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XLIX. BATOCNEMA j^'cii. nov.— Typns : corqnrrdi. 



Ambulyx, Boisduval {mm Walkor, \HM)^ S/.r,-. (!,n. Lip. Ilri. i. p. I'.il (lK7r,"l 



c??. Tongue reacliiug liiisiil fdiirtli of iiliiloiiicn. Piilpus sonu'wliat jiroiLH'ting', 

 visible from above, ratlicr uarmw, cnd-surl'ace luiicli smaller than in I'rotiimhuli/.r and 

 allies, second segment longer than first. Antenna about 2 mm. shorter than U' 

 of forcwing ; end-segment conical, about two and a half times as long as basally 

 higli, with the scales forming a longer tuft. Abdominal steruites without sjiincs. 

 Tibiae not spinose, rather shorter than the resjiective first tarsal segments ; fore- 

 tibia ending in a long thorn ; sj)nrs very unequal, two pairs to hindtibia, long 

 terminal one as in Vompsoyeiif about one-sixth shorter than the first tarsal segment ; 

 pulvillus and paronychium present, the latter with two slender lobes at each side. 

 Discal margins of wings entire ; apex of forcwing truncate-sinuate between S('^ and 

 SC'"' ; 1)^ as long as, or longer than, U' ; D- of hindwing curved or angled, R- central 

 or below centre, D^ longer than D^. Clasper and eighth tergite with fricliou-scales. 

 Larva not known. 



llab. Madagascar, Comoro Islands, and East Africa. 

 Two species. 

 Nearest to Compsogene. 

 Key to the species : 



Forewing above with four costal olive i)atches, 

 the third at sul)costal fork elongate, reaching 

 to R^ . . . . . . . . lo3. li. cocqneveli. 



Forewing above with two costal olive patches, 



the second and third being scarcely traceable 1.7)4. B. aj'rk-aniis. 



153. Batocnema cocquereli. 



*Amhnlii.r cmqucn-Vi Boisduval, l.r. t. 4. f. 2 (1875) (No.«si-b.' ;— coll. Charles Obertbur). 



c? ? . The two subspecies of this peculiar insect difi'er in the shade of the 

 ground-colour, the shape of the wings, and the form of the tenth abdominal 

 sternite (cJ). 



c?. Eighth sternite mesiaily minutely sinuate, tiie edge of the segment being 

 mesially bent inward. Tenth tergite long, slender, strongly comj)ressed, pointed, 

 curved ; sternite nearly as in Protambidi/x suljiJairi'a (PI. XXIII. f. 4), angles rounded, 

 apex entire or sinuate. Clasjier sole-shaped, a])ical edge strongly concave basally ; 

 patch of friction-scales longitudinal, elongate-halfiuoon-shaped (PI. LVIII. f. 33), the 

 scales minute, bidentate ; harpe short, distally raised into an obliquely transverse 

 ridge (PI. XXXI. f. 8). I'enis-sheath similar to that of Ampli/pterus yannascus. 



? . Not dissected. 



I Idh. Madagascar and Comoro Islands. 



Two sulispccies : 



'I. B. cocquereli cocquereli. 



*Amhutij.i- riinjufreli Boisduval, /.c. ; Bull., Tram. Zuol. Soc. Lond. ix. p. (i.iO (IS77) ; Mab., ,!//». 

 Sm: Enl. Fmmr p. 2'J6 (1879) (Nossi-bo ; S.W. Coast) ; Saalm., Lrji. Mail. i. p. 124. n. L".I7. 

 t. 3. f. 39 (1884) (Nossi-bt' ; S.W. Coast) ; Kirby, Cat Lep. Hct. i. p. (;77. n. 46 (IS',12). 



(^ ? . Underside of wings and body maize yellow with a tint of sulphur; 

 nppersiile of hindwing chrome yellow, pale parts of iipperside of forewing, of head, 



