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PROF. E. B. POULTON ON 



Hemithea alhistrigidata Warr. Nov. Zool. iv. p. 39 (1897). 



Hemithea vermiculata Warr. ibid. p. 41 (1897) (n. syn.). 



1909: Apr. 20,—] $; Apr. 24,-1 $. 



A very widely distributed African species, and perhaps not 

 structurally difFerentiable from C.faustinata Mill. (S. Paleearctic) 

 and (1. solidaria Guen. (Indian). 



JSTeromia malescripta (Warr.). 



Hemithea malescripta Warr. Nov. Zoo], iv. p. 40 (1897). 



1903: Nov. 13,-1 d. 1909: Mar. 1,-1 ^. 



Both examples small, with the crests red. 



Distributed in Abyssinia, British East Africa, Transvaal, and 

 Natal. I have a note, dealing with the difficult group to which 

 this species belongs, in the press for the ' Annals of the Transvaal 

 Museum.' 



Neromia manderensis, sp. n. (PI. II. fig. 24, 5 .) 



5 , 20-22 mm. Face and palpus red. Vertex and antenna 

 whitish, the latter with minute ciliation ; occiput green. Thorax 

 and abdomen concolorous with wings. Wings above green with 

 whitish strigulation, quite like the greenest forms of Chlorissa 

 stibolepida Btlr., costal edge of fore wing ochreous, otherwise 

 markingless ; fringes green, lighter distally. Under surface paler 

 green, costal edge of fore wing as above. 



IVEandera.— 1903 : Sept. 25,-1 ? (type): Nov. 13,-1 9. 

 1909 : May 8,-1 $ . 



Hargaisa. — 1908 : Oct., — 1 5 (a worn example). 



Hind wing less elongate than in Chlorissa stibolepida, termen 

 smoothly rounded ; but best distinguished by the structure. 

 Palpus reaching beyond frons and shortly rough-scaled, bvit 

 with 3rd joint small; hind tibia with terminal spurs only. 

 If the male antenna should prove to be pectinate, the species 

 should be considered a Microloxia, aberrant in the rather short 

 3rd joint of the palpus. 



Genus Hemidkomodes, nov. 



Palpus slender, in male rather short, in female moderate, 

 in both sexes with 3rd joint short or shortish. Tongue absent. 

 Antenna short and rather thick, in male with moderate, in 

 female with short pectinations. Pectus somewhat hairy ; liind 

 tibia in male shoi^t, greatly dilated (recalling that of Synclysonus), 

 all the spurs present, terminal very short, the outer almost 

 obsolete ; in female with terminal spurs well developed, median 

 short, sometimes entirely absent. Abdomen not crested, in 

 female robust. Frenulum in male slight, in female absent. 

 Fore wing with SC from cell, free, R' about connate with SC''% 

 R' rather far forward, M^ about connate or very shortly stalked 

 with R^ Hind wing with termen smooth, C anastomosing to 



