 4 and 5 stalked, or 5 from the apex of the secondary cell; 1. median from 
near the apex of the cell. 
T. chrysochlora ILLr. (4 e). Abdomen, upper side of hinclAvings and under surface of both AAdngs orange, 
head and thorax deep chestnut, abdomen Avith a median roAV of black spots aboA^'e. ForeAvings green, outer 
and posterior margins bordered AAdth fuscous; hindwings Avith blackish-brown terminal border. Underside of 
foreAvings with broad terminal band laved with orange. From Congo to Niger. 
T. liturata A'uj-w. (= aziyade Mab.). Easy to distinguish from the preceding species by the broader, 
inAvardly straight terminal border of the foreAvings.'— From Sierra Leone to Cameroon, presumably extending 
even farther south. 
