C ^6-1 ) 



distal tliiiii anteriorly ; two niitlnlntc lines from costal to inner margin, beginning 

 between ceil anil SC'' ; all these very indistinct ; a more distinct, even, line from tip 

 of wing to lower angle of cell continned along M to near base ; the line is thin and 

 has a pale hinder border, recalling the midrib of a leaf; the veins are faintly 

 streaked and bordered pale ; disc beliind ai)ex of ccdl more cinnamon ; stigma black, 



small bnt consjiicuons ; inner margin with a darker basal triangnlar space. 



Ilindwing of the dark colour of the tliorax, (costal and ulKlominiil margins and upper 

 part of distal nuirgin cream-colour. 



I'nden^idr dirty cream-colour. Forewing : middle of basal half fuscous ; a 



line from apex to R-', whicli it reaches C mm. IVom cell, thence continued posticad 



to M-, which it reaches (J mm. from end, forming a very obtuse angle at H'. 



Hind wing : abdominal area shaded with fuscous ; a faint trace of a discal transverse 

 line, and a thin obli(iue apical line. 



Tenth tergite long (1*1. XXV. f. 2o, Xt) divided into two lobes ; the steruite 

 (A'«?) broadened ajiically, divided into two diverging lobes. Clasper (PI. XXXIV. 

 f. 12) narrowed towards end, much more elongate triangular than in the species of 

 roh/pti/chus, with long narrow scales at the apex ; no friction-patch (the clasper 

 is much rubbed, like the eighth tergite, in the only specimen known to ns) ; there 

 is no projecting harpe. Above the penis-funnel there is a pair of curved processes 

 (n) which bear setiferous tubercles. Penis-sheath without external armature, but 

 from the interior projects a double blade of chitin, notched, and beset with some 

 bristles (PI. XXXI V. f. 12). 



? and early stages not known. 



Hub. Lolodorf, (,'ameroons (L. I'onradt). 



One c? in coll. Charles Obertliiir. 



LXII. LYCOSPHINGIA gen. nov.— Typus : ktmatus. 



Smei-hithiis, Dewitz (mm Latreille, 1802), MitlJi. Miinrh. Ent. Ver. iii. p. 28 (1879). 

 Polyptyclnis, Kirby {non Hiibner, 1822), Cat. Lep. Het. i. p. 706 (1892). 



(J. Tongue very short and weak. Genal process small. Palpus smoothly 

 scaled, joint not quite open. Antenna (cj') thickest in basal fifth, distal segments 

 scarcely grooved, ventral outline of segments (side-view) straight, jienultimate 

 segment longer than high, last one three times as long as high. Abdomen long, 

 tergites without sjtines at the edges, the scales representing them bi- or tridentate, 

 rather tawny. S])urs short, not spinose, one pair to hiiultibia, longer spur as long 

 as the tibia is broad ; pulvilhis and paronychium present. Clasper without friction- 

 patch, but eighth tergite internally with small erect scales at the inner edge. Apex 

 of forewing very strongly produced, hooked, ajjcx of hindwing pointed at SC^ anal 

 angle produced, distal margin concave between R' and anal angle, D- more than 

 twice as long as D^, not strongly oblique, D^ transverse, lower angle of cell obtuse. 

 ? and early stages not known. 



Hab. West Africa : Angola to Gold Coast, 



Differs from Polyptijchi(s in the hindtibia having only one pair of spurs ; from 

 Marumba in the obtuse lower angle of the cell of the hindwing, from Luothonia in 

 the presence of the paronychinm. Wing-form peculiar. 



