or'tnophra(j- 
ma. 
pupil 10. 
oblongaki. 
ohlonrjula. 
meloui. 
iriplicifas- 
da. 
coivani. 
iusdpxincta 
20 PERITHALERA; EPIGELASMA; GELASMA. By L. B. Pkout. 
A. orinophragma sp. n. (3 b). Face and palpus above bright red. Antennal pectinations extremely 
short. Vertex red; occiput green. Hindtibia somewhat dilated. Wings less dark green than in marginata, the 
borders differently shaped (slightly variable) and edged proxinially with white instead of with fuscous. 
Hindwing with the tail short. Underside very im;ch paler, the borders shadowy. W. Kivu: Upper Lowa River, 
near Masisi, 5000—6000 feet, February 1924, 3 (T. A. Barns). Type in the Joicey collection. 
B. Abdominal crests well developed. ^ pectinations inoderate. Hindwing with a tooth at end of 1st radial. 
A. papilio Front. (3 b). A quite unmistakable species, on account of the shape, the very broad borders, 
the dark red spot on the tail of the hindwing, etc. Described from Magila, but now known from scattered 
localities from Victoria Nyanza to Barberton, Transvaal. 
21. Genus: Perithalera Warr. 
Tongue slight. Palpus in d rather short, with 3rd joint small, in $ greatly elongate, with 3rd joint 
extremely long. Antenna pectinate in the d, dentate in the $. Hindtibia with 4 spurs, in the A with a strong 
hair-pencil. Both wings with the distal margin ventricose, the venation without outstanding peculiarities. 
Only two species are yet known. 
P. oblongata Warr. (3 c) Green, with white costal edge, dark-red cell-spots (that of the hindwing elongate) 
and terminal line, and white fringes spotted with red. Underside whitish, without markings. Nigeria, also 
from Sieira Leone and Ivory Coast. 
P. oblongula Front has the white costal edge much narrower than that oiohlongata, the cell-dots minute, 
the terminal line slightly crenulate, the hindwing slightly angled at the 3rd radial, otherwise less strongly 
gibbous. Abdomen slenderer than that of oblongata. N. Madagascar. 
22. Genus : Spig^elaisma gen. nov. 
Palpus in both sexes short and rather slender. Antenna in ^ moderately pectinate, in $ shortly 
pectinate or serrate. Hindtibia of not dilated, proximal spurs at about V 4 tibia. Abdomen not crested. 
Frenulum in the stronger than in most of the surrounding genera, in the $ also retained, though weak. 
Scaling and venation nearly as in Gelasma, 1 st subcostal of forewings arising from the cell, 1 st median occasionally 
stalked, costal of hindwing anastomosing shortly vdth subcostal. The hindwing is not or scarcely angled at 
the 3rd radial. — Type of the genus: Epigelasma meloui sp. nov. — Distinct from Gelasma in the short $ 
palpus, better developed frenulum and typically in the pectinate $ antenna. Apparently confined to IMadagascar. 
A. Section. Antenna of $ with pectinations, about as long as diameter of .shaft. 
E. meloui sp. n. (3 c). Expanse 36—42 mm, the only known $ 43 mm. White, slightly irrorated 
with green, especially in the anterior part of forewing, and with 4 green bands, the 2 subterminal ones very 
thin. Hindwing also with abdominal margin green, the bands converging posteriorly. Small green cell-dots 
and a fine green terminal line. Face red above, white below; palpus reddish. Described from a good series 
from Diego Suarez in IMus. Tring, collected by G. Melou. Differs from the other species of similar coloration 
in the structure and in the rounded hindwing. 
B. Section. Antenna of $ serrate. 
E. triplicifascia Front (3 d) is much smaller, the bands slenderer, less sharply defined, the cell-dots 
black. Differs also in shape, especially that of the hindwing, which has a slight angle at the 3rd radial. Central 
^Madagascar. 
23. Genus: Oelaisma Warr. 
This genus, sens, strict., does not belong to the Aethiopian Region. A short account of it is given in 
Vol. 4, p. 22 , and it will be further discussed in Vol. 12 . The two Madagascar species which are provisionally 
referred to it are aberrant in having the 1 st subcostal of the forewing well stalked with the others and 
anastomosing with the costal; 1st median of hindwing not always stalked with 3rd radial. 
G. cowani Btlr. Face white. Palpus with 1 st and 2 nd joints crimson on outerside. Forewing with 
costa rather strongly curved. Both wings with nearly the markings of Ferithalera oblongula, but the costal 
edge of the forewing is reddish black and there are dark postmedian dots on the veins. Tail of hindwing rather 
sharp. ^Madagascar. 
G. fuscipuncta Warr. differs from cowani in having the apex of the forewing and the tail of the hindwing 
less acrite, the minute cell-dots black, postmedian dots blackish, terminal line wanting, fringes plain greenish. 
Madagascar: IMorondava. Only the type known. 
