HTPOSHADA. ARDOXTSSA. 541 



Genus HY POSH ADA. _ 



Type. 



HyposTiada, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (8) iv. p. 352 (1909) pellopis. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi porrect, not reaching- beyond the frons 

 which is rounded ; antenna? of male with long- cilia ; hind tibire with two pairs 

 of spurs. Fore wing- long and narrow, the termen obliquely curved ; the sub- 

 costal and median nervures closely approximated to middle ; vein 2 obliqne, 

 joined at middle by a spur curving- upwards from vein lb; 3,4,5 from angle 

 of cell ; 6, 7 stalked from 9, 8 absent ; 10 from angle ; 11 from cell, free : a 

 fringe of hair from basal half of costa on underside ; the base of inner margin 

 fringed with hair. Hind wing very ample ; the cell very long ; vein 2 from 

 well before middle becoming coincident with 4 ; 3 from well before angle of 

 cell becoming coincident with 4 ; 4, 5 from angle, the former very oblique ; a 

 recurrent vein in cell ; 6, 7 on a long stalk, rather distorted ; 8 free, curving 

 upwards to costa near base. 



In key differs from Disoidemata in the fore wing having vein 8 absent ; 

 hind wing with veins 4, 5 from cell. 



*4j7 h. Hyposhada pellopis. 



Scoliacma pellopis, Beth. -Baker, Nov. Zool. xv. p. 193 (1908). 

 d . Head and thorax red-brown ; pectus and legs pale rufous ; 



abdomen grey at base, the terminal half and ventral surface pale 

 rufous. Fore wing red-brown, the inner margin yellowish. Hind 

 wing white tinged with ochreous. 



Hab. Br. N. Guinea, Owgarra {Meek), type f 6 in Coll. 

 Bethune-Baker. Exp. 38 millim. 



461. Lithosia quadra, insert: — 



(Eonixlis quadra ab. conJJuens, Dumont, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1903, 

 p. 406, pi. v. f. 6. 



2 . Fore wing with the two spots conjoined by a narrow band 

 angled outwards below costa, then oblique. 



Genus AED0NISSA. 



Type. 



Ardonissa, Dogn. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. li. p. 226 (1907) adsdtvna. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi porrect, short, clothed with long hair ; 

 antenna; of male minutely serrate and ciliated ; hind tibiae with two pairs of 



