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243. Ceridia mira spec. uov. (PI. IX. f. \2, S . 



(S ? . Aiiteiitiiie of both sexes ])ectiniito, the tlorso-lateral j)rocesse.s not scaled, 

 very long in S (PI. LX. f. 27. 28), about three times as long as the segment in 

 ? ; each segment ventrall)' jirodneed into a lobe which is widened at the end 

 (side-view), the lobes sejiarate, somewhat shorter in ? than in c?. Foretibia (thorn 

 exclnded) little longer than broad, tirst tarsal segment at least three times the 

 lengtli of the tibia (thorn excl.). R- of hindwing in or before centre of cell ; D^ 

 curved; D^ obliijue, about three times as long as D^, which is very short ; SC'- and 

 R' stalked or not. 



Body greyish ereani-colour, abdomen somewhat clayish ; face, a middle streak 

 from head to the first abdominal tergite, dilated on the latter, breast and anterior 

 legs more or less burnt umber-brown. 



Wings, /tji/M'rsir/e, greyish cream-colour, with a feeble shade of pink. 



Forewing : a thin, nearly straight, subbasal line a little nearer M- than base, almost 

 at right angles to costa, three short lines between (SM') and internal margin, 

 joined together in front, with the interspaces brownish, forming an inconspicuous 

 patch midway between base and internal angle, preceded by a large costal area 

 heavily bordered with burnt umber, exce]it at costal margin : this area is sinuate 

 behind, and bears nearly in middle a burnt umber-brown stigma; the proximal 

 edge of the patch is the antemedian line, while the inner and outer edges of the 

 distal border are the two discal lines, the three lines at the internal margin being 

 the posterior parts of the antemedian and discal lines ; a postdiscal line about 

 •t mm. from margin, curved distad behind, somewhat hinnlate ; a rather broad j)ale 

 mars-brown marginal band, almost extended to postdiscal line, except in front and 

 Iiehind, where the band is bordered by a whitish line, first j)artition of band deeper 



in colour, halfmoon-sha])ed. Hindwing : an indistinct median band touching 



end of cell, somewhat S-shaped, a jiostdiscal line parallel to margin indistinct ; 

 an indication of a marginal band between SC- and R'. 



Underside as above, but the subbasal line of the forewing absent, the proximal 

 border-band of the costal area not marked, the stigma absent, the external border 

 of the patch continued beyond M- and less sinuate behind M', the jiostdiscal line 

 heavier, and the marginal area jialer ; the discal band of the hindwing much more 

 distinct, of the same colour as that of the forewing ; postdiscal line distinct. 



(?. Tenth tergite (PI. XXV. f 21) slightly narrowed distad, oblirpiely sinuate 

 at each side before end, the tip narrowed (PI. XXV. f. 22, dorsal view) ; sternite 

 triangular, obtuse. Clasjier slender, feebly narrowed towards a])ex, which is rounded; 

 liaqie produced into a slender, slightly curved, pointed, ventro-distal process, which 

 bears a transverse tooth before the end (PI. XXXII. f. 2(1). Penis-sheath with a 

 jiatch of minute teeth at end, duct armed with a belt of long teeth (['1. XXX. f 44). 



?. A little darker than cJ, wings rather more elongate, outer margin of forewing 

 less convex, very feebly undulate. Vaginal plate small, feebly chitinised, without 

 jirocesses, anterior and lateral edge of orifice somewhat raised (PI. XVIIt. f 12). 



Iliih. Western side of Lnitpold Mts., near Ikntha, British East Africa. 



Three 6 6, one ? in the Tring Museum. 



244. Ceridia heuglini. 



*Hm,ri„lhiin hfjiiilini Felder, /..-. t. 7H. f. 2 (^) (IHTl) (Abyssinia ;— Mus. Tring). 

 LeiwojiliUhia ' beuijlhii (!), Boiscluval, I.e. p. 67. ii. 3 (1875). 



