( 59o ; 



530. Sphingonaepiopsis obscurus (PI. VII. f. 25, c?). 



*Phroijon ubscuntx Mabille, Aim. S.h: Enl. France (;>). ix. p. 344. n. 7 (18811) (Madag. :— coll. 



MabiUe). 

 rniscrpinus nhscnrii-f, Saalmiiller, Liji. .Ifadin/. p. 118. n. -74 (ls84). 

 I't'Togon (.') ulifu'unis, Kirby, Cut. Lip. Hit. i. p. (340. n. 7 (18'.l:i). 



c??. Deeper brown than no num. Forewing withont pale line upon cross- 

 veins within brown triangular patcli. 



i. Antenna pectinated, branches long and slender, s(^aled above, the inner ones 

 rather shorter than the onter ones (I'l. LX. f. 2'.)). Tenth tergite sharply 

 pointed ; sternite long and narrow, similar to that of gorgoii. Clasper narrowing 

 towards apex (PI. IL. f. 24) ; harpe slender, horizontal, ending in a spatulate 

 process. Penis-sheath with dentate apical process pointing obliquely distad (PI. 

 [.V. f. 42). 



Ilab. JIadagascar. 



In the Tring Musenin 1 i from : Autauambe, Baie d'Antongil (A. Mocquerys). 



In coll. Oberthiir from Tananarive, 'i 6 S , 2 ? ? (Camboue) ; Imeriue, 1 S 

 (Cambone). 



CXXXVII. MICROSPHINX gen. nov.— Typus : pumilum. 

 Pliriiijoii Boisduval (//./» id., 1834). Spec. Gen. Lep. Het. i, p. 312 (1875) (partim). 



S. Ditl'ers from Spkingonaepifljjsis in the following points : antenna obtuse 

 at end, without hook, the end-segment being broader than long ; liiudtibia with 

 one pair of spurs, the longer one equalling in leugtli the second tarsal segment. 



Hub. South Africa. 



One sj)ecies. 



531. Microsphinx pumilum. 



*Plei-o,joii /iiiinlliiiu Boisduval, in Deleg., Vuij. J/i: Aus/r. p. 594. n. 99 (1847) (Zululand, iiom. 



Imle.irr.) ; id., .'</,ec. Hen. Lep. Hct. i. p. 312. n. 2. t. 9. f. 2 (1875) (Zululand ; Caflfraria ;— coll. 



Charles Oberthiir) ; Kirby, Cat. Lep. Ilel. i. p. 640. n. 1) (1892). 

 *LiiphHiun minitluin Distant, Ann .Uaij. .V. //. (7). xix. p. 580 (1897) (Pretoria; — coll. Distant). 

 l^lihinijunaeiiinpsh pumilmn, id., //r--. Traiisr. t. 3. f. 7 (1902). 



(?. Porewiug not angulate at JI' ; margin;il band of hindwing of even width ; 

 aiidomen with distinct lines and grey dots. 



Hab. South East Africa : C'ajje Colony ; C'atiVaria; Zululand; Transvaal. 

 One S in the British Museum from the Cape Colony. 



CXXXVIII. EUKYPTERYX.— Typus: Molucca. 



Diimpua, Moore (^iwn Walker, 1856), I'ror. Zool. Sor. Lmul. p. 794 (1865). 



i:iiiiipteri/.r Feldei-, AV/.ve Xorara, Lep. t. 74 (1874) {mm. indesrr..') ; Boisd., Spec. Uin. Lip. Hit. 



i. p. 46 (1875) (type ; woliirra,). 

 Liiri//ileri/x (I'a,lii/li,i), Felder, I.e. expl. of plates p. 5 (1874). 

 .iliin-'-n, Oberthiir [nun Boisduval, 187.0), El. hint. xix. p. 32 (1S94). 



<S ? . tJenal process very large, reaching tip of pilifer. Eye slightly laslieil. 

 Head feebly crested. Palpus large, prominent, second segment longer than first, 

 nearly us broad as long. Antenna long, setiform, compressed and grooved, and 



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