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  Mr. 
  G. 
  T. 
  Betlmne-Baker 
  on 
  

  

  are 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  small 
  dark 
  spots, 
  the 
  costal 
  area 
  above 
  these 
  

   and 
  the 
  terminal 
  area 
  being 
  very 
  pale, 
  in 
  which 
  is 
  a 
  sub- 
  

   apical 
  bright 
  chestnut 
  half-moon; 
  termen 
  finely 
  chestnut; 
  

   fringes 
  pale. 
  Secondaries 
  uniform 
  pale 
  pinkish 
  straw- 
  

   colour. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  24-26 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  N'Dalla 
  Tando, 
  2700 
  feet; 
  November 
  (Ansorge). 
  

  

  Type 
  in 
  my 
  collection. 
  

  

  Paraplectra, 
  gen. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Palpi 
  short, 
  hairy, 
  end 
  segment 
  very 
  short, 
  nearly 
  naked 
  ; 
  

   antennae 
  pectinated. 
  Primaries 
  very 
  broad 
  ; 
  termen 
  evenly 
  

   rounded 
  off, 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  obliterate 
  an 
  angle 
  at 
  the 
  tornus 
  : 
  second- 
  

   aries 
  small. 
  Neuration 
  : 
  primaries 
  with 
  veins 
  2 
  and 
  3 
  stalked, 
  

   4 
  from 
  the 
  angle, 
  5 
  from 
  near 
  the 
  angle, 
  6 
  from 
  above 
  the 
  

   middle 
  near 
  the 
  angle, 
  7 
  and 
  8 
  stalked 
  on 
  a 
  longish 
  stalk, 
  

   9 
  absent, 
  10 
  from 
  the 
  cell, 
  11 
  bent 
  up 
  to 
  touch 
  12 
  running 
  

   along 
  beside 
  it. 
  Secondaries 
  with 
  3 
  from 
  near 
  the 
  angle, 
  4 
  

   from 
  the 
  angle, 
  5 
  from 
  well 
  above 
  the 
  angle, 
  6 
  and 
  7 
  stalked, 
  

   8 
  nearly 
  free 
  from 
  base. 
  

  

  Type, 
  Paraplectra 
  modesta, 
  B-B. 
  

  

  Paraplectra 
  modesta 
  } 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  $. 
  Head, 
  thorax, 
  and 
  abdomen 
  pale 
  tawny 
  brown. 
  Pri- 
  

   maries 
  buff-colour, 
  with 
  a 
  small 
  pale 
  rusty 
  patch 
  in 
  the 
  basal 
  

   part 
  of 
  the 
  fold, 
  margined 
  by 
  a 
  short 
  oblique 
  white 
  dash 
  ; 
  

   above 
  this 
  are 
  a 
  few 
  pale 
  rusty 
  indefinite 
  spots, 
  and 
  there 
  are 
  

   a 
  few 
  dark 
  rough 
  scales 
  scattered 
  very 
  sparingly 
  over 
  the 
  

   wing. 
  Secondaries 
  uniform 
  pale 
  yellowish 
  straw-colour. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  21 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  N'Dalla 
  Tando, 
  2700 
  feet 
  ; 
  November 
  {Ansorge). 
  

  

  Type 
  in 
  my 
  collection. 
  

  

  Somara 
  loxotoma, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  ? 
  . 
  Thorax 
  and 
  abdomen 
  white, 
  the 
  latter 
  tinged 
  with 
  

   yellow. 
  Both 
  wings 
  pure 
  white 
  ; 
  primaries 
  only 
  with 
  a 
  single 
  

   mark, 
  viz. 
  a 
  broad 
  pale 
  brown 
  stripe 
  along 
  the 
  fold 
  expanding 
  

   slightly 
  to 
  near 
  the 
  origin 
  of 
  vein 
  2, 
  then 
  suddenly 
  rising 
  in 
  

   an 
  oblique 
  broad 
  stripe 
  into 
  the 
  apex. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  50 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Lokoja 
  (100 
  miles 
  north). 
  

  

  Type 
  in 
  my 
  collection. 
  

  

  Nearest 
  S. 
  nivosa, 
  Feld. 
  

  

  