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SOCTCIU.K. 



Genus TUMIDIFKONTIA. 

 Tumid ijroniia, Hmpsii. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 282 (1902) 



Type. 



castaueotincta. 



Proboscis absent ; palpi very short, porrect, and 9liji;htly fringed witli bair 

 elow, not reaching nenrly to exti-emity of the very large rounded frontal 

 prominence, with curneniis plate below it ; eyea large, round ; antenna" of 

 male bipectinale witii short brandies to ape\ ; tliorax clothed chiefly with 

 scales, pro- and niclatliorax with large spreading crests; tibia; fringed with 

 long liair. the tarsal joints witli slight tntts of biir; abdomen witli dorsal 

 crests on basal segments. Fore wing r.ather long and narrow, tlieapex rounded, 

 the termen evenly curved and not crennlate; veins 3 and .'> froui near angle 

 of cell ; () from upper migle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing w itli 8 to form the areole ; 

 11 from cell Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; i) obsolescent 

 from just below middle of discocellidars ; (>, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anas- 

 tomosing wiili tile cell near base only. 



4311. Tumidifrontia castaueotincta. 



Tumidifrontia castaneotincta, Hmpsn. Ann. S. Afr. Mu*. ii. p. .283 (1902). 



c? . Head and thorax rufous mixed with grey and a few blackisli 

 scales ; teguUe and patagia at tips and thoracic crests bright rufous ; 

 legs pale rufous, the tufts of hair on tarsal joints whitish ; abdomen 

 whitish tinged with rufous except at sides towards base, the crests 

 bright rufous. Fore wing pale violaceous grey suffused with pinkish 

 on basal and costal areas, the medial area whitish ; some black 

 irroration at base and on inner area before the antemedial line, 

 which is pale rufous defined by whitish on inner side, niiiuitcly 

 waved, oblique ; orbicular and reniform rather small, whitish 





Fig. 1. — Tumi Jifro7itia castaneotincta, (S ■ \. 



defined by diffused rufous, the former round, the latter with rufous 

 line in centre ; a rufous medial line, diffused to median nervure, 

 then sinuous; postmcdial line indistiiict, rufous defined by whitish 

 on inner side, slightly bent outwards below costa, then sinuous, 

 strongly incurved below vein 3 and bent outwards from submedian 

 fold to inner margin, some black suffusion beyond it on inner area ; 

 a fine brown terminal line cilia whitish tinged with pink. Hind 

 wing white, the costa and termen slightly tinged with ochreous 

 brown ; the underside with pinkish suft'usion from middle of costa 

 to middle of discoccllnjars 



Hah. Masuonaland Salisbury {Marshall), 1 6 type. Exp. 

 30 millim. 



