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  Sir 
  G. 
  F. 
  Hampsoii 
  on 
  new 
  

  

  developed 
  from 
  Avell 
  above 
  angle 
  ; 
  6, 
  7 
  from 
  upper 
  angle 
  ; 
  

   8 
  anastomosing 
  witli 
  the 
  cell 
  near 
  base 
  only. 
  

  

  5310 
  fl!. 
  Lophocryptis 
  argyrophora, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  ? 
  . 
  Head, 
  thorax, 
  and 
  abdomen 
  creamy 
  white 
  ; 
  antennae 
  

   blackish. 
  Fore 
  "wing 
  creamy 
  white 
  irrorated 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  

   black 
  and 
  silver 
  scales; 
  antemedial 
  line 
  faint, 
  ochreous 
  

   blown, 
  ex(!urved 
  below 
  costa, 
  incurved 
  at 
  median 
  nervure 
  

   and 
  excurved 
  below 
  the 
  cell^ 
  an 
  oblique 
  ochreous-hrown 
  

   striga 
  beyond 
  it 
  from 
  costa 
  ; 
  an 
  ochreous-brown 
  discoidal 
  

   bar 
  with 
  silver 
  scales 
  on 
  the 
  discoeellulars, 
  an 
  oblique 
  

   oclireous-brown 
  striga 
  above 
  it 
  from 
  costa 
  ; 
  a 
  black 
  and 
  

   silver 
  postmedial 
  point 
  below 
  vein 
  5 
  ; 
  postmedial 
  line 
  faint, 
  

   red-brown, 
  obliqncly 
  curved 
  from 
  costa 
  beyond 
  middle 
  to 
  

   toriius, 
  a 
  rufous 
  tinge 
  before 
  it 
  at 
  middle 
  and 
  the 
  area 
  

   beyond 
  it 
  suffused 
  with 
  rufous 
  ; 
  three 
  black 
  points 
  on 
  costa 
  

   towards 
  apex, 
  and 
  a 
  silver 
  patch 
  below 
  costa; 
  a 
  rather 
  

   maculate 
  silver 
  line 
  from 
  below 
  costa 
  towards 
  apex 
  to 
  

   termen 
  at 
  vein 
  4, 
  and 
  some 
  silver 
  scales 
  below 
  vein 
  4 
  before 
  

   termen 
  ; 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  black 
  striae 
  before 
  termen 
  from 
  below 
  

   vein 
  7 
  to 
  below 
  3 
  and 
  some 
  black 
  on 
  termen 
  from 
  vein 
  6 
  to 
  

   below 
  vein 
  4 
  where 
  tliere 
  are 
  two 
  small 
  black 
  spots 
  on 
  the 
  

   cilia. 
  Hind 
  wing 
  creamy 
  white, 
  the 
  inner 
  area 
  irrorated 
  

   with 
  a 
  few 
  black 
  scales 
  ; 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  black 
  points 
  before 
  

   termen 
  and 
  a 
  silver 
  terminal 
  line 
  ; 
  the 
  underside 
  white 
  

   irrorated 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  black 
  scales, 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  black 
  points 
  

   before 
  termen 
  from 
  apex 
  to 
  submedian 
  fold. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Gold 
  Coast, 
  Bibianaha 
  {Spurrell), 
  1 
  ? 
  type. 
  Eap. 
  

   20 
  mm. 
  

  

  Genus 
  Lamprolopha, 
  nov. 
  

  

  Type, 
  L. 
  melanephra. 
  

  

  Proboscis 
  fully 
  developed 
  ; 
  palpi 
  upturned, 
  tlie 
  second 
  joint 
  

   reaching 
  to 
  about 
  vertex 
  of 
  head 
  and 
  moderately 
  scaled, 
  the 
  

   third 
  moderate; 
  frons 
  smootli 
  ; 
  eyes 
  large, 
  round 
  ; 
  antennse 
  

   of 
  male 
  ciliated 
  ; 
  thorax 
  clothed 
  almost 
  entirely 
  with 
  scales 
  

   and 
  without 
  crests; 
  tibiae 
  moderately 
  fringed 
  with 
  hair; 
  

   abdomen 
  with 
  dorsal 
  series 
  of 
  crests 
  except 
  on 
  two 
  basal 
  

   seoments. 
  Fore 
  wing 
  with 
  the 
  apex 
  rounded, 
  the 
  termen 
  

   evenly 
  curved 
  and 
  not 
  crenulate 
  ; 
  veins 
  3 
  and 
  5 
  from 
  near 
  

   angle 
  of 
  cell 
  ; 
  6 
  from 
  upper 
  angle 
  ; 
  7, 
  8, 
  9 
  stalked 
  ; 
  10, 
  

   11 
  from 
  cell. 
  Hind 
  wing 
  with 
  veins 
  3, 
  4 
  from 
  angle 
  of 
  

   cell; 
  5 
  nearly 
  fully 
  developed 
  from 
  just 
  below 
  middle 
  of 
  

   discoeellulars 
  ; 
  6, 
  7 
  from 
  upper 
  angle 
  ; 
  8 
  anastomosing 
  with 
  

   the 
  cell 
  near 
  base 
  only. 
  

  

  In 
  key 
  differs 
  from 
  Xanihograpta 
  and 
  Paranyitia 
  in 
  

  

  