curriei. 
compsa. 
vitreaia. 
fenestrcita. 
affinis. 
daphaena. 
lophura. 
lopharoides. 
diptera. 
alavistis. 
chalybsa. 
56 PARAMELIS A; MELISA; PSEUBMELISA; EUCHROMIA. By Dr. A. Seitz. 
white patches of the forewing are absent, whereas the ground-colour in the hindmarginal area is somewhat 
lighter. Uganda. -— In curriei Dyar, from Liberia, the patches on the forewing are larger, the thorax is beneath 
purple, the abdomen above with a series of purple spots and laterally with orange hair-tufts. 
B. compsa Jord. (= stigmatica Griinb.) (7 f). Forewing quite similar to furva-$ (8e), but there 
are more and larger hyaline spots, more distinctly defined. <J easily discernible by the brown (not white) body 
with purple abdominal sides and the white-hyaline hindwings, $ by the quite dark abdomen. Angola and 
Uganda. 
B. vifreata Rothsch. (7 e). In the $ (the G is unknown) the body is uni-coloured dark brown, the 
forewing and distal part except the apex and the thick cell-end spot are hyaline; hindwing hyaline with a dark 
brown margin. ,,Africa“, no other habitat being mentioned. 
B. fenestrata Jorcl. (= melaena Bmps.) (7 d) is similar to vitreata , but the ground-colour is almost 
black, with a slight bluish-green gloss, the margin of the forewing is broader black. G unknown to me. Angola, 
Uganda. 
B, affinis Rothsch. (5e). This small species from the Congo is at once discernible by the spotless 
forewing, and the hindwing being stunted to a small dingy white scale. $ unknown. 
B. daphaena Bmps. (5f) is quite similar, but the hindwing and forewing are dark brown without 
any lighter parts; it is about twice as large as affinis. From the Niger. Only the $ is known. 
21. Genus: Faramelisa Aur. 
This genus closely approximates the two last species of the preceding genus. The most conspicuous 
mark in its two species is a tassel of the tail in the GS and a scent-organ consisting of a friction-pacl on the 
hindwing and a corresponding androconial spot at the hind-margin of the forewing beneath. The genus 
approximately corresponds with the nearctie genus Androcharta (Vol. VI, p. 131, pi. 20). 
P. lophura Aur. (<J = [Melisoides] lobata Strd.) (5f). Head, collar, and broader abdominal belts 
dark yellow, between the latter with whitish segmental margins. The tassel of the tail is orange. Forewing 
brown, hindwing yolk-coloured. From the Congo. We figure the §; the G has an anal pencil. 
P. lophuroides Oberth. (5 g). Head and collar yellow, thorax dark brown like the forewing; the hindwings 
are small stunted yellow lobes; abdomen brown, the posterior rings in front edged with yellow, behind with 
red; the pencil of the tail is 5 mm long. Cameroon (Johann-Albrecht Hill). 
22. Genus; Melisa Wkr. 
The two lustrous blackish-blue species with long bodies and narrow wings do not exhibit any real 
tassel of the tail in the G<$> but they exhibit at the end of the abdomen a distinct hair-tuft which can be spread 
out straight. Hindwing reduced, with a scent-organ. In contrast with the preceding, the Melisa have 
a proboscis. 
M. diptera Wkr. ( = croceipes Aur.) (5 g) has its name from the hindwing being so much hidden below 
the base of the forewing, that the insect almost looks dipterous. Black with a metal gloss, with orange legs 
and yellow bands on the abdomen beneath; small orange dots also on the dorsal sides of the abdomen. West 
Africa. 
M. atavistis Hnips. (5g) is similar to dvptera\ hindwing somewhat larger, legs red, the rings on the 
abdomen beneath partly silvery, the abdominal dorsum laterally spotted more silvery grey, the anal tuft with 
purple hair. Gold Coast. 
23. Genus: JPsemliiaelisa Bmps. 
Separated from the Melisa by the absence of the proboscis. The differences stated in the veins are 
probably partly due to the distortion of the disfigured wings. 
Ps. chalybsa Bmps. (5g). Shape and colouring of wings quite similar to the preceding species; but 
the abdomen has a yellow end and a hemochrome basal band. Congo. 
24. Genus: Euchromia Bbn. 
The African representatives which have been dealt at large in Vol. X, p. 85, like their numerous Indian 
allies, exhibit the most magnificent colours on the body and particularly oir the dorsum of the abdomen. Just 
as in the Indian species, the spots on the wings vary in number and size as well as in their colour which may 
