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 228. Lycosphiugia hamatus. 



*Smerintliiis hamatus Dewitz, I.e. p. 28. t. 2. f. 2 (1879 ((J, Chinchoxo ;— Mus. Berlin). 

 Poli/pli/chus ha mains, Kirby, J.r. n. 1 (1892). 



c?. We have seen only two specimens. The antennae are rather too short in 

 Dewitz's figure, and the (visible) end-segment of the abdomen is too broad ; this 

 eighth tergite is rather long, and its ventral edge broadly sinuate. Tenth tergite 

 broad, triangular, obtnse ; sternite elongate-triangular, ajiex obtuse and incrassato, 

 being convex beneath. Clasper (PI. XXXIII. f. 16) broad, dorsal margin with 

 a [irocess (broken in the sj)ecinien dissected) ; harpe a large concave ])late, narrowed 

 at end, strongly rounded ventro-basally, ape.v obtuse and beset witli short spines 

 at the edge. Penis-sheath with long club-shaped process (PI. XXX. f. ^6), which 

 ends in a small point. 



Ifnh. West Africa. 



One c? in the Berlin Museum (('/;>(') from (!hinchoxo ; (Jold Coast, 1 c? in Mns. 

 Triug, received in exchange from G. Weymer. 



LXIII. LIKOMA gen. nov. — Typns : apicah's. 



c? ?. DiflTers from Po/////tt/c//i/s in having only onr pair of s]nirs to the hindtibia, 

 and in the ah.wiiee of the paronychium. 



Tongue very short and weak. Joint of palpus open. Ventral outline of 

 antennal segments slightly concave (side-view). Scales of abdominal tergites 

 narrow, many hair-like ; spines at the apices numerous but weak. Spurs very 

 short, not spinose, longer one of hindtibia scarcely longer than the tibia is broad. 

 I'ulvillus present, paronychium absent, i.e. without lobes. Distal margin of forewing 

 dentate ; D^ of hindwing curved, oblique, not longer than D', this very obli()ne, 

 lower angle of cell sharply acuminate. Clasjier and eighth tergite with organ of 

 friction. 



Early stages not known. 



Ilab. East Africa. 



One species. 



229. Likoma apicalis sj)ec. nov. (PI. V. f 5,c?). 



cJ?. Body and wings dirt;- vinaceous, shaded with chocolate-brown scaling; 

 mctanotum and base of abdomen above much darker. 



Wings, npperside. Forewing with blackish brown lines with pale borders, 



which make the line appear double : two almost straight, in basal half, the one 

 about 2 mm. jiroximally of base of M^, the other at base of M' ; two on disc, the 

 first straight, the second concave from costal margin beyond R^, then turning basad 

 and curving towards hinder margin ; a postdiscal line curved in nearly the same 

 way, indistinct liehind ; the marginal area bordered by the postdiscal line and an 

 obliiiiiely placed double spot at angle dark chestnut ; stigma small, white ; fringe 



wbitiKJi between veins. Hindwing with three lines : proximal one just distal 



of base of M', nearly quite straight, the second somewhat curved in middle, nearer 

 'lie first behind thsin in front, both with jiale outer border, the third less distinct, 

 nearly parallel to margin, also witii pale border : the marginal area limited by this 



