L0PH ODAXA. II V POSTROT I A . 
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extremity of 2nd joint behind ; legs dark brown, the tarsi 
ringed with whitish ; ventral surface of abdomen white tinged 
with red-brown. Fore wing rufous mixed with whitish, the 
postmedial area except towards costa and the terminal area 
suffused with dark brown ; two slight brown striae from costa 
near base ; antemedial line brown, slightly waved, a whitish 
bar before it from costa ; a rather diffused red-brown medial 
line, slightly excurved in the cell ; a black-brown discoidal 
bar defined by white ; postmedial line dark brown defined on 
outer side by white, bent outwards below costa then rather 
oblique, some whitish points beyond it on costa with dark 
brown between them ; subterminal hne white, slightly ex- 
curved below vein 7, angled inwards at discal fold, then 
excurved and becoming coincident with a white line before 
termen ; a dark brown terminal line ; cilia rufous and dark 
brown, the tips dark brown between discal and submedian 
folds. Hind wing dark reddish brown, the basal and inner 
areas whitish mixed with rufous ; a reddish white postmedial 
hne from vein 4 to inner margin and an oblique hne from vein 
4 before termen to termen at submedian fold ; a dark brown 
terminal hne with a reddish white hne before it ; cilia rufous 
and dark brown, the tips dark brown between discal and 
submedian folds. Underside of fore wing fuscous brown 
tinged with grey, a whitish postmedial bar from costa, slightly 
waved subterminal hne, and line before termen obsolescent 
at middle ; hind wing grey suffused with reddish brown, a 
sinuous dark postmedial hne defined on outer side by whitish 
and a narrow whitish band before termen from costa to 
vein 4. 
Hab. Gold Coast, Kumasi (Sanders), 1 $ type. Exp. 18 
millim. 
Genus HYPOSTROTIA , nov. 
Type, H . cinerea, Butl. (Capnodes), A. M. N. H. (5) i. p. 294 
(1878) ; id. 111. Lep. Het. B.M. h. p. 44, pi. 34. f. 9 (1878) ; 
Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 253 (1901). 
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint 
reaching to about middle of frons, moderately scaled in 
front and slightly fringed with hair behind at extremity, the 
3rd minute and thickly scaled ; frons smooth, with slight 
ridge of hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male 
serrate and fascicidate ; thorax clothed almost entirely with 
scales, the metathorax with depressed crest of metallic scales ; 
tibiae moderately fringed with hair ; abdomen with shght 
rough hair at base of dorsum but without crests. Fore wing 
with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and not 
crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from 
