334 Mr. H. J. Elwes on some 



leaf, and at other times has taken it by beating into an 

 umbrella, in which it lies motionless, or with a slight 

 quivering of the wings. In this species the antennse 

 agree with those of Dohertyi in both sexes, but the hind 

 wings do not vary in form as in my species. Of two 

 female sj^ecimens in Mr. Lindsay's collection, one has 

 the abdomen of the same shape as in Dohertyi, but tufted 

 with black hairs at the end, whilst the other has a very 

 peculiar round dark woolly tuft attached to it, resembling 

 those seen in the females of Bomhyx neustria and some 

 other moths. Whether, as Mr. Hampson suggests, this 

 wool is detached after oviposition and used by the female 

 as a covering for the eggs, I am unable to say, but it 

 adds another difficulty to the correct classification of the 

 species, no such appendage existing, as far as I am 

 aware, in any of the Zygcenidce, Chalcosidce, or allied 

 genera. 



T. pajnlionaria, Wlk., Cat. Het.,xxxi., p. 277, <3^ 5 (1864). 



Described from East Africa ; where it was discovered 

 by Horace Waller, preserved in Mr. Walker's collection, 

 which is now in the keeping of the Highgate Grammar 

 School, where I have been unable to see it. 



This seems very nearly allied to DoratojJteryx plu7nigera, 

 but the upper part of the hind wing is much broader, and 

 there is a large fawn-coloured spot half-way down it. It 

 certainly is more nearly allied to Doratopteryx than to 

 Thymara, and has, like the former, only one free internal 

 vein. The antennte appear to agree very well with those 

 of Himantopterus. The species is represented in the 

 British Museum by a single imperfect female. As it is 

 impossible to examine this specimen without much risk, 

 it is hoped that it may be figured. 



Gen. Doratopteryx, Roqenhofer, Sitz. Zool. Bot. Ges. 

 Wien., xxxiii., p. 23 (1883). 



? Pedoptila, Butl., Ann. Nat. Hist., 5th ser., vol. xv., 

 p. 341, fig. (1885). 



The neuration of Doratopteryx differs from that of 

 Thymara in having the upper median vein and the lower 

 radial well separated at their origin, whereas in Thymara 



