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LAMPROCHRYSA; AMALTHOCERA; TOOSA; POMPOSTOLA. By M. Gaede. 
plumipes. 
saphira. 
scintillans. 
tiphys. 
glaucopifor- 
mis. 
hypparchus. 
semiaurata. 
incisa. 
vicaria. 
semiaurata. 
sanguini- 
guita. 
smaragdina. 
homoehroa. 
N. plumipes Drury (= cornuta Holl.) (If). Black. Veins in the forewing blue. Hinclwing black 
with a blue reflection. Legs and body beneath partly orange. Expanse 50 mm. Cameroon, Spanisch Guinea, 
Sierra Leone, Gold Coast. 
N. saphira Aur. is likewise black. Forewing at the costal margin with 5 lustrous green spots. 
Hindwing with a violet lustre. Body beneath likewise with 5 bluish-green spots. Expanse 47 mm. Congo. 
2. Genus : Lam proclii’vsa Hmps. 
Antenna before the apex thickened, palpus as long as the head. In the forewing veins 4 and 5 rise from 
the angle. 7 + 8 on a very long stalk. In the hindwing veins 6 + 7 forked, vein 8 connected with the cell by 
a fillet, 4 is absent. 
L. scintillans Btlr. (2 g). Black. Forewing with a slight green gloss, on the centre of the hind-margin 
coppery. <$ with 5, ^ with 3 white spots, all of which are somewhat hyaline. Hindwing in the B with a white 
dot at the cell-end. Hind-margin and cell near the base hyaline, in the $ bluish-black. Expanse of wings 
30 to 32 mm. Cameroon, Uganda, Rhodesia. 
3. Genus: Aaiialtliocera Bsd. (Callibaptes Jord.) 
Antennae thin, second palpal joint very long. In the forewing veins 4 + 5 on a short stalk. In the 
hindwing 4 and 5 from the lower cell-angle, 6 + 7 forked. 
A. tiphys Bsd. (= ornata Jord.) is similar to the Netrocera-sj)ecies. Forewing ochreous, margin broadly 
greenish-black, at the lower cell-angle strongly indented. Hindwing red, margin broadly black, at the anal angle 
narrower, with a violet gloss. Abdomen in the centre orange-red with black spots. Expanse 30 mm. Niger, 
Senegal. 
In the following genera all the veins of the fore wing rise separatel y 
from the cell. 
4. Genus: Toosa Wkr. 
Palpi very long. Hindwing at. the anal angle cut off. 
T. glaucopiformis Wkr. Eorewing jet-black with a golden green gloss. Hindwing of a deep blue, at 
the costal margin violet. Abdomen with an orange-j^ellow band near the base. South Africa. 
5. Genus: Pompostola Hbn. 
Palpi likewise very long. Antenna before the end somewhat thickened. Hindwing of normal shade. 
Veins 6 + 7 forked, 8 touching the cell in the middle. Type: hypparchus Cr. 
P. hypparchus Cr. (= argynnis F.) (1 f). Black. Forewing with 3 large brass-coloured spots. Between 
them and at the costal margin there are many small bluish-green spots. Hindwing black. Hind-margin and 
cell almost to the centre of the wing pale yellow. Apex of abdomen carmine. Expanse 30 to 40 mm. Cameroon, 
Togo, Gabun, Sierra Leone. 
P. semiaurata Wkr. (If). Black with an orange, often somewhat reddish marking. On the forewing 
a fine streak at the base of the costal margin, and a triangular spot below the base of the cell almost extends 
to vein 2. At the cell-end a band obliquely extends distaily to vein 2. Hindwing in the proximal half orange- 
yellow; below the cell the black ground-colour projects far inwards. — incisa Strd. On the forewing the basal 
spot is more square. On the hindwing the black margin projects with 2 rays into the yellow surface. Hind tibiae 
spotted yellow. Expanse 35 to 44 mm. Cameroon, Togo, Sierra Leone, Congo. 
P. vicaria Wkr. (= pelidne Mob., australis Fldr.) (If) is smaller than semiaurata. Porewing black 
with 2 large orange-yellow spots. The streak at the costal margin is absent. Some specimens are there intensely 
irrorated with green. -— In sanguinigutta Gaede the basal spot is hemochrome. Anterior coxae and hind tibiae 
white-spotted. — Expanse 26 to 36 mm. West Africa. 
P. smaragdina Btlr. (1 g). Black. On the forewing in the cell a narrow spot, close behind the cell 
a square spot, below the cell as far as the anal angle a long spot. All of them are white with a green gloss. 
Hindwing with many small similar spots. Expanse 30 to 36 mm.- East Africa. 
P. (?) homoehroa Holl. Wings black with a blue gloss. Distal halves particularly in forewing trans¬ 
parent. At the anal angle of the hindwing an oval hyaline spot. Expanse 30 mm. Darde River. -— If we ignore 
the quite different shape of the antennae, this species having been described from a single specimen might 
rather be a much flown Saliunca, perhaps solora Plolz. 
