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6. N. barretti, nov. sp. 1), Prout (huj. gen.?). Cape. 
7. N. pheenicosticta, nov. sp. 2). Prout (huj. gen.?). kKhodesia. 
8. N, chlorosticta, nov. sp. 3), Prout (huj. gen.?). German E. Africa. 
133. GENUS PSEUDHEMITHEA, BASTELBERGER 
Pseudhemithea. Bastelberger, Intern, Ent. Zeit. Guben, Vol, 2, p- 281 (1909). 
Characters. — Face smooth. Palpus minute, in c* (type-species) scarcely over one-half 
diameter of eye (Q unknown). Tongue present. Antenna nearly simple, minutely ciliated. Pectus hairy. 
Femora slightly hairy. Hindtibia in c thickened, with strong ensheathed hair-pencil and terminal 
spurs only ; hindtarsus short. Abdomen crested. Frenulum in gf slender, from before moderate basal 
expansion. Forewing broad, costa arched at base and near apex, very slightly between, apex squared, 
termen not very oblique, tornus squared, cell less than one-half, DC incurved, SC! from cell, free, 
SC? normal, R! just separate, M! connate ; hindwing with apex rounded, termen gently waved, slightly 
cut away from C to R!, leaving a minute tooth or angle at R!, cell two-fifths, DC scarcely incurved, 
little oblique posteriorly, C anastomosing with cell at a point near base, moderately rapidly diverging, 
SC? short-stalked, M! very shortly stalked. 
Early stages unknown. 
We are indebted to Dr. Bastelberger for the loan of one of his types of the species on which this 
genus is based. The minute palpus, still more than the slight peculiarity in the shape of the hindwing, 
separates it essentially from Z'emitea and. CAlorissa. From the African species which we have doubtfully 
referred to Neromia it is distinct (even if its Q prove to be two-spurred) in the crested abdomen. 
Type of the genus : Pseudhemilhea detrita, Bastelberger (1909). 
Geographical distribution of species. — W. Africa. 
1) Neromia (? barretti, nov. Sp. — G Q, 28-32 mm. Face red. Palpus minute, reddish above, whiter beneath. Antenna in both 
sexes simple, the scaled surface white. Head green, narrowly white between the antennz.. Thorax and abdomen green, paler beneath and at anus, a white 
dorsal line. Foreleg reddish. Wing-shape and aspect of CZZorocoma ; green, slightly more yellowish than in xzàr£functil/a, irrorated and minutely strigu- 
lated with white. Forewing with costal edge very narrowly pale; lines whitish, not very conspicuous; antemedian from costa at one-third (G) or at little 
beyond one-fourth (OQ), outcurved at first, reaching inner margin nearly perpendicularly or by a slight incurve; postmedian írom costa at beyond two- 
thirds, nearly parallel with termen ; no discal spot or terminal line; fringe concolorous in proximal half, paler in distal. Hindwing without antemedian 
line; postmedian slightly curved or nearly straight. Underside paler green, with the faintest possible traces of a still paler postmedian line. Annshaw, 
Cape Colony (Miss F. Barrett). Type (3) 1ncoll. Brit. Mus. The 9, also collected by Miss Barrett, is merely labelled « Cape », but probably from the 
same locality. Possibly a local form of. rubripuncttlla, differing in lack of cell-spots; structure practically identical, The transverse lines are evidently 
rather subject to variation, being considerably more approximated in the type c than in the O and the two Q Q believed to belong to xuóripunctilla. 
2) Neromia (?) phoenicosticta. nov sp. — c, 31 mm. Face and palpus deep red, narrowly pale below. Antenna short and stout, 
with short stout pectinations (the inner series quite rudimentary) which give place to serration at towards three-fourths, last few joints almost simple; 
shaft whitish at base, otherwise ochreous. Head green, narrowly white between antennz, Thorax green above. Foreleg deep red above (middle legs lost). 
Hindtibia not dilated, both spurs rather long, though unequal. Abdomen dorsally with a seriesof narrow reddish marks, placed longitudinally. Wings 
bright green, finely irrorated with whitish, costal edge of forewing narrowly light ochreous, unspotted; lines whitish, very faint; antemedian wanting on 
hindwing, on forewinr scarcely discernible, apparently curved and somewhat oblique outwards; postmedian on both wings parallel with termen, at a 
distance of 3 mm. ; each wings with a conspicuous crimson cell spot, containing a few blackish scales distally; fringes strongly tinged with crimson. 
Underside paler, unmarked, costa as above. Luena River, N. E. Rhodesia, 8 September, 1904 (R. L. Harger). 'l'ype in coll. Brit Mus. Wings broader 
than in true ;Veropzia (shaped as Prasznocyma-type), lorewing with SC! briefly anastomosing with C, R! about connate, hindwing with SC? short-stalked, 
M! just separate. A O ofthe same structure differs as follows : paler, bluer green, discal spots rather red-lead than crimson, fringes green, without a 
trace of crimson, dorsal marks of abdomen whitish, not red. Antenna simple, third joint of palpus short. Selukwe, Rhodesia, February-March, rgrr. Kindly 
presented to us by the captor, F. W. Short, B. Sc. Should this prove a local race or distinct species, we name it Neromia (;) miltosticta, »ov. 
3) Neromia (?) chlorosticta, nov. sp. — O', 21-22 mm, Face brown-red. Palpus minute, ochreous, tipped with reddish. Antenna 
almost simple, thick, ochreous, paler proximally on upperside. Head green, narrowly whitish between antennz.. Thorax and abdomen green dorsally, 
white ventrally, anal tuft pale ochreous. Legs pale ochreous, fore- and midfemora and tibiz reddish above and on inner side. Forewing green, with costal 
edge narrowly pale ochreous; discal spot darker green; antemedian line obsolete, postmedian from costa at slightly beyond three-fourths, paler than 
ground-colour, but not conspicuous, denticulate; fringe concolorous. Hindwing similar, the line strongly curved (almost more strongly than the termen 
itself). Underside paler green, unmarked. German East Africa (S. A. Neave), two c in coll. Brit. Mus. ; the type from the Valley of the Ruaha River 
lringa to Kilossa Road, 2000 feet, zr December, roro, the cotype Banks of Ruaha- River, 20 December, roro. In both examples SC! is free, R! and M! of 
forewing juststalked, of hindwing more strongly so; C of hindwing, exceptionally for this genus, anastomoses with cell for nearly two-fifths. 
