250 



AECTIAD^. 



*526. Carcinopodia argentata. (Plate XXV. fig. 18.) 



Gnophria argentata, Dist. A. M. N. H. (6) xx. p. 199 (1897). 



5 . Head orange, with some fuscous scales above the frontal 

 prominence ; antennae fuscous and white ; tegulge whitish in front, 

 fuscous fringed with orange behind ; thorax whitish, the patagia 

 fringed with orange ; j)ectus orange ; legs whitish, orange, and 

 black ; abdomen orange, banded with black. Fore wing silvery- 

 whitish ; the cost a streaked with black, the inner margin with 

 orange ; a black line from costa beyond middle oblique to disco- 

 cellulars, then still more oblique and sinuous to submedian fold, 

 then bent outwards to inner margin ; a slightly waved line oblique 

 from costa before apex to submedian fold, then bent outwards to 

 inner margin, a line arising from it at vein 5 and curving round to 

 join it again at costa ; cilia orange, fuscous at base. Hind wing 

 orange, the costal half fuscous black and with some fuscous suf- 

 susion below the cell, leaving the termen orange. Underside of 

 fore wing black, with the marginal areas orange. 



Hah. Transvaal, Pretoria {Distant), type t $ in Coll. Distant. 

 Exp. 42 millim. 



527. Carcinopodia furcifasciata. 



Gno'phria farcijasciata, Butl. P. Z. S. 1895, p. 268. 



5 (Head wanting) ; thorax and abdomen golden yellow, the 

 latter with black segmental bands ; tarsi ringed with black. Pore 

 wing pale golden yellow ; the costa black ; a medial black line 

 excurved below costa, strongly incurved below cell ; a postmedial 



Fig. 164. — Carcinopodia furcifasciata, 5- t- 



incurved sinuous line forming a large fork from vein 5 to the costa ; 

 cilia black. Hind wing orange-yellow. Underside of fore wing 

 suffused with black except costal and terminal areas ; a blackish 

 band from costa before apex to vein 5. 



Hah. Er. Central Africa, Pwambo {Carson\ 1 $ type. Ex^. 

 52 millim. 



Genus ONYCHIPODIA, nov. 



Type, 0. nir/ricostata. 



Proboscis aborted, sinall ; palpi porrect, not reaching as far as frons, which 

 has a large rounded projection ; antennae of male with bristles and cilia ; fore 

 tjbise with large curved claw on inner side at exlremity and short claw on 



