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NEONEGETA; METALEPTINA. By M. Gaeoe. 
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14. Genus: I^eoiiegeta H^rips. 
Proboscis normal, palpi long, obliquely porrect. Abdomen with 2 tnf'ts at the base. Forewing slightly 
excurved at the inner margin before the middle and with a small dent (jf scales there. Veins 10 +8 + 9 
stalked. Neuration of hindwing normal. Ty})e: trigonica Hmps. All the 0 s])ecies knowii from Africa, rathei' 
variegated in their marking, except the last species. Only 1 or 2 s})ecimens are known of each species, except 
jmrpurea. 
N. xanthobasis Hmps. (19 c). Thorax ])ale yellow, abdomen brownish. Forewing pale yellow in the .mtithobasis. 
basal half; bordered by a faint silvery white line from the costal margin before the middle excurved to the 
middle of the inner margin, the costal margin in this part slightly brownish. The marginal half dark choco¬ 
late brown. Hindwing reddish-brown, paler at the base. Hindwing of $ more red-lu'own. 20—24 mm. Niger 
District, Cameroon. 
N. atriflava Hmps. (19 c). Thorax yellowish white, abdomen brownish. Forewing yellowLsh white, atrlflava. 
A greenish black spot at the costal margin at the base, Ijlackish brown below it at the inner margin. Median 
band broadly greenish black, its interior edge in the middle with a point basad, the exterior edge slightly ex¬ 
curved. Marginal area blackish brown with a violet lustre, narrower at the anal angle. Hindwing blackish 
brown with a faded light median band. 24 mm. Gold Coast. 
N. zelia Drc. (19 c). Body brownish white. Forewing white. A pointedly triangular brown band from zelia. 
the costal margin to the centre of the inner margin, with a copper lustre. Its interior edge prolonged to the 
base at the costal margin, the exterior edge oblic^ue, slightly concave in the middle. A similarly coloured band 
in the marginal area, in the middle with a feeble point towards the base. Hindwing brownish white, darker 
at the margin. Hindwing of $ entirely darker. 20 mm. Gambia. 
N. purpurea Hmps. (19 c). Similar to zelia. Thorax white, only the tegulae brown, abdomen brownish, purpurea. 
forewing yellowish white. Median band blackish brown, broader at the inner margin than in zelia. The mar¬ 
ginal band not with a point, but uniformly slightly excurved below the middle. Hindwdng dark co]q)er-brown, 
lighter in the basal area. 24 mm. Gold Coast, Niger District, Cameroon. 
N. trigonica Hmps. (19 c). Body light violettish brown. Forewing the same at the base. Interior line trigonica. 
white, beginning at the costal margin near the base, very oblique almost to the middle of the inner margin. 
Median line almost vertical, white. The area before it as far as the interior line darker violettish brown. Be¬ 
hind it as light as at the base, gradually darkening towards the snbmarginal line. The latter far inside, notch¬ 
ed, slightly incurved behind the cell, extra-angular at vein 4. At the margin as dark as in the median area. 
Abdomen and hindwing pale copper-brown. Forewing of $ with a darker base and distal area. 25 mm. West 
Africa. 
N. pollusca Schs. {19 c) is rather different. Body light brown. Forewing light brown wdth a violet poUusca. 
reflection. Interior line fine dark, straight, slightly outward. Exterior line just as fine, slightly extra-angular 
below the costal margin, then straight, inwards. A fine black dot at the up])er cell-angle, a white one at the 
lower angle. Submarginal line marked by black dots. The margin behind it somewhat darker. Abdomen and 
hindwing copper-brown. 24 mm. Sierra Leone, Gold Coast. 
15. Genus: Metaleptiiia Ho?/. 
Proboscis normal, palpi highly erected. Antennae of ciliated. Tibiae of the in the first group with 
thick hair, the hind tibiae widened. Abdomen with basal tufts. Forewing with a triangnlar areole, other¬ 
wise normal. Vein 3 of hindwing arises before the cell-angle, 4 and 5 from the angle. Type: nigribasis Hall. All 
the 9 species hitherto known are Africans. 
1. Patagia with hair-scales at the end. Hind tibiae of o widened, with a long hair-pencil inside. In this 
group the forewing lacks the interior line. 
M. microcyma (19 d) Hmps. Thorax and forewing brownish white, dusted dark. A black dot in the microcyma. 
middle of the cell and 2 at the cross-vein. Exterior line finely dentate, dark brown, somewhat white-edged 
outside, from near the apex to the middle of the inner margin. Hindwing brownish white. The $ shows a 
darker red-brown ground-colour on the forewing and a Inniform spot at the cross-vein. 28—32 mm. Niger 
District. 
M. serrulilinea Bryk (19 d). Thorax dark red-browm. Forewing slightly lighter. Inner margin white serrulilinea. 
at the base, bordered by a black bent line. A black dot in the cell, a large spot at the cross-vein above, a 
small one below. Exterior line of white dots bent inward near the apex, a white streak downward from 
veins 2 and 1, somewhat scalariform. These wdiite dots are bordered inside by a fine black line. White scales 
at the anal angle. Abdomen and hindwing greyish browii. 20 mm. Cameroon. We figure the type. 
M, albibasis Holl. (= selenitis Hmps.) (19 d). Thorax and forewing reddish brown. Interior line not albihasis. 
discernible. A black dot in the cell, a lima at the cross-vein. Exterior line dark, from near the apex, oblicpiely 
inwards, somewhat angular at vein 4 and concave in the submedian fold. A narrow white spot at the inner 
margin at the base, but it may also be absent. Hindwing and abdomen pale brown. 22—26 mm. West Africa. 
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