168 NOVITATES ZOOLOOICAE XXV. 1918. 



angle of cell and blackish point at upper angle. Hindwing uniform glossy grey- 

 brown. Underside uniform grey-brown with a reddish-brown tinge. 



Hah. Br. E. Africa, Kikuyu Escarpment, Ibea (Doh.Tty), 1 ij, 2 ? type. 

 Ex-p. 16 mill. 



Genus Lophocerynea no v. 



Type: Phanaspu pmuiaUi Betli. Baker. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to vertex 

 of head, sUghtly fringed with hair in front and fringed \rith hair behind towards 

 extremity, the 3rd moderate, obUqiie ; frons smooth, \\ith ridge of hair above ; 

 eyes large, round ; antennae of male with bristles and ciUa ; thorax clothed 

 almost entirely with scales and without crests ; tibiae smoothly scaled ; abdomen 

 with dorsal crest at base only. Forewing \\ith the apex somewhat produced and 

 acute, the termen evenly curved, crenulate ; vein 3 from well before angle of 

 cell ; 5 from just above angle ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing 

 with 8 to form the areole ; 1 1 from cell. Hindwing with veins 3, 4 from angle 

 of cell ; 5 nearly fully developed from well above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 

 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. 



In key differs from Eiistrotia in the 2nd joint of palpi being fringed with 

 hair behind at extremity. 



Genus Neocerynea nov. 



Type : Capnodes sabulosa Schaus. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reacliing to vertex 

 of head, moderately scaled in front and sUghtly fringed with hair behind at 

 extremity, the 3rd moderate, oblique and thickly scaled ; frons smooth, with 

 ridge of hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male minutely serrate and 

 with fasciculate ciUa, the shaft somewhat thickened at base ; thorax clothed almost 

 entirely with scales ; the prothorax with large oblique flattened crest, the meta- 

 thorax with boss-like crest formed of metalUc scales ; fore coxae, femora, and 

 tibiae fringed with long hair, the mid tibiae fringed with long hair on outer side, 

 the hind tibiae smoothly scaled ; abdomen smoothly scaled and without crests. 

 Forewing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly cuived and not crenulate ; 

 veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anas- 

 tomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 1 1 from cell. Hindwing with veins 3, 4 

 from angle of cell ; 5 nearly fully developed from below middle of discoceUulars ; 

 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. 



In key differs from Eulocastru in the prothorax having an oblique flattened 

 crest. 



5328a. Cerynea albivitta n. sp. 



?. Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown tinged with purplish grey, the 

 anal tuft white at sides ; antennae dark brown ; frons, palpi, and forelegs black- 

 brown ; pectus, mid- and iiindlegs, and ventral surface of abdomen white tinged 

 with red-brown. Forewing red-brown suffused with purpUsh grey and slightly 

 irrorated with black ; antemedial Une slight, black with a wiiitish point at 

 costa, incurved at vein 1 ; a rounded black discoidal spot with some white and 



