﻿NEW 
  AND 
  LITTLE-KNOWN 
  EAST 
  AFRICAN 
  CULCIDAE. 
  

  

  279 
  

  

  chrysosoma, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  auntes, 
  

   aureus, 
  

  

  8 
  

  

  Theo. 
  

   sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  7. 
  Claspers 
  of 
  male 
  genitalia 
  simple 
  (Nyasaland) 
  . 
  . 
  

   Claspers 
  of 
  male 
  genitalia 
  with 
  a 
  conspicuous 
  

  

  membranous 
  lobe 
  

  

  8. 
  Lobe 
  of 
  claspers 
  moderate, 
  moderately 
  hairy 
  

  

  (Uganda, 
  etc.) 
  

   Lobe 
  of 
  claspers 
  enormous, 
  very 
  hairy 
  (Natal) 
  

  

  9. 
  Thorax 
  clothed 
  (often 
  sparsely) 
  with 
  small 
  

  

  golden-brown 
  scales 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  bare 
  ; 
  wings 
  

   with 
  dark 
  and 
  light 
  scales 
  evenly 
  inter- 
  

   mixed 
  

  

  Thorax 
  more 
  densely 
  clothed 
  with 
  pale 
  golden 
  

   scales 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  thinly 
  scaled 
  ; 
  wings 
  

   with 
  dark 
  and 
  light 
  scales 
  arranged 
  more 
  

   in 
  patches 
  

  

  10. 
  Thoracic 
  integument 
  light 
  brown 
  in 
  the 
  

  

  middle 
  of 
  the 
  mesonotum 
  and 
  scutellum, 
  

   darker 
  brown 
  at 
  the 
  sides 
  and 
  in 
  front 
  

   Integument 
  of 
  mesonotum, 
  scutellum 
  and 
  

   postnotum 
  entirely 
  black 
  or 
  blackish 
  brown 
  

  

  11. 
  Costa 
  entirely 
  dark; 
  thorax 
  without 
  a 
  

  

  distinct 
  golden-yellow 
  patch 
  in 
  front 
  

   Costa 
  mainly 
  yellow 
  ; 
  thorax 
  with 
  a 
  distinct 
  

   patch 
  of 
  pale 
  golden 
  scales 
  in 
  front 
  

  

  12. 
  Fork-cells 
  very 
  long 
  ; 
  male 
  genital 
  claspers 
  

  

  much 
  dilated 
  just 
  before 
  the 
  tip 
  

   Fork-cells 
  somewhat 
  shorter 
  ; 
  male 
  genital 
  

   claspers 
  not 
  dilated 
  

  

  The 
  eight 
  species 
  from 
  auripennis 
  to 
  cristatus 
  are 
  all 
  very 
  closely 
  related, 
  and 
  

   some 
  of 
  them 
  should 
  perhaps 
  rank 
  as 
  varieties, 
  but 
  appear 
  to 
  be 
  distinct 
  in 
  one 
  

   way 
  or 
  another. 
  

  

  T. 
  metalljcus, 
  Theo. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  proves 
  to 
  have 
  a 
  very 
  wide 
  distribution. 
  Specimens 
  have 
  been 
  

   received 
  from 
  British 
  East 
  Africa 
  (Lumbwa 
  district, 
  C. 
  M. 
  Dobbs, 
  and 
  Uchweni 
  

   Forest, 
  S. 
  A. 
  Neave), 
  Nyasaland 
  (Karonga, 
  Dr. 
  A. 
  G. 
  Eldred) 
  and 
  Natal 
  (Durban, 
  

   L. 
  Bevis). 
  It 
  is 
  very 
  probable 
  that 
  the 
  species 
  occurs 
  also 
  in 
  the 
  Philippine 
  Islands, 
  

   since 
  some 
  female 
  specimens 
  sent 
  me 
  by 
  Miss 
  Ludlow 
  as 
  her 
  T. 
  aureosquamatus 
  seem 
  

   to 
  differ 
  only 
  from 
  African 
  specimens 
  in 
  their 
  smaller 
  size. 
  Specific 
  differences 
  may, 
  

   however, 
  be 
  revealed 
  when 
  the 
  male 
  is 
  discovered 
  in 
  the 
  Philippines. 
  

  

  T. 
  auripennis, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  An 
  entirely 
  yellow 
  species, 
  differing 
  from 
  T. 
  aurites 
  in 
  the 
  absence 
  of 
  the 
  black 
  

   ring 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  tibiae, 
  the 
  narrower 
  black 
  rings 
  on 
  the 
  joints 
  of 
  

   the 
  hind 
  tarsi, 
  and 
  the 
  entirely 
  yellow 
  palpi. 
  The 
  male 
  genitalia 
  seem 
  hardly 
  

  

  10 
  

  

  11 
  

  

  fuscopennatus, 
  Theo. 
  

  

  cristatuSy 
  Theo. 
  

  

  versicolor, 
  Edw. 
  

  

  12 
  

  

  annetti, 
  Theo. 
  

  

  maculipennis, 
  Theo. 
  

  

  