( 470 ) 



In the absence of the S 1 place the species in llijchitocapniu Wan-., with which 

 it agrees in tlie very short cell— only one-third of wiacr — and the necessarily 

 elongated nervnles. It is easily distinguished by the black pale-banded apex of 

 forewiug beneath. 



Neopolita gen. nov. 



Forewing : triangnlar ; costa straight, shortly arched at base and apex; apex 

 slightly prominent ; hindiuargin vertical to vein 4, there rounded and obli(jue. 



IJindwing : with well-rounded hindmargin ; apex rounded ; anal angle square. 



Antennae of <S with very long uniseriate pectinations ; palpi porrect, short, 

 rough-scaled, terminal joint drooping ; tongue and frenulum present. 



JSeuration : forewing, cell less than half of wing ; discocellular vertical above, 

 oblique below ; first median nervule at three-fourths, second close before end ; 

 radials normal ; 11,7, 10, 8, 9 stalked together from well before end of cell, 11 

 anastomosing strongly with 12, Sand 9 separating close before apex: hindwing, 

 costal shortly approximated to subcostal near base only ; 7 and 3 well before 

 ends of cell. 



Type : Neopolita bisecta spec. nov. 



Possibly allied to Plutodes. 



23. Neopolita bisecta spec. nov. 



Forewing : grey fawn-colour, finely dark-speckled ; costal area for two-thirds 

 pale ochreous, with shining scales especially at base ; from two-thirds of costa a 

 pale inwardly dark-edged line runs nearly parallel to liindmargin to three-fifths 

 of inner margin; at about one-fourth there are slight traces of a curved jiale 

 line with dark outer edge ; cell-spot dark, obscure ; a marginal dark line ; fringe 

 yellow. 



Hindiring : similar, without first line, the other nearly central ; in both wings 

 the basal space within the line is darker than the marginal. 



Underside glossy whitish, speckled with lilac-grey, and with the dark and 

 light sections of upperside showing through. 



Face fawn-colour ; palpi ochreous yellow ; vertex white ; thorax and abdomen 

 dark fawn, abdomen with pale rings. 



Expanse of wings : 33 mm. 



1 $ from Libollo, Angola, July 1901 (Pembertou). 



Subfamily ABRAXINAE. 

 Durbana gen. nov. 



I propose this as a new generic name for Fidonia setinata Feld., which 1 find 

 differs considerably in neuration from Lomaspilis pantheraria Feld., which I made 

 the tyjie of the genus \'criiliodcs (cf. Sor. Zool. i. p. 421). 



In setinata vein 11 of forewing rises from 12 ; 10 anastomoses strongly with 

 11 and again with 8, 9, which are stalked with 7; the discocellular is biangulate, 

 and the lower radial rises from the lower outer angulation. In pantheraria 11 is 

 free; 7, 8, and 9, 10 are stalked, 9 anastomosing with 8. In both genera the c? 

 antennae are pectinated and the ? simple. 



