(' 191 ) 



tlior;i.\ and alidoiupii, and tlie iijijicrside of the tiln'ac and tarssi dt'cp ci'caiu-c'olonr. 

 Tenth abdominal sternite more or less sinuate. 



llah. Madagascar ; apjiarently all ov(M- the island in snitahle districts. 



In the Tring Mnsenm 8 cJc? from: Antanosy country, S. IMad. (Last); and 

 " Madagascar." 



I). B. coc(jnereli conioruim. subsji. nov. 



cJ. Wings shorter and broader than in tlie Madagascar form, hinder angle of 

 forewing more obtuse. Pale ])arts of upperside of body buff, distinctly vinaceous, 

 the same cidour before middle of forewings, the groimd colour of the forewing bull' 

 yidlow ; hindwing and underside orange. Large costal patch situated at basal 

 fourth smaller than in the jireceding subspecies, the triangular costal band jjroximal 

 of fork more oblique and slightly curved, brown sul)margiiial line less curved, 

 almost straiglit from SO'' to M'. Tenth abdominal sternite not sinuate. 



Ildb. Great Comoro I. 



In the Tring Museum 5 (?(?. 



154. Batocnema africanus. 



*Pol>/j)ti/cliiiK afriaiii>(sT)\s,ta,ut, Ann. Mag. N. 11. (7). iii. p. 17',) (18',l',t) (Lydenburgdistr., Transvaal; — 

 coll. Distant) ; id., Ins. Traiisv. t. 3. f. 4 (I'JO-'). 



S. Wings, upperside. Forewing: olive-green basal patch larger than in 



(:oc(juereli, no line beyond first costal patch, second costal patch at end of cell and 

 third at subcostal fork aljsent or vestigial, subapical patch larger than in cocquereli; 

 line from lower angle of cell backwards more oblique ; costal margin feebly concave 



in proximal half, anal angle more produced distad thau in the preceding. 



Hindwing : a short and sharply defined olive band from anal angle to beyond M-, 

 no lines. 



A sj)ecimen in the Berlin Museum from Ukami, Mandera, v. — viii. 18y4 

 (Stuhlmaun), differs from Distant's type in some details ; it may represent a 

 northern subspecies, but as it has no abdomen and the thorax is rubbed, we abstain 

 from giving a description. 



Not dissected. 



Early stages and ? not known. 



Hub. East Africa : Transvaal ; (Tcrman E. Africa. 



L. AKBESIA gen. nov. — Tyjjus : (htcidi. 



Hmei-inlUns, Oljertbiir (h.i« Latreille, 1802), Bull. Sue. Ent. France p. 12 (1884). 



c? ? . Tongue reaching beyond middle of abdomen, mesial fringe fused to fdnn 

 a membrane, but the ciliae traceable. Paljuis short, narrow, not jn'oduced beyond 

 frons, second segment not longer than first. Genal jiroccss projecting beyond tij) 

 of pilifer. Antenna 2 or 3 mm. longer (cj), or 1 mm. shorter (?), tlian W of 

 forewing; segments cylindrical in ?, not grooved, without ])rolonged ciliae, 

 antenna thickest beyond middle ; in <S grooved, with long ciliae, ventral outline 

 of segments (side-view) straight ; distal segments very short in both sexes, end- 

 segmeut also very short, rounded in side-view, with a brush of long scales. Eye- 

 lashes short, but distinct. Head with transverse crest between antennae. Abdominal 



