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section of M. Spurs short, not spiuose, two pairs to hindtibia, longer apical one 

 little longer than the tibia is broad. No organ of friction. 



The species bears in pattern an extraordinary likeness to the species o^ Mi i rumba ; 

 it is in fact a Marumha with two pair of spurs to the hindtibia and less specialised 

 clasper, coustitnting a type similar in this respect to the ancestor of Mantmha. 



$. Tenth tergite broad, sides nearly parallel, apex narrowed, deeply sinuate, 

 lobes pointed, their mesial edges bent downward, carinate below ; sternite repre- 

 sented by a mere rounded fold. (Hasper long-scaled outwardly, especially at 

 apical and dorsal edges, sliort, broad, deeply concave, with a prominent dorsal fold ; 

 liarpe very stout, obtuse at end, npperside concave, finely setose, the ventral edge 

 cariniform, dorsal edge with rather heavy sjjiaes. Penis-sheath and -funnel without 

 external armature. 



? . Not dissected. 



Early stages not known. 



lu Boisduval's type, which is a large ? , tlie forewiug is less rounded than in 

 the other s])ecimens we have seen, and the hindwing is more brownish yellow. 



Hah. Madagascar : Nossi-be' ; Tamatave ; Imerina. 



In several collections. In the Tring Museum 1 $ from Tamatave, received 

 through the kindness of Mons. Charles Oberthiir. 



LXI. PHYLLOXIPHIA gon. nov.— Typns : ohcrthueri. 



(J. Close to Poli/j)t>/cliiis. Tongue reaching to the end of the midcoxa, weak. 

 Second segment of palpus thrice as long as first, joint not open. A large tuft of 

 scale-hairs ventrally behind eye, covering lower part of same. Antenna rather thin, 

 ventral outline (side-view) of segments straight, apical segment three times as long 

 as high, jieiiultiraate one distinctly longer than high. Abdomen long, tergites with 

 broad uuderscales, spinose only at edges. Spurs not spinose, short, longer terminal 

 one of hindtibia about twice as long as the tibia is broad ; the tibia little longer tlian 



the first tarsal segment. Forewing : apex strongly produced, acute, hooked, distal 



and inner margins evenly rounded from SO' to base, no angle. -Hindwing : apex 



obtusely pointed, anal angle not produced, obtusely rounded, D^ more than twice 

 the length of D^, very obli(iue, D' transverse, lower angle of cell obtuse. 



? and early stages unknown. 



I fab. West Africa. 



One species. 



227. Phylloxiphia oberthueri spec. nov. (PI. I. f. 4, S). 



rj . Head and thorax above, sides of palpi and dorsal part of the abdominal 

 tergites clayish olive, this colour gradually fading away on the last segments, rather 

 sharply limited laterally on the basal ones ; rest of body cream-colour, underside of 

 legs and the anterior coxae rather darker. 



Wings, akive, a little paler than the thorax. Forewing washed with 



cinnamon ; there are feeble traces of lines : one line subbasal, beginning at M 

 proximally of M", and ending more distally at inner margin ; two between M' and 

 R', and traces of a third beyond end of cell, these three parallel, posteriorly more 



