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Show 1875.] LEPIDOPTERA F R O M ANGOLA. 411 Genus ROMALEOSOMA, Blanch. 1. R. RUSPINA, Hew. Ex. Butt. iii. Rom. t. 2. f. 6, 7 (1865). 2. R. INANUM, Butl. Cist. Ent. p. 158 (1873). 3. R. XYPETE, Hew. Ex. Butt. iii. Rom. t. 2. f. 8-10 (1865). 4. R. THEMIS, Hiibn. Samm. ex. Schmett. (1806-1816). 5. R. LOSINGER, Hew. Ex. Butt. iii. Rom. t. 1. f. 5 (1864). 6. R. EUPALUS, Fabr. Spec. Ins. ii. p. 54 (1781). 7. R. MEDON, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 2, p. 753 (1767). The specimens of this species are very fine. 8. R. COPRATES, n. sp. Upperside dark chestnut brown, glossed with green; anterior wing with the costal margin and the apical half glossy greenish black, crossed near the apex by a white band, which is crossed by the black nervules, two distinct black spots in the cell; posterior wing with the outer margin broadly greenish-black, traversed by a band of seven greenish-white spots, the fringe of both wings alternately black and white, the nervules of both wings all black. Underside greenish brown, darkest on the outer margin of the wings ; anterior wing with the white band as above, and three black spots in the cell; posterior wing with the costal margin greenish white, a black spot close to the base, and one in the middle of the cell, two white spots at the end of the cell, and the submarginal band of white spots, the same as above. The female the same as the male, only larger. Exp. 3 2f in., 2 H •*. Angola (J. J. Mi). Type, Mus. Druce. This species is easily distinguished from R. eleus by its greener colour, and having black spots in the cells of both wings. Genus ATERICA, Boisd. 1. A. AFER, Drury, 111. Ex. Ent. iii. t. 36. f. 1, 2 (1782). The collection contained the males only of this species. 2. A. CLORANA, Druce, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1874, p. 157. Ambriz, not common (J. J. Mi). 3. A. CUPAVIA, Cram. Pap. Exot. iii. t. 193. f. E, F (1780). 4. A. MELEAGRIS, Cram. Pap. Ex. i. t. 66. f. A, B (1779). The specimens of this species are very pale-coloured, with the white spots much smaller than the specimens I have from Old Calabar. Mr. Monteiro tells me that the species of this genus always fly in the dense forest. |