LEPISTA. — BLiVIA. 105 



Hah. E. Atetca, Kilima'njaro (Jachson), 1 d" type limhata, 

 Nairobi (Craiushay) 1 J; Br. C. Africa, Zomba (Jo7ms^o?i) 1 $; 

 Delagoa Bat (Mrs. Monteiro), 1 5 ; Fatal, Karkloof, Malvern 

 (Marshall), 1 c? , 1 $ ; Cape Colony. Exp. 26 millim. 



190. Lepista semiochracea. 



Di/pUehia scmiochracea, Feld. Reis. Nov., Lep.pl. 106. f. 31 (1874); Kirby, 

 Cat. Het. p. 313. 



S . Head, thorax, and abdomen black ; tegulse orange ; abdomen 

 with orange lateral fasciae towards extremity and the anal tuft 

 orange. Eore wing dark leaden grey ; an orange costal fascia 

 narrowing to a point before apex. Hind wing leaden grey from 

 middle of inner margin to termen below apes, Avith sinuous edge, the 

 rest of wing orange. 



Hah. Natal, Karkloof (Marshall), 2 c? : Cape Colony. Exp. 

 22 millim. 



Genus NEOBLAVIA, nov. 



Type, H. scoteola. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi porrect, hardly reaching beyond the frons ; 

 antennae of male with bristles and cilia ; tibiae with the spurs moderate. Fore 

 wing narrow ; veins 2 and 3 stalked ; 4, 5 absent ; 6 shortly stalked with 7, 

 8,9; 10 free ; 11 given off at right angles to cell and becoming coincident 

 with 12 ; male with large elliptical patch of androconia in cell. Hind wing 

 with vein 2 from near angle of cell ; 3, 4 coincident ; 5 absent ; 6, 7 stalked ; 

 8 from middle of cell ; a large patch of androconia in, beyond, and below 

 the cell. 



191. NeoWavia scoteola, n. sp. 



S. Black -brown. Fore 

 wing with a few grey scales 

 in the patch of androconia in 

 cell. Hind wing with the 

 patch of androconia rather 

 redder brown ; the terminal 

 area somewhat greyish ; the 

 cilia j'ellowish. 



Hah. SiKniM, 2600 ft. (Pil- 

 Fig. 45.— Neoblavia scoteola, (^ . \. cher), 1 J type. Exp. 18 



millim. 



Genus BLAVIA. 

 ^ . , " Type. 



Blavia, Wlk. Journ. Linn. See, Zool. vi. p. 108 (1862) caliginosa. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi porrect, extending just as far as frons, the 

 2nd joint fringed with hair below ; frons smoothly scaled ; antennaa of male 

 with bristles and cilia ; tibiffi with the spurs moderate ; abdomen smoothly 

 sealed. Fore wing long and narrow, the costa nearly straight, the termen 

 short ; vein 2 from before angle of cell, oblique ; 3, 4 coincident ; 5 absent ; 

 6 from below upper angle; 7, 8, 9 stalked; 10 free; 11 given off almost at 

 right angles to subcostal nervure and becoming coincident with 12. Hind wing 

 with vein 2 from long before angle of cell ; 3, 4 coincident ; 5 absent ; 6, 7 on 

 a long stalk ; 8 from middle of cell ; male with a large patch of androconia in, 

 beyond, and below the cell on upperside. 



