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A NEW SPECIES OF SPHINGIDAE. 



By the Hon. WALTER ROTHSCHILD, Ph.D. 



Libyoclanis punctual spec. nov. 



<?. Head and thorax clayish buff, abdomen and breast ochraceons buff, legs 

 pinkish. Antenna (of <S) long and strong, nearly reaching to the apex of the cell 

 of forewing, obtusely dentate. Tibiae spinose, one pair of spurs to hindtibia. 



Wings, up per side : forewing clayish bnff, a faint liue from apex to 3. radinl 

 slightly fuscous ; a conspicuous blackish brown dot below costal margin about 

 6 mm. from apex ; tip of wing pointed, distal margin a little incurved below apex, 

 hindmargin incurved close to angle, slightly rounded between this sinns and base, 



hindmargin pink at base. Hindwing pink, brightest below cell, abdominal margin 



creamy, anal angle washed with cinnamon. 



Underside buff; forewing pinkish red from base to disc, costal margin excepted, 



oblique apical fuscous line distinct, but no distinct costal dot. Hindwing somewhat 



worn, with slight traces of two discal lines ; subcostal aud 1. radial on a short 

 stalk. 



Anal tergite deeply divided into two broad lobes, which are somewhat spatnlate 

 with the extreme tip obtusely acuminate. Clasper elongate, sole-shaped ; harpe 

 small, without free process; from tip of harpe upwards some denticulate wrinkles ; 

 dorsally at base of clasper a short denticulate process. 



Length of forewing : 35 mm. 



Bab. Salisbury, Mashoualaud, March 1904 (G. A. K. Marshall); 1 S in the 

 British Museum. 



Nearest to L. bicolor Rothsch. (1894). 



SOME NEW HIMANTOPTERINAE, A SUBFAMILY OF 



ZYGAENIDAE. 



By the Hon. WALTER ROTHSCHILD, Ph.D. 



1. Semioptila ansorgei spec. nov. 



S . The body, the basal area of the forewing, a spot at apex of cell of both 

 wings aud the basal third of hindwing yellow; rest of wings brownish black, 

 transparent. Hindwing of nearly even width from base to apex, the abdominal 

 margin being very slightly dilated beyond middle in most specimens, tip of tail 

 feebly widened. 



Hab. (Jaiala, near Bihe, Angola, December 1, l'JU4 (Dr. Ansorge); a series in 

 the Triug Museum. 



2. Semioptila marshalli spec. nov. 



$. Body pale yellow ; antenna, frons, breast, legs and a stripe on underside 

 of abdomen blackish. 



Forewing pale yellow from base beyond apex of cell, the yellow scaling diffuse 



