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  African 
  Heterocera. 
  545 
  

  

  Antennae 
  pectinate, 
  with 
  cilia 
  and 
  tine 
  hairs. 
  Legs, 
  mid 
  and 
  

   hind 
  with 
  one 
  pair 
  of 
  tibial 
  spurs. 
  Neuration 
  : 
  primaries 
  

   with 
  vein 
  3 
  from 
  before 
  the 
  angle, 
  4 
  from 
  the 
  angle, 
  5 
  from 
  

   above 
  the 
  angle, 
  6 
  from 
  the 
  upper 
  angle, 
  7 
  from 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  

   the 
  areole, 
  8 
  into 
  the 
  apex, 
  9 
  excessively 
  short 
  (or 
  obsolete), 
  

   10 
  long 
  from 
  the 
  areole, 
  11 
  from 
  the 
  cell; 
  veins 
  10, 
  11, 
  and 
  

   12 
  lie 
  almost 
  touching 
  each 
  other. 
  Secondaries 
  with 
  3 
  and 
  4 
  

   and 
  6 
  and 
  7 
  on 
  long 
  stalks 
  from 
  the 
  lower 
  and 
  upper 
  angle 
  

   respectively, 
  5 
  from 
  above 
  the 
  angle, 
  8 
  practically 
  free 
  from 
  

   the 
  base. 
  

  

  Type, 
  Paraxena 
  esquamata 
  i 
  B-B. 
  

  

  £_ 
  Paraxena 
  esquamata, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  $ 
  . 
  Head 
  and 
  thorax 
  dirty 
  white; 
  abdomen 
  pale 
  grey, 
  with 
  

   anal 
  tuft 
  golden 
  brown. 
  Both 
  wings 
  white, 
  very 
  thinly 
  

   scaled. 
  Primaries 
  with 
  base 
  sparsely 
  irrorated 
  with 
  fine 
  black 
  

   scales. 
  Postmedian 
  line 
  composed 
  of 
  two 
  lines 
  of 
  fine 
  black 
  

   scales 
  slightly 
  waved 
  and 
  oblique. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  31 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  .N'Dalla 
  Tando; 
  January 
  (Ansorge). 
  Also 
  Entebbe, 
  

   Uganda. 
  

  

  Type 
  in 
  my 
  collection. 
  

  

  ^Paraxena 
  angola, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  $ 
  . 
  Head 
  and 
  thorax 
  creamy 
  ; 
  abdomen 
  whitish. 
  Pri- 
  

   maries 
  yellowish 
  cream-colour, 
  with 
  a 
  trace 
  of 
  a 
  double 
  

   antemedian 
  line 
  angled 
  in 
  the 
  cell 
  ; 
  postmedian 
  double 
  line 
  

   broad, 
  strongly 
  angled 
  beyond 
  the 
  cell 
  ; 
  fringes 
  brownish, 
  

   intersected 
  at 
  the 
  veins 
  ; 
  the 
  lines 
  are 
  composed 
  of 
  fine 
  pale 
  

   brown 
  scales. 
  Secondaries 
  much 
  paler 
  than 
  primaries. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  24 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Malange, 
  W. 
  Africa. 
  

  

  Type 
  in 
  my 
  collection. 
  

  

  Orygia 
  albacostata, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  J 
  1 
  . 
  Head, 
  thorax, 
  and 
  abdomen 
  brownish. 
  Primaries 
  pale 
  

   brownish, 
  with 
  a 
  patch 
  of 
  daiker 
  basal 
  scales; 
  the 
  costa 
  up 
  

   to 
  the 
  postmedian 
  line 
  and 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  cell 
  greyish 
  white 
  • 
  

   postmedian 
  dark 
  line 
  fine, 
  double, 
  and 
  angled 
  inwards 
  on 
  the 
  

   fold 
  ; 
  a 
  broad 
  whitish 
  oblique 
  dash 
  from 
  the 
  apex 
  to 
  about 
  

   vein 
  5 
  ; 
  an 
  obscure 
  subterminal 
  line 
  of 
  fine 
  internervular 
  

   dashes. 
  Secondaries 
  very 
  pale 
  brownish 
  grey. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  28 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Malange, 
  W. 
  Africa. 
  

  

  Type 
  in 
  my 
  collection. 
  

  

  Ann. 
  & 
  Mag. 
  N. 
  Hist. 
  Ser. 
  8. 
  Vol. 
  vii. 
  36 
  

  

  