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section of M. Spurs short, not spiuose, two pairs to hiiidtibia, longer apical one 

 little longer than the tibia is broad. No organ of friction. 



The species bears in pattern an extraordinary likeness to the species oi Ala rumba ; 

 it is in fact a Marumba with two pair of spurs to the hindtibia and less specialised 

 clasper, constituting a type similar in this respect to the ancestor of Munimba. 



S . Tenth tergite broad, sides nearly parallel, apex narrowed, deeply sinuate, 

 lobes pointed, their mesial edges bent downward, carinate below ; sternite rejjre- 

 sented by a mere ronnded fold. Clasper long-scaled outwardly, especially at 

 apical and dorsal edges, short, broad, deeply concave, with a prominent dorsal fold ; 

 harpe very stont, obtuse at end, upperside concave, finely setose, the ventral edge 

 cariniform, dorsal edge with ratlier heavy spines. Penis-sheatli and -funnel witiiout 

 external armature. 



$ . Not dissected. 



Early stages not known. 



In Boisduval's tyi)e, which is a large ? , the forewing is less rounded tlian in 

 the other specimens we have seen, and the hindwing is more brownish yellow. 



Ilab. Madagascar : Nossi-be ; Tamatave ; Imerina. 



In several collections. In the Tring Museum 1 ^ from Tamatave, received 

 throujjh the kindness of Mons. Charles Obertlmr. 



LXI. PHYLLOXIPHIA gen. nov.-Typus : oberthurri. 



S. Close to l'oh/jiti/chu». Tongue reaching to the end of the midcoxa, weak. 

 Second segment of paljius thrice as long as first, joint )iot open. A large tuft of 

 scale-hairs ventrally beliind eye, covering lower part of same. Antenna rather thin, 

 ventral outline (side-view) of segments straight, apical segment three times as long 

 as higli, penultimate one distinctly longer than high. Abdomen long, tergites with 

 broad uuderscales, spinose only at edges. Spurs not spinose, short, longer terminal 

 one of hindtibia about twice as long as the tibia is broad ; the tibia little longer than 



the first tarsal segment. Forewing : apex strongly produced, acute, hooked, distal 



and inner margins evenly rounded from SC'' to base, no angle. Hindwing : ajiex 



obtusely pointed, anal angle not produced, obtusely rounded, D'- more than twice 

 the length of D', very oblique, D^ transverse, lower angle of cell obtuse. 



? and early stages unknown. 



Hab. West Africa. 



One species. 



227. Phylloxiphia oberthueri spec. nov. (PI. I. f. 4, S). 



S. Head and thorax above, sides of palpi and dorsal part of the abdominal 

 tergites clayish olive, this colour gradually fading away on the last segments, rather 

 shar])ly limited laterally on the basal ones ; rest of body cream-colour, underside of 

 legs and the anterior coxae rather darker. 



Wings, above, a little paler than the thorax. Forewing washed with 



cinnamon ; there are feeble traces of lines : one Hue subbasal, beginning at M 

 proximally of M", and ending more distally at inner margin ; two between M' and 

 R', and traces of a third beyond end of cell, these three parallel, posteriorly more 



