— A2 — 



wing-apex: dark brown areas as follows : on crossvein /«; at 5c 2 including 

 l)0lli Ihe coslal and subcostal cells; at ihe euds of veins Sci and R\ , con- 

 necled willi one anolher hy a broad V-shaped mark along ihe secior and 

 the base of/Ja+s: at ihe lip of 7^2+3 ; less distinct seams along tbe cord, tbe 

 outer end of ccU 1 si Mt>, along vein Cm, especially at the point where 

 the iirst anal vein breaks away; a large blotch jusl beyond tbe arculus and 

 sniallcr clouds at the ends of veins Ms,Cu\, Cu^ and the Anal veins; the 

 wing apex in cells iî 3 and/?5 is pale; veins yellowish, brown in thedarkened 

 areas. Venation : Rs a little more than one-half the dedeclion of Uu+b and 

 in alignment wilh it; cell 1 si M 2 narrow, the basai deflection of Cui at its 

 inner end. 



Abdomen dark brown, the segments, especially tbe sternites, narrowly 

 ringed basally with yellowisb, ihe tergites similarly marked on the sides. 

 Oviposilor with tbe valves exceedingly long and slender, tbe tergal valves 

 born-coloreci , almost slraiglit, lapering gradually to the acnte, sligbtly 

 upcurved apices; sternal valves Idackened with only the acute tips liorn- 

 colored. 



Habitat. — French Congo. 



Holotype, 9, N'gomo, Bas Ogooué. 1906 (E. Haug). 



Type in the Paris Muséum. 



Ceralocheihts rilgripktim requires compai'ison only wilh C. loiigirostris 

 Weschë (Southern Nigeria) whicb is dcscribed from a bleacbod spécimen; 

 this latter appears to be a smaller lly with fewcr dark markings ou the 

 wing and wilh the veualional détails différent. 



There are now nine specics in tbe genus Ceratocheihis , ail but three 

 being from tbe Elliiopian région. The génotype may be considered as being 

 C. coringcriim (Speiser), the fust species described by Wesché (as ivinii- 

 sampsoiil). Brunelti b^s recenlly (1918) ereclod a new genus, Comthornx , 

 for Iwo Indian species of Ceratoclœilus. 



Tribe eriopterini. 



Genus l.ectei-ia Oslen Sacken. 



Lecteria atricauda, nov. sp. 



General coloration retldish brown, tbe praescutum with thrce broad 

 dark brown stripes of Avbicb tbe médian one is somewbal bisected by a 

 pale lino; legs with a distinct yellowisb subbasal ring on the tibiae; wings 

 ralher dark brown, Cm 2 sborler than Iho deilecLion of Cul; abdomen long 

 and slender, a broad latéral line and tbe nintb tergite black. 



