PuhL 1. XL 1935. 
LOBIDIOPTERYX. By L. B. Prou'i'. 
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longer and narrower than in crassata] forewing with the antemedian weak, siiffused, postniedian not thickened, 
its angle appreciably behind the 3rd radial, acnte, followed by a rather strong inward curve between this point 
and a second prominence behind the fold; hindwing Avith the postniedian almost direct, except for a strong 
indentation at the radial fold; both wings with a whitish spot behind tlie 3rd radial close to termen. Nanisana. 
near Tananarive, December 1931 (Mine. N. d’OLSOUFiEFF), a good cJ in the Tring Museum, Discolourefl 
specimens from Lorenzo Marquez and Port St. John (Pondoland) are in the British Museum. 
G. rousseli sp.n. (12d). Near the preceding, or intermediate between that and crassata, but with roKssrii. 
a fleshy tone that is wanting in both. Further characteristics are the costal spots at the beginning of the lines 
of the forewing and the Amry strong outward bend of the postniedian of the hindwing at the radials. Bourbon 
(Reunion) (Dr. Roussel), a $ from the Oberthur collection. 
G. cameata Warr. agrees with acutipe^inis (12 d) in shape and essential markings but is a little smaller carneata. 
with a fleshy rather than an olivaceous tinge, the heavy cloudings in the anterior jiart of the forewing Avant- 
ing (though the postniedian and the subterniinal do arise from blackish costal spots), the postniedian of the 
foreAving scarcely inbent at the fold. Both species show, in the ^ type, a longitudinal streak about the radial 
fold of the forewing and indications of a second about the submedian fold, but these marks are inconstant. 
Kikuyu Escarpment, a pair collected with acutipennis. 
G. acutipennis Warr. (12 d) cannot be confused with any other known species. The ^ has almost ex- acufipenniti. 
actly the same markings as the $ (unless the distinction noted under carneata be definitely sexual) but has 
considerably narrower AAungs, the forewing more pointed, and exceptionally elongate abdomen (about 6,5 mm). 
Kikuyu Escarpment. 
G. idiograpta sp.n. (12 d). Head pale. Palpus nearly 1%. Antennal ciliation in the extremely idiognipia. 
minute. S^iurs of hindtibia very unequal, especially in the Build and coloration just as in acutipennis, 
underside nearly as in that species, markings of the forewing aboAm almost restricted to the two large costal 
spots, the antemedian very oblique and tapering, the subbasal band of the hinclAving stronger than in acuti¬ 
pennis, the postniedian less sinuous, with less red shading proximally. Sao Thome (W. H. T. Tams), 4 of 
each sex. 
26. Genus : Xjo1>i<lio|>teryx Warr. 
One of the feAV African representatives of the Lobophora group of genera (see Vol. 4, pp. 181—187) 
distinguishable from Nothopteryx Prout chiefly in that the costal vein of the hindAving is not approxima+ed 
to the subcostal for so long a distance but begins to diverge well before the end of the cell; the connective bar 
is, in consec^uence, more proximally placed, sometimes scarcely beyond middle of cell; 2nd subcostal of this 
wing generally stalked in the (J, or at the most only just separate (in Nothopteryx generally at its origin Avell 
separate from 1st radial); 2nd radial of both Avings arising well before the middle of the discocellulars. Palpus 
moderate to short. Hindtibia, as in most of the group, with terminal spurs only. Outer areole large and broad.. 
All the species are closely related. 
L. veninotata Warr. (11 k), the type of the genus, is easily recognizable from our figure. Larger than vemnotata. 
the other species, brightly coloured, with black cell-dots and characteristic black dashes on the veins. Palpus 
moderate. Founded on a good series from the Kikuyit Escarpment. — antithetica suhsp. nov. has the markings antithefica. 
(including subbasal band) very strong on a pale ground, hindAAung whitish, palpus less blackened (merely pale 
with black dots) on outerside. Katana, W. Kivu, 5000—7000 feet (T. A. Barns), a fine d in the British 
Museum. 
L. aurivilliusi sp. n. (= veninotata Auriv. nec Warr.) (11 k). Slightly narroAver AAunged than veninotata. aurii-'itli- 
Forewing with termen straighter, cell-spot and marks on the veins not black, proximal band of the median 
area at its darkened posterior part at least as strongly oblique outward as the distal band thereof; fringe Aveaker- 
marked than in veninotata. Hindwing with 2nd subcostal better stalked, 2nd radial from not quite so near 1st; 
very noticeably Avhiter than in typical venmotata. Kilimandjaro; Kiboscho, at 3000 m, in February (Sjo- 
STEDT), type (J in the Zoological Museum, Berlin, being one of a series of 6 1 misidentified by Auri- 
VTLLiiTS as veninotata. 
L. eumares sp. n. (11 k). ^ 34—37 mm, $ 38—41 mm. Also very similar to veninotata. Palpus a little eumare^. 
shorter, with less black marking. Wings slightly less elongate; forewing not green, lines firmer, their course 
somewhat different, the characteristic black dashes not develo 2 )ed. Hindwdng in the at least as clear AA'hite 
as in aurivilliusi; its 2nd subcostal about-connate with the 1st radial. The type (J, from Impetyeni Forest, 
Natal, 3 September 1920 (coll. Janse) is somewhat more warmly coloured than the other exam^Ales, Avhich 
are from Malta (Pietersburg) and Marieps Mountain, Transvaal, collected by Mr. C4. van Son and submitted 
to me by the Transvaal Museum. We figure a $ froin MariejAS Mountain. 
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