64 SIR GEORGE HAMPSON ON THE 



*H0SIDIA OCHRINEURELLA. 



Hosiclia ochrineurella Hmpsn. Rom. Mem. viii. p. 409, pi. 45. 

 f. 1 (1901). 

 Natal. 



yen us Dembea. 



Type. 



Dembea Rag. Nouv. Gen. p. 45 (1888) venuloseUa* 



Proboscis aborted and minute ; palpi upturned to about vertex 

 of head and thickly scaled ; maxillary palpi minute and slightly 

 dilated with scales ; irons with large rounded prominence thickly 

 clothed with scales ; antennae of male laminate and ciliated, the 

 shaft with ridge of scales at base. Fore wing narrow, the apex 

 rounded ; vein 2 from towards angle of cell ; 3 and 5 shortly 

 stalked, 4 absent; 6 from below upper angle; 8, 9, 10 stalked, 

 8 from beyond 10; 11 from cell. Hind wing with vein 2 from 

 angle of cell ; 3 and 5 stalked, 4 absent ; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 anas- 

 tomosing strongly with 7. 



tDEMBEA VENULOSELLA. 



Demhea venalosella Rag. Nouv. Gen. p. 45 (1888); id. Rom. 

 Mem. viii. p. 368, pi. 44. f. 19. 

 N. Nigeria ; Abyssinia ; Br. C. Africa. 



Genus Leotropa, no v. 

 Type, L. phoenicias. 



Proboscis absent ; palpi obliquely upturned to about vertex of 

 head and moderately scaled ; maxillary palpi minute and filiform • 

 frons smooth, rounded ; antennas of male laminate and ciliated, 

 with a sinus at base containing a double ridge of scales. Fore 

 wing narrow, the apex rounded ; vein 2 from towards angle of 

 cell ; 3 and 5 stalked, 4 absent; 6 from below upper angle ; 8, 9, 10 

 stalked, 8 from beyond 10 ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with vein 2 

 from just before angle of cell ; 3 and 5 very strongly stalked, 

 4 absent; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 strongly anastomosing with 7. 



(1) fLEOTROPA PHCENICIAS, Sp. U. 



(5 . Head and thorax purplish pink ; abdomen pale brownish 

 grey dorsally tinged with fulvous ; antennas brownish ; pectus, 

 legs, and ventral surface of abdomen, except towards extremity, 

 brownish tinged with purplish pink. Fore wing purplish pink, 

 the veins streaked with white ; a dark brown fascia through 

 upper part of cell to apex, the costal area towards apex white. 

 Hind wing brownish white ; a slight brown terminal line. 

 Sierra Leone {Clements), 1 6 type. Exp. 22 mm. 



(2) fLEOTROPA SARCINA, Sp. n. 



<S . Head and thorax white mixed with ochreous brown ; 

 abdomen white, dorsally faintly tinged with fulvous towards 



