8 CHR. AURIVILLIUS, ETHIOPIAN GENERA OF STRIPUNOPTERYGID^. 



2. Schistissa n. gen. 



Proboscis aborted. Palpi long, porrect, reaching far beyond 

 the fröns, very hairy beneath; the third joint conical. An- 

 tennse moderately long, reaching the apex 

 of the cell, very broadly bipectinate. Tibiee 

 thickly clothed with long hairs on the outer 

 side; före tibije unarmed, hind tibiai with 2 

 spnrs only. Wings subtriangular, with the 

 costal margin straight and the outer margin 

 convex. Före wing with vein 3 from near 

 angle of cell, 5 from below upper angle, 6 

 free from upper angle, 7 + 8 + 9 stalked 

 from upper angle, 10 absent, 11 free from 

 cell near upper angle; the lower discocellular 

 is long and very sharply angled in the 

 middle, the middle discocellular very short 

 and erect. Hind wing with vein 5 much nearer to upper 

 angle of cell, 6 and 7 separate, 8 arched at base and touching 

 the middle of cell but not connected with it by a bar; lower 

 discocellular very long and sharply angled near its upper 

 end, middle discocellular straight and erect. Frenulam and 

 retinaculum absent (?). 



1, 8. uniformis n. sp. — Pl. 5 Fig. 3. — Entirely fuscous 

 brown, unicolorous, wings on upper surface somewhat 

 densely sprinkled with yellowish gray hairs. o^. — Exp. 

 64 mm. 

 Cape Colony. — In Staudingers collection. 



Fig. 2. Schistissa 

 uniforms ö. 



3. Marmaroplegina Wallengr. 



= Marmaroplegma Wallengr. Vet. Akad. Handl. 5: 4, 

 p. 29 (1865). 



Proboscis absent. Palpi very short, hairy, dependent. 

 Antennse broadly bipectinate in the male, shortly in the 

 female. Före tibiee normal and unarmed, hind tibia; with 

 two small spurs only, Wings rather narrow. Före wing 

 with vein 3 from well before angle of cell, 5 and 6 from 

 the same point, 7 + 8 + 9 stalked, 10 absent, 11 free from 



