426 Sir G. F. llanipson on new 



Page 114. Genus Neeressa, nov. 

 Type, N. sacjada, Senip. Scbmett. Phil. ii. p. 423 (1898). 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi porrect, not reaching 

 beyond the frons; antennse of female simple ; hind tibiae with 

 the medial spurs absent. Fore wing long and narrow ; veins 

 3, 5 shortly stalked, 4 absent ; 6 from well below upper 

 angle; 1, 8, and 11 stalked; 9, 10 absent. Hind wing with 

 vein 3 from angle of cell, 4 absent, 5 from well above angle ; 

 6, 7 coincident. 



288 a. Metarciia hcematncha, sp. n. 



(^ . Fuscous brown; head, thorax, and abdomen clothed 

 chiefly with blood-red hair. Fore wing with some blood-red 

 hair at base. Hind wing with the inner area tinged with 

 blood-red. 



Hab, Abyssinia, Kutai Metha {Degen), 1 S type. Exp. 

 44 mm. 



298 a. Pseudapiconoma melcBna^ sp. n. 



? . Head and thorax deep olive-brown ; abdomen deep 

 olive-brown, dorsally suflused with green except first two 

 segments, the lateral tufts orange at tips. Fore wing deep 

 olive-brown ; a triangular hyaline spot in end of cell ; an 

 oblique curved spot below base of vein 2, with a round spot 

 below it and an elongate spot above inner margin, with its 

 upper edge indented ; a wedge-shaped spot above vein 7, a 

 small triangular spot above base of vein 6 and a quadrate 

 spot above its middle, a large quadrate spot above vein 5, an 

 elongate spot above 4, quadrate spot above 3, very large 

 elongate patch above 2, and quadrate patch above 1. Hind 

 wing deep olive-brown, the cell and inner area thinly scaled ; 

 a small hyaline spot above vein 5 and small elongate spots 

 from below 5 to before 2. 



Hah. Uganda, Masaka (C/»zs<3/), 1 ? type. Exp. M mm. 



312 a. Sphecosoma metamela, sp. n. 



(^ . Head and thorax yellow ; antenna? and vertex of head 

 Hack ; tegulse black at extremity ; patagia edged with 

 black ; thorax with dorsal black stripe ; abdomen fulvous, 

 with two fine black streaks on tiist segment, and tlie three 

 terminal segments black. Fore wing yellowish hyaline, the 

 costal half slightly clouded with fulvous, the veins blackish ; 



