120 AECTIAD^. 



Genus PHRYGANOPSIS. 



Type. 



Fhryganopsis, Feld. Eeie. Nov. p. 8 (1874), non clescr aspcratella. 



Proboscis aborted, minute or well dcTcloped ; palpi short, porrect, not 

 reaching beyond Irons; antennae of male serrate and ciliated, or with cilia and 

 bristles; tibite with the spurs moderate; abdomen clothed with long hair. 

 Fore wing short and rather broad, the costa arched towards apex ; vein 2 from 

 towards angle of cell, oblique; 3, 4 strongly stalked; 5 absent; 6 fi-om before 

 angle of cell or stalked with 7, 8, 9 ; 10 free ; 11 anastomosing with 12. Hind 

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

 8 from middle of cell. 



A. Fore wing with postmedial black spot on costa. 



a. Fore wing with the costal spot large costimacula. 



h. Fore wing with the costal spot small asperatella. 



B. Fore wing without costal spot. 



a. Colour orange-yellow , cinerella. 



b. Colour grey-brown ckota. 



280. Phryganopsis costimacula. (Plate XXT. fig. 14.) 



Paidia costimacula, Mab. Bull. Soc. Zool. Fr. iii. p. 87 (1878) ; Kirby, Cat. 



Het. p. 364. 

 Suzusa decipiens, HoU. Psyche, vi. p. 411 (1893). 



5 . Orange-yellow. Fore wing with large postmedial black 

 spot on costa and small spot in submedian fold. 



S . Thorax and fore wing browner ; hind wing with the 

 terminal area tinged with brown. 



Hab. Oi,v Ca'laba.'r (MutJierford), 1 $ ; E,. Niger, Asaba (Crosse), 

 1 5 ; BuLi: CoTJjSfTRy, type t decipiens in Coll. Holland ; Cameeoons, 

 Adamawa ; Congo, type f $ in Coll. Mabille. Exp. 34 miilim. 



231. Phryganopsis asperatella. 



Lithosia asperatella, Wlk. xxxi. 231 (1864) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 319. 

 Fliryganopsis sordida, Feld. Eeis. Nov. pi. 106. f. 30 (1874) ; Kirby, Cat. 

 Het. p. 319. 



cJ . Yellow-brown. Fore wing thickly irrorated with fuscous ; a 



postmedial black spot on 

 costa and another in sub- 

 median fold. Hind wing 

 pale brownish yellow ; 

 , ^ - ^ -^ antennae with cilia and 



"'-"•^ y /^^^si^v V~r^ fW^ bristles. 



^ 5 yellower ; the fore 



wing slightly irrorated with 

 Fig. m.—Fhryganopsis asperatella, c? . }. fuscous ; some black suffusion 



at base of inner margin. 

 Hah. E. Niger, Akasa (Lvgard), 1 6 ', Cape CoLONr, 2 c? type, 

 Fort Pitt (Dr. Smith), 1 6 , Annshaw (Miss P. Barrett), 1 (f , 1 $ . 

 Exr>. 24.-6Q miilim. Type t sordida in CoU. Eothschild. 



232. Phryganopsis cinerella. (Plate XXI. fig. 11.) 



Lithosia cinerella, Wllgrn. Wien. Ent. Mon. iv. p. 45 (18G0) ; Kirby, Cat. 

 Het. p. 326. 



