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Genus LOPHOTAYIA. nov. 
Type, L. globulipes, Walk. ( Homoptera ), xxxiii. 885 (1865). 
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint 
reaching to vertex of head and moderately scaled, the 3rd 
long and somewhat dilated at extremity ; frons smooth ; 
eyes large, round ; antennae of male with minute cilia and 
bristles ; thorax clothed with scales and hair mixed, the 
metathorax with large spreading crest ; tibiae of male fringed 
with long ham, the mid tibiae dilated into a large hollowed-out 
vesicle fringed with scales, the tarsal joints thickened ; 
abdomen with dorsal series of crests typically formed of 
metallic scales, the basal crest bifid. Fore wing with the 
apex rounded, the termen evenly curved, crenulate ; veins 
3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 
10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; if from cell. 
Hind wing with the cell about one-third length of wing ; 
veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed from above angle ; 
6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near 
base only. 
Genus TAVIA. 
type. 
Tavia, Walk. xiv. 1275 (1858) turfmen*. Walk. 
Tavia polycyma, n. sp. 
Head, thorax, and abdomen dark greyish brown, the last 
with slight pale segmental rings ; palpi with the 2nd joint 
white in front ; lower part of frons white ; ventral surface 
of abdomen pale reddish brown. Fore wing dark grey- 
brown slightly suffused with purple ; a curved blackish 
subbasal striga from costa ; antemedial line blackish, defined 
on inner side by grey, waved ; a diffused waved medial 
blackish line ; slight grey spots defined by blackish at angles 
of cell ; postmedial line blackish, defined on outer side by 
grey, waved, oblique to vein 6, incurved at discal fold, oblique 
below vein 4 and excurved above inner margin, some pale 
points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line grey defined 
on inner side by diffused blackish, waved, slightly excurved 
at vein 7 ; a series of blackish points before termen with grey 
points beyond them on termen. Hind wing dark grey- 
brown slightly glossed with purple ; postmedial line blackish 
defined on outer side by grey, waved ; subterminal line 
grey defined on each side by diffused blackish, waved, ending 
at tornus ; a series of blackish points before termen with 
grey points beyond them on termen. Underside brown with 
a leaden purple gloss. 
Hab. Sierra Leone (Thompson), 1 type ; Cameroons, 
Ja R., Bitje, 1 $ ; Congo, Kambove (Neave), 1 $. Exp. 
48 millim. 
