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lAllI, I^KI'TOCI.ANIS -vii. iiov.— Tyims: pnU-hra. 



Siiieriiilhiin, Walker (ho» Litreille, 1><02), List Li-/i. ///«. /;. .1/. xxxv. p. l^.'iS (18GC). 

 ChaerocnmjKi, Westwood {iimi Diiponchel. l«:!'i), in Oiite-i, Miihilicliliniil p. .'i54 (ISKl). 

 Tlimfrii, Kir1)_v (».i// IliibiuT. Is:;.'), C,,/. /.,/,. Il,i. i. p. i;;,l (IK'.i-J). 



cJ. T()iij;iU' sliort :ur1 weak, clotliod witli loiiu' woolly sciilos. rilifer witli 

 hristlcs, close to gciial process, which is j^lobosc. Palpns smoothly scaled, slender, 

 first segment short, second abont three times as long as broad, joint not distinctly 

 ojien. Head crested. Antennal segments dilated above the grooves, outline of 

 antenna tlierefore crenate in dorsal view, distal segments scarcely compressed, higher 

 tlian long, oblong in side-view, with the ventro-basal angle ronnded, end-segment 

 very obtuse, about half as long again as basaliy high. A tuft nf long hair-scales 

 bcliind eye, and a small tuft at frontal side of eye. A!)ih)in(Mi witii sjiines only at 

 the edges of the tergites. Tibiae .9j/innsr, spines i)rominent, few in number, those 

 at end of foretibia sliglitly jjrolonged; sjjurs short, two pairs to hindtibia, longer 

 terminal spur about one-fourth the length of the first tarsal segment ; claws slender, 

 pulvillus j)resent, paronychium ab^'nt. Distal margin of wings entire, apex of 

 botii wings pointed bnt not produced ; U- of Jiindwing in or l)elow centre, cross-veins 

 nearly or quite straight, slightly oblique, lower angle of cell not very acute. No 

 organ of friction on clasper and eighth tergite. 



? and early stages not known. 



Ifab. S.E. and S.W. Africa. 



Two species. 



Differs fronr VoltijitijcliitA, Chdiis, and Leiirojihh-lila in tlie absence of the 

 paronychium. 



The genus is of jiarticular interest, as it connects the aberrant-looking 

 Lriirophlrhia with CI'tDi.t. 



ISO. Leptoclanis pulchra spec. nov. (PI. LXVI. f. u, 6). 



<S. V>oCi.\ creamy : faci\ middle of crest, centre of collar, a mesial stripe on 

 mesonotum, a broad inner border to mesothoracical tegula, middle of metanotnm 

 and first abdominal segment, palpus, breast and anterior femur and tibia olive- 

 green ; spinules of abdominal tergites ochraceous ; first segment of palpus with 

 lateral tuft of red scales. 



Wings with the veins more or less creamy in distal area. L'jijierside. Fore- 

 wing : cream-colour ; a rather large snbbasal dash at inner margin, a triangular 

 patch filling uj) apex of cell, a triangular subapical costal patch between SC and 

 K', and two patches at liases of cellules R' — M', olive-green, the latter two patches 

 shading off distally, the green scaling reaching margin, where it extends to costal 

 and inner angles ; three indistinct lines : one before base of M-, oblique, two on 



disc, parallel, 3 mm. distant from each other. Hindwing: basal two-thirds red 



rest creamy, shaded with olive-green, especially at distal margin ; two thin discal 

 lines. 



U)i(lcrsi(lt;. Forewiijg red from base to end of cell or beyond, rest dirty cream- 

 colour, shaded with olive-green ; two discal lines as above, and a trace of an oblique 



apical line. Hindwing: a red subbasal streak behind (.SM'), two discal lines as 



above, the proximal one 2 to 3 mm. from cell at W, curved behind and slightly also 

 in front ; iin elonsatc huffish stigma. 



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