On swall .]fammals from the Upper Gambia dc. 117 



terminal darker shadings above tornus ; cilia mottled oclircous 

 and dark brown. Hind wings fuscous grey, showing the 

 black discal s|)ot and finely dentate postmedial line of under- 

 side ; cilia yellowish. 



Expanse 28 mm. 



Hub. Juan Vinas. 



NeoCODIA, gen. nov. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the second 

 joint to middle of frons, moderately scaled, the third moderate ; 

 irons smooth ; eyes large, round; antennaj of female ciliated ; 

 thorax clothed almost entirely with scales, the prothorax 

 without crest, the metathorax with spreading crest ; tibia3 

 moderately fringed with hair ; abdomen with dorsal crests 

 on two basal segments. Fore wing with the apex rounded, 

 the termen somewhat excised below apex and excurved at 

 middle, not crenulate ; veins o, 4^ stalked ; 5 from just above 

 angle of cell ; G from below upper angle ; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked ; 

 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 stalked; 5 nearly 

 fully developed from well above angle of cell ; 6, 7 from 

 upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. 



Type of genus, Neocodia asna. 



Neocodia asna, sp. n. 

 $ . Palpi and head grey ; collar and thorax grey shaded 

 with ochreous brown; abdomen above brown, with dorsal 

 ochreous tufts at base. Fore wings : basal half white, 

 crossed by a basal and antemedial dull brown line, and with 

 a broader similar shade between them ; outer half olive or 

 ochreous brown according to light; a fine dark postmedial 

 line shaded with white ; the apex broadly buff suffused with 

 golden brown ; an irregular subterrainal black shade suffusing 

 with a black spot on outer margin between veins 4 and 5. 

 Hind wings fuscous brown, thinly scaled at base ; cilia buff- 

 grey with some fuscous shadings. 



Expanse 17 mm. 



Hah. Guapiles, Sixola. 



XIIT. — List of small Mammals obtained by Mr. G. Fe.nwick 

 Owen on the Upper Gambia and in Fouta Djallon. By 

 Oldfield Thomas. 



(Published by permission of the Trustees of the British Museum.) 



During the early part of 1910 Mr. G. Fenwick Owen made 

 an expedition to Western Africa in search of large game, 



