"° NOVITATES Z00IX30ICAE XXVI. 1919. 



Gen. Macrotarsipus. 



Type. 

 Jfacrotorjipua Hmpan., if ojA«/»id. i. p. 194 (1893) albipuncta 



(1) Macrotarsipus albipuncta. 



t Macrotarsip-iUi albipunctus Hmpsn., Moths Ind. i. p. 194. fig. (1893). 

 Burma, Bhamo. 



(2) * Macrotarsipus airicana. 



Seaia africana Beutenm., J.N.T. Ent. Soc. vii. p. 170 (1899). 

 t Aegeria bdia Druoe, A.M.N.H. (8) vi. p. 181 (1910). 



Gaboon ; Cameroons. 



(3) t Macrotarsipus microthyris n. sp. 



$. Head, thorax, and abdomen black -brown ; neck with a yellow ring ; palpi 

 creamy white to near extremity of 2nd joint, then orange-yellow, the 3rd joint 

 with some black scales ; tarsi ringed with yellow. Forewing black -brown ; 

 a small hyaline spot in the cell towards extremity and short streaks beyond the 

 cell between veins 7 and 4. Hindwing hyaUne, the veins black ; a narrow black- 

 brown terminal band ; cilia greyish black. 



Br. E. Africa, Psaro R. (Neave), 1 ? type ; Br. C. Africa, Mlanje plateau, 

 6,500 ft. (Neave), 1 ?. Exp. 28 mill. 



Gen. Monopetalotaxis. 



Type. 



Monopetalolaxis WUgm., Kongl. Vet. Akad. Fork. 1858. p. 135 doUrijormia 



TrocMKJMiFeld., Bcw. iVot). p. 9 (1874) non descr candescens 



Sect. I. (Monopetalolaxis). Antennae of male with long uniseriate 

 branches. 



(1) Monopetalotaxis doleriformis. 



t Aegeria doleriformis Wlk., viii. 56 (1856). 



Monopetalotaxis wahlbergi Wllgm., Wien. Ent. Mon. iv. p. 41 (1860) ; id. Kongl. Vet. Akad. Fork. 



V. 4. p. 8(1865). 

 t Aegeria taylori Druce, A.M.N.H. (7) iv. p. 204 (1899). 



Transvaal ; ITatal ; Cape Colony. 



Sect. II. [Trochilina). Antennae of male serrate and fasciculate. 



(2) Monopetalotaxis candescens. 



t Trochilina candescent Feld., Reis. Nov. pi. 82. f. 23 (1874). 

 Cape Colony. 



(3) Monopetalotaxis pyrocraspis. 



t Sciapteron pyrocraapia Hmpsn. A.M.N.H. (8) vi. p. 153 (1910). 

 Cape Colony. 



