?iew African Heterocera. 555 



Parazana, gen. nov. 



Differs from Zana in that the cell of both wings is very 

 wide and has a veinlet running right through near the 

 middle, the termen of the wings is not crenulate. The 

 primaries are triangular, rapidly expanding outwards, and 

 broad, costa nearly straight, apex very slightly rounded ; 

 termen erect, slightly waved. Secondaries with apex broader 

 than in Zana and termen slightly truncated. 



Type, Parazana radiata, B-B. 



Parazana radiata, sp. n. 



? . Head and thorax ashy giey; abdomen yellowish, with 

 grey anal segments. Primaries pale chocolate-brown, brighter 

 than usual in that colour, with the low^er margin of the cell 

 narrowly grey, expanding outwards to the termen, the veins 

 showing white ; costa narrowly greyish, but with chocolate 

 scales overspreading it, a small grey terminal patch just 

 below the costa, inner margin narrowly slightly greyish. 

 {Secondaries clear white just tinged with yellowish. . 



Expanse 36 mm. 



Hub. Lokoja District (100 miles to the north). 



Type in my collection. 



Corma tephrcea, sp. n. 



? . Head and thorax ashy grey ; abdomen darker. 

 Primaries ashy grey tinged with lavender, a dark waved 

 basal line, median line dark, irregular, somewhat crenulate; 

 postmedian line dark, waved, almost spotted, with a row of 

 dark points palely edged directly outside it, a pale very 

 irregular subterminal line ; termen with dark internervular 

 dashes. Cell closed with an ashy-grey crescent palely edged. 

 Secondaries greyish white, tinged with greyish above vein 7, 

 termen finely dark, fringes pale grey. 



Expanse 44 mm. 



Hab. Northern Nigeria. 



Type in my collection. 



Epidonta, gen. nov. 



Head and frons roughly haired, palpi roughly haired, very 

 small, end segment minute, larger in the female ; antennae 

 fasciculate, in the male with cilia also. Legs : mid with one 

 pair of spurs, hind with two pair. Wings : primaries, costa 

 nearly straight, slightly depressed at apex ; termen evenly 

 curved, slightly crenulate ; width moderate, expanding 



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