﻿Genera 
  and 
  Species 
  of 
  Noctuida^ 
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  Laving 
  a 
  dorsal 
  series 
  of 
  crests 
  except 
  on 
  two 
  basal 
  

   segmeuts. 
  

  

  5315 
  a. 
  LamproI(q)ha 
  melanephra, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Head, 
  thorax, 
  and 
  abdomen 
  oclireous 
  tinged 
  with 
  grey- 
  

   brown, 
  the 
  dorsum 
  of 
  thorax 
  with 
  fuscous 
  ; 
  antennfo 
  blackish 
  

   except 
  above 
  towards 
  base 
  ; 
  palpi 
  black, 
  the 
  third 
  joint 
  

   ochreous 
  ; 
  pectus 
  and 
  legs 
  black, 
  the 
  tarsi 
  ringed 
  with 
  

   white; 
  abdomen 
  with 
  the 
  crests 
  silvery 
  placed 
  on 
  black 
  sjjots 
  

   which 
  are 
  large 
  on 
  third 
  to 
  fifth 
  segments, 
  small 
  on 
  sixth 
  

   and 
  sevejith, 
  and 
  paired 
  on 
  eighth 
  segment, 
  tlie 
  ventral 
  surface 
  

   irrorated 
  with 
  black. 
  Fore 
  wing 
  ochreous 
  tinged 
  with 
  

   grey-brown 
  and 
  irrorated 
  witli 
  some 
  black 
  scales 
  especially 
  

   on 
  terminal 
  area 
  ; 
  a 
  short 
  black 
  streak 
  on 
  costa 
  before 
  the 
  

   very 
  indistinct 
  waved 
  brown 
  antemedial 
  line 
  ; 
  a 
  more 
  distinct 
  

   waved 
  medial 
  line 
  with 
  oblique 
  black 
  striga 
  from 
  costa 
  ; 
  

   a 
  small 
  black 
  discoidal 
  luuule 
  ; 
  postmedial 
  line 
  double, 
  

   blackish 
  filled 
  in 
  with 
  whitish, 
  the 
  outer 
  line 
  stronger, 
  

   oblique 
  to 
  vein 
  6, 
  excurved 
  between 
  veins 
  4 
  and 
  2 
  and 
  

   incurved 
  in 
  submedian 
  interspace, 
  some 
  pale 
  points 
  with 
  

   minute 
  black 
  streaks 
  between 
  them 
  beyond 
  it 
  on 
  costa 
  ; 
  

   subterminal 
  line 
  greyish 
  ochreous, 
  excurved 
  at 
  vein 
  7 
  and 
  

   middle 
  ; 
  a 
  punctiform 
  black 
  terminal 
  line 
  ; 
  cilia 
  with 
  some 
  

   blackish 
  spots 
  at 
  middle. 
  Hind 
  wing 
  ochreous 
  tinged 
  with 
  

   grey-brown, 
  the 
  terminal 
  area 
  suffused 
  with 
  reddish 
  brown; 
  au 
  

   obliqne 
  black 
  discoidal 
  bar 
  ; 
  postmedial 
  line 
  black, 
  minutely 
  

   waved, 
  incurved 
  at 
  discal 
  and 
  submedian 
  folds 
  ; 
  an 
  indistinct 
  

   pale 
  sinuous 
  subterminal 
  line 
  ; 
  a 
  rather 
  punctiform 
  black 
  

   terminal 
  line 
  ; 
  cilia 
  with 
  a 
  fine 
  pale 
  line 
  at 
  base 
  and 
  some 
  

   blackish 
  spots 
  at 
  middle; 
  the 
  underside 
  whitish 
  suffused 
  

   with 
  black, 
  the 
  lines 
  blackish. 
  

  

  Hub. 
  Gold 
  Coast, 
  Bibianaha 
  (Spurrell) 
  ) 
  , 
  4 
  (J, 
  1 
  ? 
  type, 
  

   Kumasi 
  (Sanders), 
  2 
  (^ 
  . 
  Exp. 
  16 
  mm. 
  

  

  Genus 
  Epicerynea, 
  nov. 
  

  

  Type, 
  E. 
  c/oniosema. 
  

  

  Proboscis 
  aborted, 
  minute 
  ; 
  palpi 
  upturned, 
  the 
  second 
  joint 
  

   reaching 
  to 
  well 
  above 
  vertex 
  of 
  head 
  and 
  fringed 
  with 
  hair 
  

   behind 
  towards 
  extremity, 
  the 
  third 
  long; 
  frons 
  smooth 
  ; 
  

   eyes 
  large, 
  round; 
  antennse 
  of 
  male 
  with 
  long 
  cilia; 
  thorax 
  

   clothed 
  almost 
  entirely 
  with 
  scales 
  and 
  without 
  crests 
  ; 
  

   tibise 
  slightly 
  fringed 
  with 
  hair; 
  abdomen 
  without 
  crests. 
  

   Fore 
  wing 
  with 
  the 
  apex 
  rectangular, 
  the 
  teiin.en 
  oblique 
  

   towards 
  tornus 
  ; 
  vein 
  3 
  from 
  before 
  angle 
  of 
  cell 
  ; 
  4, 
  5 
  from 
  

   angle 
  ; 
  G 
  from 
  below 
  upper 
  angle 
  ; 
  7, 
  8, 
  9, 
  10 
  stalked 
  ; 
  

  

  