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Show 684 MR. H. DRUCE ON NEW SPECIES OF [Dec. 20, A pretty little species that varies considerably in colour the specimens from Grahams Town are much paler than others. NORASUMA, Moore. NORASUMA KOLGA, n. Sp. Female. Primaries dark reddish brown, darkest at the base and along the costal and outer margin; a white line extending from the base along about one fourth of the costal, then crossing the wing to the inner margin, a white dot at the end of the cell, and a submarginal row of small white spots extending from near the apex to the inner margin. Secondaries reddish brown, palest near the base. Underside pale reddish brown, with a narrow, white, submarginal line round all the wings. Head and thorax brown ; collar pale brown, edged with white. Abdomen and legs dark brown. Expanse 2 inches. Hab. West Africa : Cameroons (Rutherford). In form and neuration this species is like N.javanica, Moore, but differs in its smaller size, colour, and markings. Fam. PSYCHID.E. EUMETA, Walk. E U M E T A CERVINA, n. sp. Male. Like E. cramerii, but the primaries redder in colour, with a marginal row of fine whitish spots, and a dark brown elongated patch at the end of the cell. Secondaries smoky brown, with three whitish dots at the apex. Head, thorax, and abdomen brown. Antennae brownish black, tegulae with white tips ; a white spot at the base of the primaries ; on the underside the white marginal spots are more distinct than above. Expanse If inch. Hab. West Africa : Gambia (Captain Moloney) ; East Africa : Delagoa Bay (Mrs. Montiero). This species is allied to E. cramerii, Westw., but, I think, quite distinct; I have as yet only seen two specimens. Fam. COSSID-E. COSSUS, Fabr. Cossus TOLUMINUS, n. sp. Primaries dark greyish brown, with dark black markings in the cell and along the costal margin to the apex; beyond the cell a large greyish-white patch extends from the costal margin almost to the anal angle; seven marginal black spots between the apex and anal angle, the inner margin is browner than any other part of the primaries. Secondaries blackish brown, indistinctly mottled with grey spots. Underside of all the wings blackish brown, thickly irrorated with greyish scales and spots at" the apex of both wings. Head and collar dark greyish brown ; thorax and upper part of the abdomen greyish. Antennae black ; legs greyish brown. |