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457. Lysceia bigutta. 



Lysceia higutta, Wlk. ii. 541 (1854) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 339. 



c? . Head orange ; palpi 

 at sides and antennae fuscons ; 

 thorax grey-brown ; abdo- 

 men grey, the terminal 

 segments yellow. Fore wing 

 grey-brown ; the costa 

 blackish towards base ; a 

 black discoidal point and 

 another below it in snb- 

 median fold. Hind wing 

 pale yellow. 

 Hah. Natal, Xarkloof (Marshall), 1 S ; Cape CoLONr, Fort Pitt 

 {Br. Smith), 1 J type. Exjo. 24-26 millim. 



Fig. ]37. — Lysceia bigutta, (^ . 



Genus (EDALEOSIA, nov. 



Tj-pp, (E. nigricosta. 



Proboscis aborted, minute ; palpi minute, not reaching beyond the frons, 

 which has a large rounded prominence with a corneous plate below it; antennae 

 of male ciliated ; tibice with the spurs moderate. Fore wing long and narrow ; 

 Tein 2 from middle of cell, curved at base ; 3 from close to angle, 5 from above 

 angle ; 6 from jusi. below upper angle ; 7, 8, 9 stalked, 7 from beyond 9 ; 10, 

 11 free, oblique. Hind wing with vein 2 from middle of cell; 3, 4 shortly 

 stalked ; 5 absent ; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 from middle of cell. 



458. (Edaleosia nigricosta, n. sp. 



S ■ Head yellowish white, slightly tinged with black; antennie 



black ; the back of head and 

 tegul^e orange ; thorax yellow- 

 ish white ; patagia black in 

 front ; pectus, legs, and abdo- 

 men orange. Fore wing 

 yellowish white, with narrow 

 black costal fascia ; cilia 

 yellow. Hind wing white, 

 the costal area fuscous. 

 (5 type; Gambia (Moloney). 



Fig. 138. — (Edaleosia nigricosta, J. 



Hah. SiEERA Leone (Clements), 

 Exp. 22 millim. 



Genus CONILEPIA, nov. 



Type, C. nigricosta. 



Proboscis fully developed; palpi porrect, not reaching beyond the frons; 

 antennae of male ciliated ; tibise with the spurs moderate ; abdomen clothed 

 with rough hair. Fore wing long and narrow ; vein 2 from middle of cell, 

 curved at base ; 3 from well before angle, curved at base ; 5 absent ; 6 fi-om 

 below upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole, 7 from 

 the areole ; 11 free. Hind wing with vein 2 from middle of cell ; 3, 4 stalked ; 

 5 absent; 6, 7 coincident; 8 from before middle of cell. 



