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AGATHIA; PARAGATHIA; VICTORIA. By L. B. Protjt. 
dysdtlomta. X. dvschiorata Warr. (2 b), the type of Warrens superfluous genus Campsiceras, is again very distinct, 
being irrorated with rose-pink, the forewing with 2 lines of that colour, the hindmng with 1. Antenna of 2 
serrate. Zididand, also from Rhodesia and Nyasa. 
5. Genus: Ag^atliia Gimi. 
This beautiful genus of bright green moths, with band-like purplish markings, belongs chiefly to the 
Indo-Australian fauna and will be more fully discussed in Vol. 12; see also Vol. 4, p. 14. This and the following 
are the only African representatives of a group of green genera with the frenulum fully developed, the 2nd 
subcostal vein of the hindwing not stalked, the venation of the forewing normal, the margins of the hindwing 
generally angled. The few African species of Agathia are considerably smaller than most of the Indian and 
show in its full development a structure which is also present in many of the Indo-Australian species, though 
not in all; namely a large tuft of densely compacted scales on the underside of the median vein near the base, 
overhanging a considerable part of the cell. 
■pauper. A. pauper Warr. (2 c) is known from the other species by the narrow bands, the sexes alike. 
Nigeria (loc. typ.), Cameroons and Congo. 
elenaria. A. eleiiaria Sivinli. has a similar range to the preceding. On the forewing the antemedian line is slender, 
W-shaped, the postmedian band separated from the distal margin by an almost uninterrupted band of the 
ground-colour nearly to the tornus. Perhaps merely a form of confuscata. 
confuscaia. A. cotifuscata Warr. Postmedian band broader, from the 2nd radial hindwards reaching the distal 
margin. Sierra Leone and probably Ivory Coast. 
midiiscrip- A. multiscripta Warr. (= minuta Druce) (2 c). Perhaps another form of confuscata, the antemedian 
band broad and irregular, continued in the hindwing, the postmedian band very broad, in places reaching the 
distal margin, but interrupted with spots of the ground-colour. Ivory Coast to Belgian Congo, the type from 
Nigeria. 
6. Genus: Para|^atliia Warr. 
Differs in both sexes from Agathia in that the antennae are pectinate, whereas those of Agathia are 
simple. Only one widely-distributed and not variable species is known. 
alhi- p. albimarginata Warr. (= delicia Th.-Mieg) (2 c). The purple markings, which — except in the strong 
marginata. (^igyelopment of a slender curved antemedian of the forewing — recall those of the wellknown Agathia laetata F., 
are elegantly edged proximally with white. Senegambia, Ivory Coast, Congo, Kenya Colony to Transvaal. 
7. Genus: Victoria Warr. 
Tongue wanting or vestigial. Antenna short, pectinate in both sexes. Abdomen crested. Frenulum 
developed. Hindwing with 2nd subcostal stalked, sometimes also the 1st median. Shape and scheme of markings 
somewhat variable, the hind wing always more or less toothed at the 1st and 3rd radials. All the species are 
African, mostly among the largest and most attractively coloured of the green African Hemitheinae. 
sematoperas. V. seiTiatoperas Prout is the smallest Victoria. It and the following are characterized by pale-centred 
cell-rings and violet-grey terminal blotches in front of the 3rd radial and again at tornus. In sematoperas those 
of the hindwing are very small, the anterior one on forewing tapers anteriorly, just crossing the 5th subcostal. 
British Somaliland. 
triplaga. V. triplaga Prout is larger and broader winged, the hindwing still more weakly toothed, both vdngs 
with much larger cell-ring and with an additional blotch on hindmargin proximally to the middle. IMhonda, 
sphrigon. Tanganyika Territory. — sphrigon form. nov. (2 c) has some strong reddish clouding in posterior part of foremng 
and proximal part of hindwing and shows a siniious, in part punctiform, postmedian line, which does not reach 
the costa. Mazoe, Southern Rhodesia, 1 $ in coll. L. B. Prout. 
immumtica. V. immursifica Front (2 c) is the least ornate species of the genus, green with the cell-spots, costal margin 
and terminal line red mixed with black. Found sparingly from Gambia to Southern Nigeria, the type from 
Sierra Leone. 
harloivi. V. barlowi Prout is perhaps a race of the preceding. Face more ochreous, crowui of head green, not red. 
Costal edge of forewing narrowly ochreous instead of broadly red. Zomba Plateau, Nyasa. 
