﻿new 
  African 
  Ileterocera. 
  573 
  

  

  the 
  base. 
  Secondaries 
  fairly 
  ample. 
  Neuration 
  : 
  primaries 
  

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

   the 
  angle, 
  6 
  from 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  cell, 
  7 
  from 
  the 
  upper 
  

   angle; 
  8, 
  9, 
  and 
  10 
  stalked, 
  11 
  free 
  from 
  the 
  cell. 
  Second- 
  

   aries 
  with 
  4 
  from 
  the 
  angle, 
  5 
  from 
  above 
  the 
  angle, 
  6 
  and 
  7 
  

   stalked, 
  8 
  anastomosing 
  shortly 
  with 
  the 
  cell, 
  then 
  free. 
  

   Type, 
  Tr 
  achy 
  plena 
  rufa 
  } 
  B-B. 
  

  

  Trachyptena 
  rufa 
  } 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  ? 
  . 
  Head, 
  thorax, 
  and 
  abdomen 
  pale 
  rufous. 
  Both 
  wings 
  

   quite 
  uniform 
  markless 
  pale 
  tawny, 
  entirely 
  irrorated 
  with 
  

   fine 
  rust-coloured 
  scales. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  24 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Lokoja 
  District 
  (100 
  miles 
  north). 
  

  

  Type 
  in 
  my 
  collection. 
  

  

  Zygsenidae. 
  

  

  HlMANTOPTEBINJS. 
  

  

  Petoptila 
  catori, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  $ 
  . 
  Head, 
  thorax, 
  and 
  abdomen 
  blackish, 
  covered 
  with 
  

   fine 
  deep 
  orange 
  hairs. 
  Primaries 
  with 
  the 
  basal 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  

   wings 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  cell 
  yellow, 
  the 
  outer 
  portion 
  

   being 
  entirely 
  dark 
  sooty 
  grey. 
  Secondaries 
  yellowish 
  for 
  

   the 
  basal 
  third, 
  the 
  rest 
  being 
  dark 
  sooty 
  grey 
  ; 
  the 
  tail 
  is 
  

   very 
  narrow 
  for 
  two-thirds, 
  then 
  suddenly 
  expands 
  and 
  is 
  

   spatulate, 
  but 
  equally 
  suddenly 
  narrows 
  into 
  a 
  short, 
  fine, 
  

   slightly 
  hooked 
  tip. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  "22 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Lokoja 
  District 
  (100 
  miles 
  north). 
  

  

  Type 
  in 
  my 
  collection. 
  

  

  Near 
  P. 
  neuropteridia, 
  Btk, 
  but 
  the 
  yellow 
  patch 
  is 
  different 
  

   and 
  the 
  secondaries 
  are 
  quite 
  a 
  different 
  shape. 
  

  

  Doratoptcryx 
  zopheropa, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  <J 
  . 
  Head 
  and 
  thorax 
  dusky 
  grey; 
  abdomen 
  yellowish. 
  

   Primaries 
  dusky 
  grey, 
  with 
  an 
  obscure 
  yellowish 
  dash 
  in 
  the 
  

   cell 
  and 
  a 
  small 
  basal 
  patch 
  below 
  the 
  cell. 
  Secondaries 
  

   with 
  the 
  base 
  yellowish 
  and 
  the 
  long 
  entirely 
  filamentary 
  tail 
  

   dusky. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  24 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Entebbe, 
  Uganda; 
  January. 
  

  

  Type 
  in 
  my 
  collection. 
  

  

  