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NEW SPECIES AND GENEEA OF THE FAMILIES 



DEEPANULIDAE, THYEIDIDAE, URANIIDAE, 



EPIPLEMIDAE, AND GEOMETlilDAE 



FROM THE OLD-WORLD REGIONS. 

 By W. WAKREN, M.A., F.E.S. 



Family DnEPANULWAE. 

 Hemictenarcha gen. nov. 



Foreicuujs : lirdad ; costa strong]}- arched ; apex produced, shortly falcate ; 

 hindmargiu from Lelow ajiex nearly vertical, faintly convex ; anal angle square. 



HiiuliriHi/s : triangular ; hiudmargin almost straight; both angles well marked. 



Antennae of S miipectinate, with long branches ; palpi excessively minute ; 

 tongue absent ; frenulum present ; hindtibiae with terminal spurs. 



Neunttion : forewiugs, cell fully half as long as wing ; discocellnlar acutely 

 inangulated ; first median at two-thirds, second at five-sixths, third and lower 

 radial from lower end of cell ; upper radial from upper angle : 7, 8, 9, stalked ; 10 

 and 11 free : hindwings with 7 strongly anastomosing with costal ; medians as in 

 forewings. 



Type : ■Ilemictenarrha riihi-isccin. sp. nov. 



1. Hemicteaarcha rubrisecta sp. nov. 



ForeiriiH/fi : olive-green, slightly speckled with fuscous ; costal edge pale ; a 

 bright red obliijue line from apex to inner margin at one-third ; apex itself spotted 

 with black ; hindmargin below apex reddish-tinged ; cell-spot round, pale, semi- 

 hyaline ; three other similar spots beyond the origin of veins 2, 3, and 4 respectively: 

 fringe black at apex, rosy beneath, olive towards anal angle. 



Ili/u/'v/ni/s : with the red line much broader, at one-third ; fringe dull reddish. 



Underside yellowish olive, with a few strong dark strigulae ; the obli(pie line 

 blackish on forewings, bent at vein 2; not marked on hindwings. Face dark 

 brown ; shoulders and patagia pale olive ; abdomen olive-green, marked on the back 

 with reddish. 



Expanse of wings : 34 mm. 



One c? from Warri, Niger Coast Protectorate, September 1897 (Dr. Roth). 



Family TIIYPIDIDAE. 

 2. Banisia ciu'viflua sp. nov. 

 Eorewint/s : brown, with darker faint reticulations and blackish lines ; costal 

 edge with pale black-edged sjiots ; a blackish curved line from (utsta at two-thirds to 

 inner margin at three-fifths, where it becomes thicker ; a thin blackish line from 

 costa before apex to middle of hindmargin, cutting off a faintly j)aler apical blofch 

 which contains two or three black spots ; two broken fine dark lines, one from anal 

 angle, the other from hindmargin above it, both becoming obsolete before costa ; 

 fringe coucolurous, with fine blackish dashes at base between veins. 



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