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brown, some yellowish at base of costa, the veins dark ; ciha pale at tips. 

 Underside of forewing with the yellow diffused into ochreous white extending 

 to end of cell and on inner area to near temien ; hindwing with the costal area 

 yellow to beyond middle. 



Hah. Br. C. Africa, Ruo VaUey (Neave), 1 ?, Mt. Mlanje (Neave), 8 (?, 5 $ 

 type. Exp. cj 16, ? 18 mill. 



Clelea microphaea n. sp. 



cj. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown with a faint purplish gloss, 

 the pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen paler brown. Wings uniform 

 dark red-brown with a faint purpUsh gloss. 



Hab. Corea, Gensan (Leech), 1 c? type. Exp. 14 mUl. 



Clelea syriaca n. sp. 



(J. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark reddish brown with a slight cupreous 

 gloss, the palpi paler. Forewing uniform dark reddish brown with a slight 

 cupreous gloss, the cilia whitish except at base. Hindwing dark red-brown, 

 the ciHa whitish except at base. 



Hah. TS. Syria, Shar-Deresy, 1 ^ type. Exp. 20 mill. 



Genus Sthenoprocris nov. 



Type : >S. malgassica. 



Proboscis and palpi minute ; frons smooth and without prominence ; antennae 

 of male bipectinate with rather long branches to apex ; build slender, the ab- 

 domen long ; mid and hind tibiae with minute terminal pairs of spurs. Forewing 

 long and narrow, the apex rounded, the termen obUquely cm-ved ; the cell long ; 

 vein 2 from about three-fourths length of cell ; 3 from well before angle ; 4 from 

 angle ; 5 from well above angle ; 6, 7, 8 well separated ; 9, 10 stalked ; H 

 from cell. Hindwing narrow, the apex and termen rounded ; vein 2 from about 

 half length of cell ; 3 from well before angle ; 4 from angle ; 5 from well above 

 angle ; 6 from well below upper angle ; 7, 8 coincident. 



Sthenoprocris malgassica n. sp. 



(J. Black-brown, the thorax with orange-yellow band behind the head. 

 Hab. Madagascar, Tananarive, type (J in Coll. Rothschild. Exp. 20 mill. 



Genus Chalconycles. 



ypo- 



Chalconycles Jordan, Entom. xl. p. 123 (1911) veluliiia 



Sect. I. — Hindwing with veins 3 and 5 stalked. 



(1) Chalconycles albipalpis n. sp. 



(J. Head, thorax, and abdomen black-brown shghtly glossed with blue ; 

 lower part of frons at sides and palpi dull white, the latter with the 3rd joint 

 tinged with yellow ; pectus, legs below, and ventral surface of abdomen dvdl 

 ■white, the pectus in front and coxae fulvous yellow. Forewing black-brown 



