466 NocxuiDJ!;. 



submedian fold below whicb there is a fuscous spot before it ; 

 orbicular a dark point ; reniform an elliptical rufous spot with 

 some fuscous on its inner edge ; a lunulate rufous medial line, 

 excurved beyond the cell, then incurved ; postmedial line formed 

 of rufous lunules, indistincth' double below vein 4, oblique from 

 costa to vein 6, then inwardly oblique; an indistinct minutely 

 waved rufous subterminal line wnth fuscous spot on it below vein 7 ; 

 terminal area tinged with rufous except at apex ; a series of black 

 points just before termen. Hind wing orange-yellow faintly 

 tinged with rufous ; a series of minute dark points just before 

 termen ; the underside suffused with rufous and white except 

 on inner area ; a black discoidal point, indistinct curved minutely 

 waved postmedial line, and traces of medial and subterminal lines. 



Ab. 1. Fore wing with the dark marks on basal area and the 

 spot below vein 7 absent. 



Hah. SiRRRA Lt']one, 1 $ ; N.W, RnoDESiA, Alala Plateau 

 (Neave), 1 c? ; iN'.E. Rhodesia, Tanganyika Plateau (Neave), 

 1 cJtype; LoEEXgo Marques, Delagoa Ray, 1 5 . Exp. 66 millim. 



Genus PTEROCYCLOPHOEA. „ 



Type. 



FferocT/dophora, Hmpsn. 111. Het. B.M. ix. p. 109 (1893) piciimargo. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to vertex 

 of head and broarliy scaled, the 3rd long and moderately scaled ; frons smooth, 

 with large tuft of scales above ; eyes large, round ; antennse of male bipectinate 

 ■with rather short bi'anches dilated at extremities and ending in a bristle, of 

 female typically with bristles and cilia; thorax clothed ahnost entirely with 

 scales, the prothorax with 'sniall sjjreading crest, the metathorax with large 

 crest ; fore tibite broadly fringed with hair on outer side and not spined, the 

 mid and hind tibije spined and with tufts of scales on outer side at middle and 

 extremity ; abdomen with crests on basal segments, the crest on 2nd segment 

 very large. Fore wing with the costa highly arched towards apex which is 

 somewhat produced, the termen evenly curved, crenulate, the cilia highly 

 crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 

 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with 

 the termen crenulate and produced to a short tail at vein 4, the cilia highly 

 crenulate ; the cell about one-third length of wing; veins 3, 4 shortly stalked 

 or from cell ; 5 fully developed from just above angle of cell ; 6, 7 from upjDer 

 angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only , male with the inner area 

 reduced to a lobe with an incision at its extremity at middle of inner margin. 



S'ect. I. Antenna? of female bipectinate with short branches ending in bristles, 

 serrate and ciliated towards apex. 



7593. Pterocyclophora ridleyi, n. sp. 



$ . Head and thorax ochreous mixed with deep red-brown ; 

 palpi with the 1st and 2nd joints red-broAvn with some white 

 scales in front ; antennas red-brown ; pectus white, red-brown 

 in front ; tibia? banded white and red-brown, the tarsi red-brown ; 

 abdomen ochreous tinged with rufous and with slight whitish 

 segmental lines, the crest on 2nd segment with blackish scales 

 at tips, the anal tuft brown, (he ventral surface white with small 



