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62. Omiza tortuosa \Viui'., Nov. Zool. IV. ji. 22s (1897). 



A S from Kampala, Uganda, taken iu March 1897 by Dr. Ansorge, differs 

 from the type ? in being wholly without red scaling on the underside ; both wings 

 being yellow, ruuniug into green towards costa of forewiugs, with blackish green 

 blotche.s and speckles. Whether this difference always holds in the two sexes, or 

 that the Kampala form differs in itself from the Congo form, must be left for 

 additional material to decide. 



Sphingomima gen. nov. 



Forewings : elongate ; straight from base, abruptly curved, almost shouldered 

 at two-thirds, then straight to apex, which forms a blnutly rounded prominence ; 

 hindmargin very dhlique, with ;i blnnt elbow at vein 4, above and below which it is 

 concave ; inner margin slightly convex. 



Hindwings : triangular, short and broad; hindmargin almost straight, both 

 angles rounded off'. 



Abdomen of c? stout, and reaching far behind hindwings. Antennae bipectinated 

 for two-thirds ; palpi porrect, smooth, not reaching beyond face, which is produced 

 below ; tongue absent ; frenulum present. 



Neuration : forewings ; cell half as long as wing ; discocellnlar vertical ; first 

 median at two-thirds, second close before end ; radials normal ; vein 7 absent ; 

 8 and 9 stalked, 8 strongly bent down to below apex; 19 and 11 coincident, 

 anastomosing strongly with 12 aud touching 9 at a point. Hindwings : cell two- 

 thirds of wing ; costal anastomosing with subcostal before middle of cell ; first 

 subcostal well before end of cell ; first median at four-fifths, second close to third ; 

 no radial. 



Type : Sphingomima heterodoxa sp. nov. 



fi3. Sphingomima heterodoxa sp. nov. 



Forewings : olive-brown ; costa at middle lilac-tinged, and with pale ochreous 

 patches ; hindmargin diffusely lilac-grey, varied with blackish scales ; no distinct 

 lines ; a blackish patch at base ; a black, somewhat raised cell-spot, continued 

 basewards as a dark patch along the fold of cell ; a submargiual row of oblong 

 blackish patches between the veins ; fringe dark brown. 



IIind/r/?)gs : with basal half olive-brown, the extreme base blackish ; cell-spot 

 black, with a small white centre ; outer half lilac-grey, with a dentate brown 

 snbmarginal cloud from before apex to below vein ; fringe olive-brown. 



Underside dull brown, with blackish streaks between the veins in outer half of 

 wing ; a curved white marginal patch from above vein C> to vein 3. Head, thorax, 

 and abdomen olive-brown, the thorax flecked with black; fillet, vertex, anil 

 antennal shaft pale fawn-colour. 



Expanse of wings : 32 mm. 



One d from Warri, Niger Coast rrotectorate, April Isti; (|)r. Kotli). 



