1734 CATALOGUE OF 
CisPIA? OBLIQUA. 
Pallide testacea; palpi et pedes antici supra nigricantes ; ale an- 
tice fascia perobliqua pallide fusca, postice albide. 
Pale testaceous. Palpi and anterior legs blackish above. 
Fore wings with a pale brown very oblique band interrupted by the 
veins, and extending from near the tips to the middle of the inte- 
rior border. Hind wings whitish. Length of the body 6—7 lines ; 
of the wings 14—24 lines. 
a—c, Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan. 
Genus SOMENA. 
Mas. Corpus sat gracile. Proboscis non conspicua. Palpi 
porrecti, graciles, caput sat superantes ; articulus 2us 30 duplo lon- 
gior; 3us elongatus. Antenne late pectinate, thorace paullo lon- 
giores. Abdomen alas posticas non superans. Pedes graciles, 
anteriores ciliati ; tibie postice calcaribus quatuor longis. Ale late ; 
antice apud costam vix convex, apice rotundate, margine exte- 
riore mediocriter obliquo, interiore setis erectis armato. — 
Allied to Cispta. Male.—Body rather slender. Proboscis not 
visible. Palpi porrect, slender, extending some distance beyond the 
head; third joint elongate, about half the length of the second. 
Antenne deeply pectinated, a little longer than the thorax. Abdo- 
men not extending beyond the hind wings. Legs slender; anterior 
legs ciliated; hind tibie with four long spurs. Wings broad. Fore 
wings very slightly convex in front, rounded at the tips, moderately 
oblique along the exterior border, with long vertical bristles along 
the interior border ; second inferior vein nearer to the first than to 
the third ; third about twice further from the fourth than from the 
second. 
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SOMENA SCINTILLANS. 
Mas. Testacea ; caput subluteum; thorax et abdomen fusca, hoc 
apice luteum ; ale antice disco fusco tuberculis nigris, apud 
marginem exteriorem argenteo squamose. 
Male. Testaceous. Head somewhat luteous. Thorax and 
abdomen brown, the latter with a luteous tip. Disk of the fore 
wings brown, wholly studded with black tubercles, and adorned - 
with silvery spangles along its exterior side, where the brown hue 
