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Show 1887.] LEPIDOPTERA FROM TROPICAL AFRICA. 679 white; the underside of all the wings uniform reddish brown. Head and thorax greyish ; antennae, tegulae, and abdomen reddish brown. Female. Primaries reddish brown, thickly irrorated with black and greyish scales along the costal and the outer margin; a short white streak at the end of the cell extending to the costal margin, and a narrow white streak crossing two thirds of the wing from the apex towards the inner margin. Secondaries uniform reddish brown, speckled with greyish scales along the outer margin and at the anal angle ; the fringe of all the wings yellowish white; the underside uniform 1 eddish brown, with a short white streak close to the apex of the primaries. Head, thorax, and abdomen mouse-colour ; the tegulae reddish brown edged with white ; aDtennae and legs brown. Expanse, 3 1| inch, $ 2^ inches. Hab. East Africa : Delagoa Bay (Mrs. Monteiro). The female of this species closely resembles the female of M. intensa, Moore, the white markings being less distinct and the abdomen without the white bands ; the males are very different. MEGASOMA SPLENDENS, n. sp. (Plate LV. fig. 10, 3 .) Male. Primaries dark brown, a metallic gold spot close to the base and one at the end of the cell; a faint narrow waved white line crossing the wing from the apex to the middle of the inner margin, bordered on the outer side with pale reddish fawn-colour, showing a few black points near the apex. Secondaries dark brown, palest at the base and along the inner margin. Underside dark brown, palest at the base of all the wings; a narrow short submarginal band close to the apex. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale yellowish brown. Antennae and legs brown. Female. Primaries reddish fawn-colour, darkest at the base and along the costal margin, the outer and inner margins broadly bordered with dark brown; a waved submarginal white line, bordered on the outer side with reddish fawn-colour, which extends from the apex to near the base on the inner margin. Secondaries smoky brown, more reddish at the base ; the underside identical with that of the male. Head, thorax, and abdomen reddish brown. Antennae and legs brown. Expanse, 3 1% inch, $ 2\ inches. Hab. West Africa : Cameroons (Rutherford). Two female specimens of this species are in the British Museum, from Old Calabar. MEGASOMA VESTA, 11. sp. (Plate LV. fig. 6, $ .) Female. Primaries pale greyish fawn-colour, darkest at the base and the costal margin near the apex, the costal streaked with white from the base to about the middle ; a submarginal waved white line bordered on the outer side with reddish brown, extending from the apex to near the base ; the space between the submarginal line and the margin thickly irrorated with white scales; the fringe black. Secondaries creamy white, with the fringe blackish brown ; the underside of all the wings the same as above, but the submargined |
