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CHLORISSA. By L. B. Prout. 
A. H i n d t i b i a o f $ w i t h 4 s p ii r s. 
allochrovia. C. allochroma Prout. Expanse 24 mm. Broader-winged than albistrigulata, lines more strongly sinuous, 
coloration cinnamon-rufous. Palpus of the $ over twice as long as diameter of eye. Hindwing with hindmargin 
long, distal margin slightly waved, very slightly prominent at 1st radial more so at 3rd. Ivory Coast: 
Bingerville. 
albistrigu- C. albistrigulata Warr. {— ? hintzi Strand) (2 k). Probably this, the Palaearctic faustinata Mill. (Vol. 4, 
kda. p 25) and the Indian discessa Wall', (formerly erroneously called solidaria) will all prove to represent a single 
species. Rarely obtained in good condition, but easily known by the dark shades which accompany the sinuous 
vcrinicuMa. white lines. — ab. vermiculata Warr. is a very weakly lined form. The species is distributed throughout Africa 
and has been taken on Sao Thome. 
stibolcpida. C. stibolcpida Butt. pallidularia Mah.) (2 k) is perhaps a well-defined island race of the preceding, 
white with scarcely a tinge of green, the postmedian line less strongly sinuous. Abundant on Madagascar; 
known also from the Comoro Islands, 
ianuptera. C. tanyptcra sp. n. (3 h) 24 mm. Face green. Palpus in $ with 3rd joint almost equal to 2nd. Antenna 
in B strongly dentate-fasciculate. Abdomen with the crests rudimentary. Fore wing in ^ with apex slightly 
produced, in $ normal; deep grapegreen (or “pois green” of Ridgway), with white irroration, notably in distal 
area; cell-spot and lines deeper green, the lines thick and indistinct. Hindwing with distal and hind margins 
longer than in the other species. Principe, 1500—2000 feet (T. A. Barns), a pair in the Joicey collection. 
dialcHca. C. dialeuca sp. n. (3 h) and the species which follow have the white lines much straighter than in alhi- 
strigulata, rarely dark-edged, the face green; dialeuca has some whitish irroration, the white postmedian line 
rather broad and distinct, on the forewing slightly more oblique than the distal margin. Underside more green 
than in approximans. Hindtibia of ^ with a hair-pencil enclosed in a sheath. SC ^ not stalked with SC , not or 
scarcely anastomosing with the costal. Kenya Colony, perhaps also Abyssinia and Tanganyika Territory. 
siibriifi- C. subrufibasis sp. n. (3 h) is closely similar to the preceding, but the postmedian line is perhaps rather 
basis, less firm and less oblique; the forewing beneath has a red proximal suffusion, especially in the costal part, 
moreover, the hindtibia of the is scarcely dilated, SC^ generally stalked beyond 1st radial and anastomosing 
strongly with C, the antennal joints somewhat more projecting. Kenya Colony, Kivu and Kilimandjaro; rather 
common about Nairobi. 
attenuaia. C. attcnuata Walk. (= ? reductata Walk.) (3 h). Lines more slender, often with indications of dark 
edging, the postmedian of the hindwing curved; dark cell-dots often indicated. Distal part of antenna reddish. 
Abdomen generally with noticeable (often reddish or blackish) crests. Hindtibia of dilated, almost as in 
dialeuca (3 h). Cape (loc. typ.) to Kenya Colony. Venation variable; SC^ in the South African forms not or 
scarcely stalked, scarcely ever arising beyond 1st radial; in the East African with a little more inclination to 
stalk, but still quite generally arising before 1st radial. — From West Africa comes an insect which I suppose 
to be arace. Scarcely different except in its smaller average size and in having SC^ longerstalked, thus combining 
cbortUforis. the venation of subrufibasis with the hindtibia of attenuata', crests undeveloped: f. eborilitoris nov. Bingerville, 
Ivory Coast (G. Melou), 2 pairs in Mus. Tring. Also numerous examples, mostly in bad condition. Sierra 
Leone, French Guinea, Nigeria, Cameroons, Congo. 
aifUdaria. C. afflictaria Sivinli. is intermediate between attenuata and dorsicristata, the cell-dots strong, the post¬ 
median dark-edged, nearly straight, that of the hindwing continuing that of the forewing. Abdominal margin 
of hindwing relatively rather long. Hindtibia of B with hair-pencil. Crests not dark-coloured. Sierra Leone; 
Ivory Coast; ? Gold Coast; ? Nigeria; Cameroons. 
dorsicris- C. dorsicristata Warr. has a red-brown patch on the abdomen anteriorly bearing 2 black crests. Rather 
fata, green than the allies, cell-spots larger, postmedian line slightly bent inwards at fold. Hindtibia of 
scarcely, if at all, dilated. Forewing with 1st subcostal stalked. Natal. 
crcmnobuics. C. cremnobates sp.n. (3h). cJ, 22 — 26 mm; $, 27 — 29 mm. Palpus of $ with 3rd joint somewhat 
elongate. cJ with joints of antenna somewhat projecting, hindtibia with a very slender pencil, perhaps some¬ 
times wanting. $ with proximal spurs of hindtibia short. Forewing with SC long-stalked (well beyond 
1st radial which, like 1st median, is from the end of the cell or shortly stalked), nearly always anastomosing 
with costal. Colour of attenuata and aqyproxim.ans, markings nearly as in dorsicristata but weaker. Possibly 
a large race of the last-named. Kikuyu Escarpment, 6500—9000 feet, December 1900, January and (March 
1901 (W. Doherty), 10 (Jd' and ^ ?? hi Mus. Tring. Also known from Nairobi and perhaps Nyasaland. 
B. Hindtibia of $ with 2 spurs (rarely also vestiges of the others). 
apogrupha. C. apographa n. (3 i). Confusingly like cremnobates and occurring with it (the hi January- 
February, the $$ in March). Smaller ((J, 19—21 mm; $, 24 mm), hindwing and its postmedian line perhaps 
more rounded, o' antenna with joints less projecting. $ palpus with 3rd joint appreciably shorter. Abdominal 
