<IQ NOVITATES ZOOLOOICAE XXVI. 1919. 



Br. E. Africa, Mombasa (Doherty), type ^ ? in Coll. RothschUd. Exp. (J 14, 

 ? 16 mill. 



Sect. II. Abdomen of male normal. 



A. Antennae of male minutely ciliated. 



(2) t *Lophoceps tetrazona n. sp. 



(J. Head, thorax, and abdomen black glossed with greenish blue, the frons 

 white at sides, the neck with white ring, the abdomen with orange bands on 2nd 

 to 5th segments ; palpi with the 1st and 2nd joints white in front ; pectus 

 and coxae white, the tibiae and tarsi ringed with white ; ventral surface of 

 abdomen with the 4th and 5th segments white. Forewing hyahne, the veins 

 and margins glossed wth greenish blue, the costal area, discoidalbar,and terminal 

 band broad, the five hj'aline streaks beyond the cell between veins 9 and 3 short. 

 Hindwing hyaline, the veins and margins narrowly black. 



Assam, Khasis, type <3 in Coll. Rothschild. Exp. 18 mill. 



B. Antennae of male with long cilia. 



(3) t * Lophoceps cyaniris n. .sp. 



(J. Head, thorax, and abdomen black glossed with metallic blue-green, the 

 frons white at sides ; palpi white on inner side, brown tipped with white in front ; 

 fore coxae white on outer side, the mid and hind tibiae and tarsi with the hairs 

 at the spurs and joints white. Forewing hyaline, the veins and margins narrowly 

 black glossed with metallic blue-green, the costal fascia and discoidal bar rather 

 stronger ; cilia brown. Hindwng hyaUne, the veins and margins narrowly 

 black ; cilia Brown. 



Assam, Khasis, type 3 in Coll. Rothschild. Exp. 22 mill. 



(4) t Lophoceps quinquepuncta n. sp. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen black -brown glossed with bronze, the frons with 

 some white scales above below the tuft on vertex of head ; tibiae with some 

 white below, their extremities and the tar.sal joints ringed with white. Fore- 

 wing dark brown glossed with brilliant purple and cupreous, the terminal half 

 with a few yellow scales ; a round hyaline spot in the cell towards extremity ; 

 minute spots beyond the angles of cell with two points above the lower spot, 

 forming an incurved series of four marks in the interspaces. Hindwng hyaline, 

 the veins and margins narrowly dark brown. 



Sierra Leone (Maj. F. Smith) 1 ?, Free Town (Austen) 1 ? type, Bomaru 

 (Simpson) 1 S- Exp. 16 mill. 



Gen. Rodolphia. 



Type- 

 Rodolphia he Ceri, Bull. Sac. Ent. Ft. 1911. p. 92 hombergi 



* Rodolphia hombergi. 

 Rodolphia hombergi Le Cerf, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1911. p. 92. 

 BTadagascar. 



