LTSCEIA. CONILEPIA. 



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457. Lysceia bigutta. 



Lijsceia Ugutta, Wlk. ii. 541 (1854) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 339. 



<S . Head orange ; palpi 

 at", sides and antcunae fuscous ; 

 thorax grey-brown ; abdo- 

 men grey, the terminal 

 segments yellow. Fore wing 

 grey-brown ; the cost a 

 blackish towards base ; a 

 black discoidal point and 

 another below it in snb- 

 median fold. Hind wdng 

 pale yellow. • 



, Hah. Natal, Karkloof (Marshall), 1 S '■> Cape CoLONr, Fort Pitt 



{Dr. Smith), 1 S type. Exp. 24-2G millim. 



Genus (EDALEOSIA, nov. 



Typo, Q?. niffricosfa. 



Proboscis aborted, minute; palpi minute, not reaching beyond the fron?, 

 whfcli has a large rounded prominence with a corneous plate below it ; antenme 

 of male ciliated ; tibiae with the s]5ur? moderate. Fore wing lung and narrow ; 

 vein 2 from middle of cell, curved at base ; 3 from close to angle, 5 from above 

 angle; 6 from just below upper angle; 7, 8, 9 stalked, 7 from beyond 9; 10, 

 11 free, oblique. Hind wing with vein 2 frcnn middle of cell; 3, 4 shortly 

 stalked ; 5 absent ; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 from middle of cell. 



Fig. 1 37. — Lysceia higufta, (^ . 



Fig. 138. — (Edaleosia nigricosta, J. }. 



458. (Edaleosia nigricosta, n. sp. 



c? . Head yellowish white, slightly tinged with black; antennfe 



black ; the back of head and 

 tegulae orange ; thorax yellow- 

 ish white ; patagia black in 

 front ; pectus, legs, aud abdo- 

 men orange. Fore wing 

 yellowish white, with narrow 

 black costal fascia ; cilia 

 yellow. Hind wing w'hite, 

 the costal area fuscous. 

 Hah. SiKRRA Leone {Clemen fs), 1 J tvpe; Gambia {Molonei/). 

 EviK 22 millim. 



Genus CONILEPIA, nov. 



Type, C. nigricosta. 



Proboscis fully developed; palpi porrect, not reaching beyond the frons; 

 antennaj of male ciliated ; tibiaj with the spurs moderate ; abdomen clothed 

 with rough hair. Fore wing long and narrow; vein 2 from middle of cell, 

 curved at base; 3 from well before angle, curved at base; 5 absent ; (5 from 

 below upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areola, 7 from 

 the areole ; 11 free. Hind wing with vein 2 from middle of cell ; 3, 4 stalked ; 

 6 absent, 6, 7 coincident; 8 frum be.'bre middle of cell. 



