644 noctuidj?. 



"W. Barnes ; the palpi are said to be upturned to middle of fron< 

 which has a rounded prominence with corneous plate below it 

 tibiae not spined ; hind wing with veins 3, 4 stalked. 



Genus ACANTHOFRONTIA, nov. 



Type, A. lithosiana. 



Proboscis aborted, minute ; palpi very short, porrect, slightly fringed witl 

 hair below ; frons with corneous prominence with raised walls, and long spin 

 from lower edge, and corneous plate below it ; eyes large, round ; antennae c 

 male almost simple ; thorax smoothly clothed with scales and hair mixed am 

 without crests; build slender; tibia; smoothly scaled, the fore tibia with mor. 

 or less developed curved claw at extremity on outer side ; abdomen withoi 

 crests. Fore wing long and narrow, the apex somewhat produced, the teruie 

 evenly curved and not crenulate ; the cell long ; veins 3 and 5 from near angfl 

 of cell, or 4, 5 stalked ; 6 from upper angle or stalked with 7, 8, 9 ; 7 f'roi 

 beyond 9 ; 1U, 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 strongly stalked 

 5 almost obsolete from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 strongly stalked 

 8 anastomosing with the cell to middle. 



5979. Acanthofrontia lithosiana, n. sp. 



c? . Head and fcegulse yellowish white ; a blackish band betwee 

 antennae, which are black ; thorax greyish white ; pectus and lej 

 yellow and white, the legs fuscous above ; abdomen orange bande 

 with fuscous. Fore wing with the costal area to median nervui 

 and vein 6 white, the rest of wing grey; a black fascia on cosl 



Fig. 177. — Acanthofrontia lithosiana, $ . }. 



from middle to apex ; a small semicircular black mark usual 

 present in cell above origin of vein 2 and two on discocellul; 

 nearly forming a small annulus ; the inner margin and cilia yello. 

 Hind wing white ; the costal area yellow and fuscous ; ci i 

 yellowish. 



Huh. Br. E. Africa, Athi-ya-Mawe (Betton), 3 J type. £ , 

 30 millim. 



Genus M0N0CYMIA, nov. 



Type, M. harmina. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to micp 

 of frons and smoothly scaled, the 3rd moderate; Irons smooth ; eyes la', 

 round; antennae of female minutely ciliated ; thorax clothed with hair .' 

 scales mixed, the prothorax without, crest, the metathorax with depre d 

 crest; tibia? moderately fringed with hair; abdomen without crests, re 





