44 DK. W. J. HOLLAND ON TUE AFHICAN [Jan. 14, 



Ehabdomantis, gen. nov. 



Antennro; 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 Rhabdomautis galatia, Hew. |. 



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 Hue from tlie middle 

 of interval 5 be}-ond 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 h widely separated from 

 vein 2 ; vein 1 a 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 h, 

 then excavated between the extremities of vein 1 h and 1 a. 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. Tlie style of maculation in this sex 

 closely approximates that of the females in the genus Osmodes. 

 TypeiJ. galatia. Hew., =rh(^doj)hora, Mab. 



