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Show 670 MR. H. DRUCE ON NEW SPECIES OF [Dec 20, ANACE ? HERPA, n. sp. (Plate LV. fig. 12, 2 •) Female. Primaries brownish black, crossed near the apex from the costal margin to the outer margin by a white band, which is the widest on the costal margin, and tapers off to a point on the outer margin. Secondaries dark orange-yellow, broadly bordered with brownish black from the apex to the anal angle ; a large black spot at the end of the cell. Head and palpi black ; collar dark orange, with a black dot on each side of the head ; tegulae white, with two black dots on each ; thorax brownish black. Abdomen and the underside of the thorax orange ; a row of black spots on each side of the abdomen; antennae black. Expanse 2 | inches. Hab. West Africa : Cameroons (Rutherford). I am rather doubt ill whether this species should be placed in the genus Anace, but without seeing male specimens it is better, I think, to place it here provisionally than to make a new genus for it without sufficient material for so doing. AREAS, Walk. A R E A S M O L O N E Y I , n. sp. (Plate LV. fig. 4, § .) Primaries creamy white, with the costal margin bright scarlet, and all the veins edged with pale fawn-colour ; two minute black dots at the end of the cell. Secondaries white, with a black spot at the end of the cell, and a row of four black spots along the outer margin, extending from the apex to near the anal angle. The underside of all the wings the same as above, but slightly greyer in colour. Head, thorax, the base, and the underside of the abdomen creamy white ; the upperside of the abdomen bright red, with a central row of black spots and also a row on each side, which are considerably the smallest; the anus is greyish. Antennae black ; legs greyish. Expanse If inch. Hab. West Africa: Gambia (Capt. A. Moloney). This very distinct and pretty species I have much pleasure in naming after its discoverer, Captain A. Moloney, who obtained it with many others from the Gambia. Fam. LITHOSIID_E. CARYATIS, Hiibn. C A R Y A T I S HERSILIA, n. sp. Primaries slate-colour, almost the same as in Caryatis phileta ; the white band crossing the wing as in that species, but much narrower and lobed at the end of the cell. Secondaries bright carmine, with the apical border wider than in C. phileta. Head, thorax, and abdomen carmine, the latter with black spots on each segment. Antennae black ; legs slate-colour. Expanse If inch. Hab. West Africa : Cameroons. This species is closely allied to C. phileta, from which it is at once |
