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AROTIADJE. 



Genus CARIPODIA, nov. 



Type, C. chri/sarffi/ria. 



rVoboscis aborted, minute ; palpi porrect, rouglilj scaled, not extending as 

 f;ir as frons, wliicli lias a large rounded thickly scaled prominence ; antenuje 

 of male minutely serrate, with long bristles and cilia ; fore femora dilated ; the 

 tibiiu short, with long curved claw on inner side and short claw on outer; hind 

 femora short, fringed with thick hair ; abdomen clothed with rough hair. 

 Fore wing long and rather narrow, the costa arched towards apex, the ternien 

 oblique ; the cell long , vein 2 from near middle of cell, oblique ; 3 from just 

 before angle ; 5 from above angle ; 9 from lU anastomosing with 8 to form the 

 arcole, G from aieole ; 11 free, curved. Hind wing with vein 2 from middle 

 of cell; 3, 4 on a long stalk; 5 from angle; 6, 7 stalked; 8 from middle of 

 cell. 



Sect. I. Hind tibia? with one pair of spurs ; fore vring with vein 7 from 8 

 beyond 9. 



523. Caripodia clirysargyria, n. sp. 



Head, tegiilse, and i)atagia orange; antennae and thorax whitish 

 grey ; tarsi black ; abdomen orange. Fore wing silvery grey- 

 Avhite ; narrow oran^^e fascia; on costa and inner margin; the 

 costal edge black towards base ; cilia orange. Hind wing orange, 



Fig. 162. — Caripodia chrysargyria, S • \- 



tinged with fuscous towards costa. Underside of fore wing and 

 the costal area of hind wing, except the margins, black. 



Hah. C. Africa, Tanganyika, Nyasa (Simoits), 1 c? ; ^Iaphonaland, 

 Salisbury {Marshall), '3 d , 1 $ , type. Exp. 24-3G millim, 



A specimen from the Soudan, Djur, in Coll. Staudinger, has 

 veins 3, 4 of hind wing coincident ; and another specimen, from 

 CijoRMAN E. Africa, Dar-es-8alaam, has veins 7, 8, 9 stalked: they 

 otnerwisp. appear to be identical with the typical form. 



Sect. II. Hind tibise with two pairs of spurs; fore wing with vein 7 from 8 

 before U. 



524. Caripodia metaleuca, n. sp. (Plate XXV. fig. 14.) 



c? . Head and thorax orange-yellow ; abdomen whitish, the 

 extremity and ventral surface orange-yellow. Fore wing silvery 

 wliite, the costal edge and a fine terminal line orange. Hind wing 

 MJiite, with fine terminal orange line. 



J Jab. SiKKUA Lkoxe (Clements), 1 c? type. E.vp. 26 millim. 



