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dorsal and ai>ical edges denticulate (PI. LIX. f. 3). Penis-sheatli somewhat curved, 

 with a short oouical horizontal apical tooth pointing dextro-laterad (PI. LIX. f. 9). 



? and early stages not known. 



Hab. British Central Africa. 



One species. 



23. Dovania poecila spec. uov. (PI. VI. f. 'J, S). 



S. Black, with few white hair-scales. Anteuna (except scaling) hazel colour. 

 Abdomen with broad creamy buif rings, which are broadly interrupted above, widest 

 laterally, and confined to the tergites. 



Wings, iijiperslile. Forewing olive-black, with the black lines indistinct, 



traceable in conseciueuce of the presence of bluish white scales in the interspaces ; 

 an area at lower angle of cell and extending on to disc without these scales ; a 

 triangular costal apical patch deeper black and continued backwards as a kind of 

 snbmarginal band ; an angle-shaped apical spot followed behind SC' by a line, white ; 

 stigma ferruginous yellow ; fringe with traces of white spots. Hiudwing ferru- 

 ginous, base and abdominal margin black ; fringe brown, with small white sjiots. 



Underside : brown, both wings ferruginous ou disc ; this colour extending 

 to distal margin excejrt in front and behind ; the two white markings near tip 

 of forewing as above ; hindwiug with a bluish white postdiscal band, which is not 

 well defined, and traces of some discal bands ; there are also some bluish white 

 scaling on the forewing in outer third. 



Length of forewing : S , 36 mm. 



Ilah. District of Dowa, or Ghiwere, Central Angoailand. 



1 (? in the Oxford Museum. 



XIIL LOMOCYMA gen. uov.— Typus : oegrapha. 

 Sphiiu, Mabille {nun Linnu, 1758), C. It. Soc. Ent. Bclg. xxviii. p. 187 (1884). 



cJ?. Antenna ((?) strongly compressed, the fasciculated ciliae long, ventral 

 series not reaching mesial Hue, ultimate segment shorter than in Psiloyramnia, 

 Meganoton and allied genera, the preceding ones all shorter than high. Eye 

 lashed. Tibiae not spiny. First segment of foretarsus long-scaled, appearing 

 incrassate, externally with 3 or 4 moderately prolonged and somewhat curved 

 spines, externo-apical spine of second segment also prolonged ; first segment of 

 mid- and hiiidtarsus mucli longer than the other segments together, and longer 

 than the tibiae. Midtarsns with comb as in Meganoton ; spines of row 3 of first 

 segment of hindtarsus little prolonged basally, row 2 almost reaching base ; .spurs 

 long, long apical one of hindtarsus about J the length of first tarsal segment ; 

 pulvillus and paronychium [iresent, the hitter with two flaps at each side. Distal 

 margin of wings scalioijed, fringe lojig. 



<?. Clasper without ])atch of modified scales ; jienis-sheath without armature. 



?. Postvaginal part of vaginal plate cliitiuised, broadly rounded apical ly ; 

 mouth of vagina proximal, a thin membranaceous fold runs from side to 

 side bordering the vaginal cavity proximally, autevaginal part of vaginal plate 

 luembruuaceouK. 



