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  African 
  Ileterocera. 
  571 
  

  

  Samara 
  apiceplagata, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  ? 
  . 
  Head, 
  thorax, 
  and 
  abdomen 
  pale 
  greyish 
  dove-brown 
  ; 
  

   metathorax 
  with 
  a 
  deep 
  velvety 
  brown 
  patch. 
  Both 
  wings 
  

   pale 
  greyish 
  dove-brown. 
  Primaries 
  with 
  the 
  least 
  trace 
  of: 
  

   a 
  fine, 
  irregular, 
  dentate 
  grey 
  line, 
  and 
  a 
  similar 
  posterior 
  line 
  

   which 
  is 
  yet 
  more 
  obscure 
  ; 
  a 
  largish, 
  round, 
  apical, 
  brown 
  

   patch, 
  evanescent 
  on 
  its 
  apical 
  side. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  44 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Lokoja 
  (100 
  miles 
  north). 
  

  

  Type 
  in 
  my 
  collection. 
  

  

  Samara 
  xulhosoma, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  ? 
  . 
  Head 
  brown, 
  thorax 
  grey, 
  abdomen 
  straw-yellow, 
  legs 
  

   coffee-brown. 
  Primaries 
  pale 
  brownish, 
  thickly 
  irrorated 
  

   with 
  fine 
  grey 
  scales 
  ; 
  a 
  trace 
  of 
  a 
  short 
  bas:il 
  line 
  and 
  an 
  

   oblique, 
  twice 
  waved, 
  dark 
  rusty 
  brown 
  postmedian 
  line, 
  with 
  

   a 
  white 
  exterior 
  edging. 
  Secondaries 
  pale 
  straw-yellow, 
  with 
  

   broad 
  internervular 
  dashes 
  of 
  pale 
  fawn-colour. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  54 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hib. 
  Lokoja 
  (100 
  miles 
  north). 
  

  

  Type 
  in 
  my 
  collection, 
  

  

  Altha 
  ansorgei, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  <$ 
  . 
  Head 
  and 
  thorax 
  purplish 
  brown, 
  metathorax 
  carmine, 
  

   abdomen 
  pale 
  lemon-yellow. 
  Primaries 
  bright 
  canary- 
  

   yellow, 
  the 
  basal 
  two-thirds 
  being 
  solid 
  reddish 
  purple, 
  with 
  

   a 
  few 
  overscattered 
  pale 
  lavender 
  scales 
  ; 
  this 
  area 
  has 
  a 
  

   broad 
  outward 
  projection 
  about 
  veins 
  3 
  to 
  5 
  ; 
  a 
  dark 
  brown 
  

   postmedian 
  line 
  is 
  also 
  in 
  the 
  area 
  followed 
  by 
  a 
  canary- 
  

   yellow 
  spot 
  in 
  the 
  angle 
  of 
  vein 
  3; 
  subterminal 
  line 
  dark 
  

   brown, 
  highly 
  curved 
  twice, 
  first 
  from 
  the 
  costa 
  to 
  vein 
  8, 
  

   then 
  more 
  prominently 
  from 
  7 
  to 
  the 
  tornus 
  ; 
  this 
  line 
  consists 
  

   more 
  or 
  less 
  of 
  confluent 
  lunules. 
  Secondaries 
  very 
  pale 
  

   sulphur-yellow. 
  

  

  $ 
  . 
  Like 
  the 
  male, 
  but 
  the 
  basal 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  secondaries 
  is 
  

   yellow. 
  

  

  Expanse, 
  <$ 
  34, 
  ? 
  39 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  N'Dalla 
  Tando, 
  N. 
  Angola, 
  2700 
  feet 
  ; 
  November. 
  

   Lokoja 
  District. 
  

  

  Type 
  in 
  my 
  collection. 
  

  

  Paeagetok, 
  gen. 
  no 
  v. 
  

  

  Palpi 
  short, 
  slightly 
  scaled, 
  upturned, 
  not 
  reaching 
  halfway 
  

   up 
  the 
  eyes. 
  Neuration 
  : 
  primaries 
  with 
  vein 
  3 
  from 
  well 
  

   1 
  38* 
  

  

  