MOTHS FROM SOMALILAND. IG7 



Chilena donaldsoni Holl. 



1908 : Oct. 13,-1 c^ . 1909 : Feb. 20,-1 J ; Mar. 26,-1 cT ; 

 Mar. 29,-1 S ; Apr. 1,-1 S ; Apr. 5,-1 6 ; Apr. 6,-1 $ ; 

 Apr. 10,-4 S ; Apr. 14,-1 J ; Apr. 20,-1 d . 1910 : Mar. 20, 

 — 1 d. 



Fam. LiMACODiD^, 



CCENOBASIS CHLORONOTON, Sp. n. (PI. II. fig, 35, J •) 



cJ . Head and thorax emerald-green ; antennae fulvous yellow ; 

 palpi fulvous yellov7, brownish at sides ; tibiae on inner side and 

 the tarsi fulvous yellow, the tarsi with brown points on outer 

 side ; abdomen pale orange-yellow, the sides and ventral surface 

 whitish at base. Fore wing emei^ld-green, the costal edge orange- 

 yellow. Hind wing white tinged with emerald -green, especially 

 towards termen ; the cilia emerald-green. Underside of foie 

 wing with the costal half fulvous brown, the inner half greenish 

 white, the termen and cilia green ; hind wing pale orange-yellow, 

 the terminal area tinged with green ; the cilia green. 



1908: Oct. 12,-1 cT. 1909: Apr. 4,-1 c^ (type); Apr. 8, 

 —2 c? (1 in B.M.); Apr. 9,-1 d ; Apr. 10,-1 d ; Apr. 20, 

 — 1 d ; Apr. 23,-1 d ; Apr. 24,-1 6 (B.M.); Sept.,— 1 d ■ 

 Exp. 18-20 millim. 



OcENOBAsis FULvicoRPus Hmpsn. 



1908: Sept. 26,-1 d; Oct. 24,-1 d. 1909: Apr. 4,-1 c^ ; 

 Apr. 5,-1 d ; Apr. 7,-3 d ; Apr. 8,-2 d , 1 2 • 



Genus Featheria, nov. 



Type, F. ohvia. 



Proboscis absent ; palpi obliquely upturned, shoit, not reaching 

 to middle of f rons, which is smooth ; antennae of male bipectinate 

 with moderate branches to apex, of female with short branches ; 

 metathorax with spreading crest ; tibiae with the spurs moderate, 

 the hind tibiae with the medial spurs present ; abdomen with 

 rough hair at base of dorsum. Fore wing with the apex rounded, 

 the termen evenly curved ; veins 2, 3 shortly stalked, 5 from near 

 angle ; 6 from well below upper angle ; 7 from just below angle ; 

 8, 9 stalked ; 10, 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3 and 5 

 fr-om near angle of cell ; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 from middle of cell. 



Featheria obvia, sp. n. (PI. II. fig. 33, d ■) 



d 5 . Head and thorax grey-white mixed with reddish brown ; 

 tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen grey-white tinged with red- 

 brown. Fore wing grey-white tinged in parts with reddish brown 

 and irrorated with dark brown ; a dark brown point at lower angle 

 of cell, with an oblique brown line from it to inner margin 

 slightly defined on outer side by whitish followed by a reddish- 

 brown shade ; an oblique dark-brown fascia from apex meeting 

 the shade beyond the medial line, slightly incurved below vein 7, 



