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NOCTUIDJE. 
the cell more than half the length of wing ; vein 2 from 
towards angle of cell ; 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed 
from well above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 connected 
with the cell by an oblique bar near base. 
Genus LEONILOMA, nov. 
Type, L. convergens. 
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint 
flattened against the frons, slightly fringed with hah’ behind 
and reaching to near vertex of head, the 3rd short and thickly 
scaled ; frons smooth, with slight ridge of hair above ; eyes 
large, round ; antennas of male ciliated ; thorax clothed 
almost entirely with scales and without crests ; tibiae slightly 
fringed with hair ; abdomen smoothly scaled and without 
crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly 
curved and not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of 
cell ; 0 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to 
form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell 
about half the length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully 
developed from just above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 
8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. 
Leoniloma convergens, u. sp. 
Head, thorax, and abdomen nearly pure white, the palpi 
towards tips, frons and antennas fulvous red-brown ; fulvous 
patch below the shoulders ; fore and mid tibiae suffused with 
fulvous towards base. Fore wing nearly pure white ; an 
oblique greenish yellow line pencilled with line black striae 
and with black point at costa, from costa before middle to 
below vein 1 beyond middle, then slightly retracted to inner 
margin ; a faint brownish discoidal striga ; a line similar to 
the antemedial line from costa beyond middle to tornus ; a 
yellowish line from below costa to tornus joining at vein 2 
a subterminal line formed of fine black striae and also 
arising below the costa ; the termen with fine black strife ; 
cilia tinged with greenish yellow and with slight orange 
mark at tornus. Hind wing pure white ; some orange 
suffusion in terminal part of submedian interspace with 
geminate black and silver spots on the termen with a curved 
line of black scales before them and an oblique silvery line 
above them from vein 3 ; the termen silvery with some fine 
black striae on it ; cilia tinged with ochreous yellow and 
with orange at submedian interspace. Underside white. 
Hab. Sierra Leone, Bathanu ( FitzGerald ), 1 $ type ; 
Br. C. Africa, Mt. Mlanje (Neave), 1 9 ; Transvaal, Lyden- 
burg, 1 Exp. 34 millim. 
