( •IS ) 



Larva and chrysalis luiktiDwn. 

 Hab. JIadagascar. 

 One species. 



','4. Lomocyma oegrapha. 



S/ihinx oegvapha Mabille, I.e. (1884) (Madag.). 



Hyloicus{^) oegrapha, Kirby, Cat. Up. IIH. i. p. 694. n. 16 (18'J2) (Madag.). 



(??. The species bears a superficial resemblance to certain American 

 JHlopkonota. 



tJ. Tenth abdominal tergite produced into a long, strongly curved, obtusely 

 pointed, subcylindrical process ; sternite very short, the lobe shorter than broad, 

 truncate, angles very strongly rounded, distal margin mesially continuous with 

 the under surface of the anal cone, sides somewhat turned upwards. Clasper small, 

 sole-shaped, dorso-apical margin turned inwards, rough with long scaling ; sub- 

 dorsal fold higli basally, ending abruptly ; harpe produced into a smgle, long, 

 slender, pointed, process, curved upwards, bearing a minute tooth on the distal side. 

 Penis-sheath dorsally produced into a very short rounded lobe, directed distad ; no 

 tooth or hook. 



llab. Madagascar ; apparently rare. 



In the Tring Museum 1 (?, 1 ? from Madagascar, without more precise locality. 



XIV. OLIGOGRAPHA gen. nov.— Typus : juniperi. 



Sphinx, Boisduval (nun hvunC-, 1758), in Deleg., Viii). Afr. Aiistr. ii. p. 5fl5 (1847). 



Anceryx Walker, Lhl Ltp. Ins. B.M. viii. p. 22!l (1856) (partim). 



Ilyloicus, Butler {non Hiibner, 1822), Trans. Zuol. Sol: Lund. ix. p. 617 (1877). 



c? ? . Antenna thickest beyond middle, almost clubbed in ? ; end-segment nol 

 more than two and a half times as long as high, not produced into a bristle-like 

 process, dorsally covered with long scales ; no prolonged fasciculated ciliae in ? , 

 those of (J about half as long as the segment is broad dorsally. Tongue longer than 

 the body. Pilifer normal, geual process triangular, as long as pilifer. Palpus 

 somewhat prominent, visible from above. Eyes lashed. Tibiae not spinose ; iirst 

 segment of foretarsus rather densely spinose externally, spines of first row a little 

 longer than the others ; midtarsus with comb, but the bristles of the comb not 

 much longer than the ordinary spines ; first segment of hindtarsus longer than 

 segments :l to 5 togetlier, a little shorter than the tibia ; spurs long, long apical one 

 of hindtibia about | to f the length of the first tarsal segment ; pulvillus present, 

 paronychium with one lobe on each side. 



Larva and chrysalis not known. 



Hah. «. E. Africa. 



The end-segment of the antenna is comparatively very short, reminding one 

 of the antennae of JJolbi/ia and allies. — A derivation from Lomocyma. 



25. Oligographa juniperi. 



*Sphinx juniperi Boisduval, I.e. p. 695. n. 112 (1847) (Natal) ; id., Spee. Gen. Lfp. Hit. i. p. 107. 



n. 40 (1875) (Natal ; Hottentot country). 

 •Sphinx junipcnie (!), Mune'tries, Eniiin. Corp. A nini. Mas. Petr., Lep. p. 89. u. 1475 (1857) (loc. err. !). 



