68 P. E. S. WHALLEY 



<J. Wing, 14-5-16 mm. Vertex black with a few white scales. Frons black, flattened 

 between eyes. Antennae minutely ciliate. Labial palps with third segment 1/3 length of 

 second. Eyes with long interfacetal hairs. Thorax and patagia blackish brown. Hind tibia 

 with long scales, distal pair of spurs short, less than 1/2 length of 1st hind tarsal segment. 

 Inner spur of distal pair almost equal to length of outer spur. Hind tarsi each with pair of 

 spines at distal end. Fore wing, pattern as in PI. 6, fig. 24, black with reddish costal, median 

 and postmedian areas. Radial veins from cell. Hind wing, colour and pattern as fore wing, 

 underside browner than fore wing. Sc+R 1 and Rs free, but approaching closely near base of 

 wing. 



Genitalia $ (PI. 29, figs 158, 159, Text-fig. 9). Uncus modified, gnathus with peg-like teeth. 

 Valves reduced. Juxta a thin plate, lateral process short. Aedeagus with many strongly 

 sclerotized cornuti. Vlllth sternite with two posterior arms. 



$. Wing, 17 mm. Pattern as male, slightly more red on fore wing. Labial palps -with 

 third segment 1/2 length of second. 



Genitalia £ (PI. 52, figs 303-305). Anal papillae short. Ostium enlarged to form large sac. 

 Bursa with prominent signum forming transverse spiny plate. 



Discussion. The peculiar shape of the genitalia of this species suggests some 

 affinity with S. clathrata Hampson. The shape of the uncus is different from all 

 other species of the genus. The long interfacetal hairs on the eyes and the single 

 pair of spines on each tarsal segment are also found in 5. gtittistigma but this species 

 differs from eguttalis in not having a peg-like gnathus. These two species also have a 

 similar type of tarsal claw structure with two lateral sclerites. 



Distribution. Map 33. Cameroon; Gabon; Democratic Republic of the Congo. 



Material examined. 



Holotype <$, Gabon: BM slide no. 9627, in ZMB. 



Cameroon: i <?, Efulen [Weber), vi.1922, in CMP; 1 $, Ja River, Bitje (Bates), 

 iv-vi.1910; Democratic Republic of the Congo: t$, Paulis, Uele,i.i957 (Fontaine), 

 in MRAC; "West Africa": i $, no other data. 



Striglina rothi Warren 

 (PL 1, P, Q; PI. 30, fig. 160; PI. 52, figs 301, 302) 



Striglina rothi Warren, 1898b : 226. 



Plagiosellula clathratipennis Strand, 1913 : 61, syn. n. 



Striglina rothi Warren; Dalle Torre, 1914 : 12. 



Dixoa clathratipennis (Strand); Gaede, 1917 : 371. 



Striglina rothi Warren; Gaede, 1917 : 370. 



Striglina rothi Warren; Gaede, 1929 : 495. 



Dixoa clathratipennis (Strand); Gaede, 1929 : 496. 



o*. Wing, 9-5-io*5 mm. Vertex brown. Frons brown, rounded between eyes. Antennae 

 minutely ciliate. Labial palps with third segment short, less than 1/3 length of second up- 

 turned, not reaching vertex. Eyes without interfacetal hairs. Thorax brown. Hind tibia 

 with outer spur of distal pair less than 1/2 length of inner spur. Tarsi each with apical pair of 

 spines. Fore wing, pattern as in PL 1, P, Q, reddish or yellowish brown, with darker brown 

 margins and median area. Reticulations generally reddish. Veins i? 4 and R 5 stalked; R 2 

 and R 3 stalked. R 2 coming off 1/3 from apex of cell. The stalks of R 2 +R 3 and R t +R s 

 widely separated. 2 A absent. lA dips slightly to wing margin near base. Underside, two 

 median dark patches prominent, margins pale. Hind wing, colour as fore wing, two or three 

 light coloured patches in anal area. Sc+R-^ and Rs approach closely but do not anastomose. 



