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tcrj^itcs (Iciisfly s]iii]iil()S(! ut tlic^ ('il>;es ; stcniitos with vcit few, long and weak, 

 sjiinules. Tibiae not spiuose ; foretibia ending in a long thorn, &\mv{ev than first 

 tarsal segment (thorn excluded), spur of foretibia long, nearly reaching end ; mid- 

 and bindtibia longer than first tarsal segment; tioo pairs of spurs to hindtibia, 

 longer terminal spur about one-tiiird the length of the first tarsal segment ; 

 pulvillus small, paronychium with two very short lobes at each side, the ventral 

 lobes merely vestigial. Distal margins of wings slightly scalloi)ed ; 11° of hind- 

 wing central, D^ somewhat angled, D' half the length of D', SC' and R' on a stalk. 

 Frenulum and retinaculum present, t'lasper and eighth sternite witliout organ of 

 friction ; eighth sternite simple (c?). 



Larva and pupa not described. 



Ualj. Akbes, Syria. 



One species. 



1 •">•'. Akbesia davidi. 



*Sn„'nntht,^ darUli Oberlhur, ;,,•. (Akbts ;^coll. Charles Oberthiir) ; id., Et. E,il. ix. p. •_",). t. 2. 



f. i; (1HH4). 

 Danip.ia (?) dacldi, Kirby, Ciil. Lq,. Ilel. i. p. 1171. n. '.) (\m2) (As. min.). 



c? ? . The long series of specimens which we have seen did not exhibit much 

 individual variation. The hindwing is in some individuals paler yellow than 

 ordinarily. The nearest relatives of tliis fine .Sjihinx arc tlic sjjccies of the genus 

 liafocnema from East Africa and Madagascar. 



<S . Tenth tergite long, narrowed to a finger-like process, which is pointed and 

 somewhat compressed; sternite produced into a broad mesial plate, which is broadly 

 sinuate, with the rounded lobes slightly jirojecting laterad, uj)perside of plate densely 

 beset with short setae at and near the edges (PI. XX II I. f. 22). Clasper broadly 

 sole-sha])ed, apex rounded ; liarpe represented by a small subbasal, broadly 

 triangular ridge, which bears an obliquely vertical carina (PI. XXXI. f. 9). Penis- 

 sheatli without special armature, iipical edge produced on one side, the lobe bent 

 inwards, fused with the membrane of the duct. 



?. Eighth tergite scaled, mesially grooved, lobes rounded (PI. XV. f. 13). 

 Vaginal plate also feebly chitinised, distal margin evenly rounded, no special 

 armature (PI. XV. f. 12). 



Early stages not described. 



llah. Akbes, Syria. 



Apparently not rare. 



A very long series in coll. Charles Oberthiir. 



In the Tring Museum (56 specimens. 



LI. OXYAMBULYX gen. nov.— Typus : »NhMri,jilis. 



Sj,),hi.r {Amhiihjx), Westwood, Cah. Or. Kill. p. (U (1H4S) (imm. iiidesn-.). 

 Amiiutyx Walker, Lht Lep. Ins. B. M. viii. p. 120 (18.'>(I) (p.irtim ; type : sirigilix). 



cJ?. Differs from Fvotamhuhjx in the following characters: end-segment of 

 antenna compressed, bottle-shaped or conical in side-view (PI. LX. f. 5), variable 

 in length, but at least four times as long as the jjreceding one, which is longer than 

 high, two bristles at end and several others on the lateral and ventral surface, 

 dorsal surface of segment covered with appressed scaling. Head with a sharp 



