ARCHICHLORA. By L. B. Prout. 
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V. gordoni Prout (2 c) differs from inmmnifica in the more deeply toothed termen, darker green hordei's (/ordoni. 
(enclosing some pale spots) and especially a large deep-brown patch at anal angle of forewing. Described from 
Old Calabar, since seen from Gold Coast, Cameroons and North Angola. 
V. perornata Warr. (2 c) is distinguished by having a median white band (on the hindwing abbreviated), peroniain. 
followed distally by an ill-defined brown-grey band; some white subterminal spots. Nigeria. 
V. albipicta IParr. The type of the genus, which should perhaps be restricted to this form and the (idhiiiirta. 
two that follow. They are very closely related and are characterized by a tuft at the base of the antenna. 
albipicta has the forewing green, with the white lines broadening posteriorly and with white distal spots; thorax 
green above. Cape Colon 3 ^ 
V. fuscithorax Warr. (2 d) differs from albipicta in the dark thorax and the broader white markings. fK^cithorux 
Known from Sudan to Rhodesia and even from Senegambia, but everywhere rare. — mirabilis Warr., from mirahilis. 
Natal, is probably a race of the same species. Costa dark-mixed, base of forewing whiter, cell-spot larger, 
triangular distal white patch at hindmargin of hindwing less developed, etc. I have seen a somewhat inter¬ 
mediate example from Nyasaland. 
8. Genus: Areliiehlora Warr. 
Similar in build to Victoria, from which it differs chiefly in the short palpus, that of Victorm being of 
moderate length, with the 3rd joint elongate in the $. The tongue is present, though generally slender. .Frenulum 
of $ weak. Exclusively African. 
A. pulveriplaga Warr. (2 d). A rather large species with ill-defined zigzag white lines and with terminal jndveri- 
white, grey-dusted blotches; those of the forewiug very large, especially the one at the tornus, w'hich reaches l^taga 
nearly to the cell-spot. Nigeria. 
A. ansorgei Warr. is a little smaller, slightly broader-winged, with the white markings much ansonjei. 
reduced iu size. Torn, Uganda, only the type known, perhaps merely an aberration or local race of pul- 
veriplaga. 
A. marginata Warr. {= phyllobrota Roll.) (2 d). Antennal pectinations less short than in the two preceding, marginata. 
Shaped nearly as ansorgei. Bright green. Costal margin of hindwing rather broadly white. The white lines 
generally present, the postmedian very proximally placed. The white, partly irrorated blotches are bandlike, 
arising at tornus, running towards — but rarely reaching — the costa. A dark red, black-mixed spot close to 
tornus of hindwing. Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone. 
A. marcescens Warr. (2d) is possibly an aberration of viridimacula, the pale parts redder, the green marcescens 
patches broader. Described from Nigeria, but reaching Sierra Leone. 
A. viridimacula Warr. (2 d). The most widely distributed of the group and rather variable. Whitish, suffix- virUUma- 
sed vith flesh-colour, the bright green patches arranged as shown in our figure, a small green distal spot bet- 
ween the median veins constantly present. The broader terminal patches and the pale base of the hindwing 
always distinguish it from marginata. Distributed iu West Africa (the type from Nigeria), known also from 
Uganda, Upper Congo, Nyasa and Usambara. 
A. devoluta Walk. (2e). differs from the preceding group in several respects and was placed by Warren devoluta. 
in a separate genus Chloroteras. Palpus extremely minute. Both wings with the termen crenulate, the fore wing 
angled at the 3rd radial, the hindvdng toothed at the 1st and 3rd radials. Characteristic is the extremely sinuous 
postmedian line of the forewing, followed in its posterior half by a white patch. Sierra Leone to Old Calabar. 
A. trygodes Prout has a similar paljms to devoluta (2 e) but is much smaller, more thinly scaled, recalling injgodcs. 
Trygodes nmsivaria H.-Sch. from South America. 1st median vein not stalked. A green spot in middle of cell, 
partly confluent 1001 a more proximal one posteriorly, the forewing in addition with two smaller ones between 
the cell and the distal margin. Madagascar: Diego Suarez. 
A. engenes Prout (2e). Similar in structure to trygodes. Antennal pectinations of d* long. General engencs. 
aspect of a Bathycolpodes, the coloration of the upperside recalling B. subjasciata Warr., the wing-shape and 
underside more as in B. anisotes. Madagascar: Diego Suarez. 
A. chariessa Prout (2 e). Near engenes, the face more mixed with red, forewing with costal border paler charicssa. 
and with an antemedian pale patch on hindmargin, hind wing with less strong tooth at 1st. radial; distal borders 
less irregularly bounded. Mountains of Central Madagascar. “Phorodesma’’^ hemistrigata Mab. (1900), unknown 
to me, may be another related Madagascar species. 
