﻿5-32 
  On 
  new 
  African 
  Ileterocera. 
  

  

  termen 
  slightly 
  arched, 
  wings 
  expanding 
  rapidly. 
  Neura- 
  

   tion: 
  primaries 
  with 
  vein 
  2 
  given 
  off 
  a 
  quarter 
  from 
  the 
  lower 
  

   angle, 
  3, 
  4, 
  and 
  5 
  from 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  angle, 
  6 
  from 
  the 
  upper 
  

   angle, 
  7, 
  8, 
  9, 
  and 
  10 
  stalked, 
  7 
  from 
  nearest 
  the 
  cell, 
  11 
  

   from 
  near 
  end 
  of 
  cell. 
  Secondaries 
  with 
  3 
  and 
  4 
  stalked, 
  

   5 
  from 
  below 
  the 
  middle, 
  6 
  and 
  7 
  stalked. 
  

   Type, 
  Lymantriades 
  obliqualmea 
  , 
  B-B. 
  

  

  Lymantriades 
  obliqualmea, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  $ 
  . 
  Head 
  and 
  thorax 
  dark 
  brownish 
  grey, 
  palpi 
  and 
  

   antennal 
  tufts 
  bright 
  orange-yellow 
  ; 
  abdomen 
  alternately 
  

   banded 
  yellow 
  and 
  black. 
  Primaries 
  brownish 
  grey 
  with 
  a 
  

   dark 
  median 
  line 
  palely 
  edged 
  internally, 
  postmedian 
  line 
  

   very 
  oblique, 
  the 
  area 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  it 
  being 
  paler 
  than 
  rest 
  of 
  

   wing, 
  a 
  broad 
  dark 
  indefinite 
  area 
  behind 
  it, 
  a 
  subferminal 
  

   scalloped 
  dark 
  line 
  palely 
  edged 
  internally. 
  Secondaries 
  

   pale 
  brownish, 
  lightest 
  at 
  the 
  base. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  28 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Gunnal, 
  West 
  Africa. 
  

  

  Type 
  in 
  my 
  collection. 
  

  

  Parapirga, 
  gen. 
  nov. 
  

  

  <§ 
  . 
  Palpi 
  minute, 
  hairy; 
  face 
  hairy, 
  antennae 
  of 
  both 
  

   sexes 
  deeply 
  pectinate, 
  more 
  deeply 
  in 
  male. 
  Neuration 
  

   with 
  3 
  from 
  well 
  before 
  the 
  lower 
  angle, 
  4 
  and 
  5 
  from 
  

   the 
  lower 
  angle, 
  6 
  from 
  below 
  the 
  upper 
  angle, 
  7 
  from 
  8 
  

   and 
  connected 
  by 
  a 
  bar 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  with 
  6 
  and 
  constricted 
  

   at 
  that 
  point, 
  8 
  and 
  9 
  forked 
  near 
  the 
  apex, 
  10 
  and 
  11 
  from 
  

   the 
  cell, 
  10 
  connected 
  with 
  8 
  by 
  a 
  short 
  bar 
  beyond 
  7 
  and 
  so 
  

   forming 
  a 
  long 
  areole. 
  Secondaries 
  with 
  3 
  from 
  well 
  before 
  

   the 
  an^le, 
  4 
  from 
  the 
  angle, 
  5 
  from 
  below 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  

   cell, 
  6 
  and 
  7 
  stalked, 
  8 
  free 
  from 
  the 
  base, 
  but 
  connected 
  

   with 
  the 
  cell 
  by 
  a 
  short 
  bar. 
  

  

  Type, 
  Parapirga 
  7ieurabruunea 
  } 
  B-B. 
  

  

  Parapirga 
  neurabrunnea, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

   $-i 
  Head 
  and 
  face 
  brownish, 
  thorax 
  grey 
  ; 
  abdomen 
  pale 
  

   grey. 
  Both 
  wings 
  sub-diaphanous, 
  but 
  scaled 
  all 
  over 
  with 
  

   white 
  semitransparent 
  scales. 
  Primaries 
  with 
  all 
  the 
  veins 
  

   covered 
  with 
  fine 
  brown 
  scales, 
  which 
  also 
  are 
  spread 
  some- 
  

   what 
  along 
  the 
  termen. 
  Secondaries 
  with 
  the 
  veins 
  brown 
  

   only 
  quite 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  termen. 
  

  

  $ 
  . 
  Like 
  the 
  males, 
  but 
  veins 
  less 
  densely 
  brown. 
  

   Expanse, 
  £ 
  46, 
  ? 
  59 
  mm. 
  

   Bab. 
  N'Dalla 
  Tando, 
  2700 
  feet 
  ; 
  November. 
  

   Type 
  in 
  my 
  collection. 
  

  

  [To 
  be 
  continued.-] 
  

  

  