44 DR. W. J. HOLLAND ON THE AFRICAN (Jan. 14, 
RHABDOMANTIS, gen. nov. 
Antenne: moderately long, nearly two-thirds the length of 
the costa from the base ; club moderate, the terminal portion fine, 
bent back at right angles. The palpi are as in the genus Osmodes. 
Neuration of Rhabdomantis galatia, Hew. 3. 
Primaries: the cell somewhat less than two-thirds the length of 
the costa; in the male the outer margin is very little less than the 
inner margin ; in the female the outer margin is much less than 
the inner margin; vein 12 terminating on the costa before the end 
of the cell ; vein 5 nearer 4 than 6; upper discocellular long, out- 
wardly oblique ; middle discocellular very short ; lower discocellular 
short; vein 7 arising a little before the upper angle of the cell, 
vein 2 originating nearly twice as far from vein 3 as vein 3 is from 
vein 4. In many specimens of the male there is a remarkable 
sexual brand composed of androconia arranged in a narrow band 
extending across the disc in almost a straight line from the middle 
of interval 5 beyond the end of the cell to the inner margin before 
the outer angle. This is wanting, however, in some specimens, 
which otherwise are absolutely indistinguishable from the type 
(vide infra var. sosia). Secondaries: the cell about half the width 
of the wing; the discocellulars faint, erect; vein 5 absent; vein 
3 originating a little before the end of the cell; vein 2 originating 
beyond the middle of the cell; vein 1 6 widely separated from 
vein 2; vein 1 @ near its extremity dilated and marked by a 
distinct sexual brand; vein 7 originating about two-thirds of 
the distance from the base. The outer margin is evenly rounded 
as far as vein 2 and much produced at the extremity of vein 1 4, 
then excavated between the extremities of vein 15 andla. The 
female has the neuration like the male, but the wings are longer, 
relatively narrower, and there is of course an entire absence of the 
sexual brands or markings. The style of maculation in this sex 
closely approximates that of the females in the genus Osmodes. 
Type R. galatia, Hew., =rhabdophora, Mab. 
