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Show 686 ON LEPIDOPTERA FROM TROPICAL AFRICA. [Dec. 20. white. Head, thorax, and tegulae deep pink. Abdomen yellowish white. The underside of all the wings white, slightly pink along the costal margin of the primaries. Expanse 11 inch. Hab. West Africa : Gambia (Captain Moloney). This beautiful species is allied to Adisura dulcis, Moore. Fam. ACONTID^E. X A N T H O D E S , Guen. X A N T H O D E S CAMILLA, n. sp. Primaries pale glossy citron-yellow, the apical third of the wing broadly banded with purplish brown, with a slightly darker waved line extending from near the apex to the anal angle. Secondaries glossy yellowish white at the base, shading to pale purplish brown on the outer margin, from the apex to the anal angle. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale primrose-colour. Antennae pale brown. Expanse 1| inch. Hab. West Africa : Gambia (Captain Moloney). A prelty species, very distinct from all the other described species of Xanthodes. A specimen is in the National Collection, from the Cameroons. ACONTIA, Ochs. A C O N T I A ZELIA, n. sp. Male. Primaries glossy purplish brown, broadly banded with white at the base, and crossed about the middle by a wide, straight, white band. Secondaries white, shading to smoky brown along the outer margin. Underside silky dusky white. Head, thorax, and abdomen white; collar purplish brown; the legs white. rlhe female is identical with the male, excepting that the secondaries are dark blackish brown. Expanse, 3 2 . 1 inch. Hab. West Africa: Gambia (Carter). A beautiful little species, very distinct from any known to me. EXPLANATION OF PLATE LV. Fig 1. Girpa octogesa, sp. n., p. 672. 2. Pantoctenia albipuncta, 3, sp. n., p. 682. 3. Zeuzera stephania, 3, sp. n., p. 685. 4. Areas moloneyi, 2 > sp. n., p. 670. 5. Anaphe moloneyi, 3, sp- n., p. 673. 6. Megasoma vesta, 2 > sp- n., p. 679. 7. Parasa urda, 3, sp. n., p. 681. 8. Cosuma polana, sp. n., p. 682. 9. Aletis cunaxa, 2> sp- u., p. 671. 10. Megasoma splendens, 3* SP- u., p. 679. 11. poli/dora, 3, sp. n., p. 678. 12 Anace*! herpa, §, sp n., p. 670. |
