﻿African 
  Micro-Leindopiera. 
  97 
  

  

  narrowly 
  set 
  in 
  white, 
  to 
  which 
  two 
  slender 
  greyish 
  brown 
  

   streaks 
  running 
  through 
  the 
  white 
  apical 
  cilia 
  give 
  an 
  eye-like 
  

   effect 
  ; 
  these 
  streaks 
  are 
  bent 
  downward 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  and, 
  together 
  

   with 
  a 
  large 
  patch 
  of 
  brown 
  scales 
  in 
  the 
  subapical 
  cilia, 
  increase 
  

   the 
  falcate 
  appearance 
  to 
  the 
  wing-tip 
  ; 
  they 
  are 
  distinctly 
  visible 
  

   on 
  the 
  under 
  side 
  ; 
  cilia 
  at 
  the 
  anal 
  angle 
  pale 
  brownish 
  grey. 
  

   Hind 
  wings 
  deeply 
  emarginate 
  beneath 
  the 
  much 
  prolonged 
  and 
  

   slender 
  apex 
  ; 
  pale 
  shining 
  grey 
  ; 
  cilia 
  faintly 
  brownish 
  tinged, 
  

   with 
  a 
  distinct 
  brownish 
  fuscous 
  transverse 
  streak 
  running 
  through 
  

   them 
  at 
  the 
  extreme 
  apex, 
  and 
  very 
  near 
  their 
  outer 
  points. 
  

   Abdomen 
  greyish 
  white. 
  Legs 
  white, 
  spotted 
  with 
  brownish. 
  

   Exp. 
  al. 
  9 
  — 
  10 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Bathurst 
  (Gambia), 
  three 
  specimens 
  {Carter). 
  

  

  Type, 
  <? 
  , 
  Mus. 
  Wlsm. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  perhaps 
  not 
  properly 
  referred 
  to 
  Poly- 
  

   hymno, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  hardly 
  advisable 
  to 
  create 
  a 
  new 
  genus 
  

   for 
  its 
  reception 
  at 
  present. 
  Its 
  more 
  slender 
  hind 
  

   wings 
  distinguish 
  it 
  from 
  the 
  typical 
  form 
  of 
  this 
  genus. 
  

  

  Strobisia, 
  Clem. 
  

   The 
  neuration 
  of 
  this 
  genus 
  is 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Fore 
  ivings 
  12 
  veins 
  ; 
  7 
  and 
  8 
  from 
  a 
  common 
  stem 
  ; 
  or 
  11 
  veins, 
  

   7 
  absent 
  (coincident 
  with 
  8) 
  ; 
  2 
  and 
  3 
  from 
  a 
  curved 
  common 
  stem 
  ; 
  

   rest 
  separate 
  ; 
  1 
  h 
  furcate 
  at 
  base. 
  Hind 
  tvings 
  8 
  veins 
  ; 
  3 
  and 
  4 
  

   from 
  a 
  point 
  at 
  angle 
  of 
  cell 
  ; 
  6 
  and 
  7 
  from 
  a 
  point 
  ; 
  1 
  h 
  furcate 
  at 
  

   base. 
  

  

  [PL 
  iv., 
  fig. 
  34 
  ; 
  PL 
  vii., 
  fig. 
  79.] 
  

   Strobisia 
  metaUica, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Antennce 
  pale 
  yellow, 
  spotted 
  with 
  black 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  side 
  of 
  

   each 
  joint. 
  Labial 
  palpi 
  long, 
  recurved, 
  acuminate; 
  apical 
  joint 
  

   slightly 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  second 
  ; 
  externally 
  whitish, 
  slightly 
  

   clouded 
  with 
  grey, 
  especially 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  side. 
  Head 
  greyish 
  

   fl^scou8 
  ; 
  face 
  shining 
  whitish 
  grey. 
  Thorax 
  greyish 
  fuscous, 
  with 
  

   a 
  brownish 
  tint 
  posteriorly. 
  Under 
  side 
  pale 
  greyish 
  ochreous. 
  

   Fore 
  wings 
  elongate, 
  apex 
  depressed, 
  apical 
  margm 
  scarcely 
  

   oblique 
  ; 
  bronzy 
  brown 
  on 
  basal 
  two-thirds, 
  streaked 
  with 
  fuscous 
  

   between 
  the 
  metallic 
  markings, 
  which 
  are 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  first 
  a 
  con- 
  

   spicuous 
  bright 
  steel-blue 
  stripe 
  along 
  the 
  costa 
  from 
  base, 
  de- 
  

   pressed 
  and 
  somewhat 
  widened 
  before 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  wing, 
  

   ending 
  above 
  the 
  fold 
  at 
  about 
  half 
  the 
  wing-length 
  ; 
  this 
  stripe 
  is 
  

  

  TRANS. 
  ENT. 
  SOC. 
  LOND. 
  1891. 
  PART 
  I. 
  (MARCH.) 
  H 
  

  

  