PROTOSTEIRA; APOSTEIRA; TRIMETOPlA. By i . JE Pruci’. 
spurs, a “small upcurved lappet at the base" of the hindwing (no menticm of any othe)’ s])eeialisation), “veiii 
3 present”. Dark vein-spots or streaks on the forewing chiefly deveh)])ed at the costa, on the 2nfl suhmediaii, 
at the base of the 2nd median and in the distal area. Kilimandjaro, 1 c^, ex])anding 29 mm from ti]) to ti]) io 
the set specimen. 
28. Genus: l*potosleira Pn. 
Related to the African ‘"Episteira”, with similar characters as regards pal])us, abdominal ])ouch, J 
hindleg, areole, etc., but with short antenna, long and narrow wings, etc. Hindwing in both sexes with the 
costal vein anastomosing strongly with the cell, 2nd subcostal stalked, discocellulars not biangulate, 2nd radial 
from before the middle, 1st median stalked (in the $ sometimes separate); with cell wholly hyaline, 2nd 
median and sub median wanting, this part of the wing folded over above to form a lappet. Forewing of rj beneath 
in the type species with a patch of s])ecialised scaling on the end of the median and the bases of its 1st 
branch and of the 3rd radial, evidently correlated with the larger patch on the hindwing alujve which is con¬ 
spicuous in our figure. Only one species hitherto known; we are able to add a second. 
P. spectabilis Warr. (12 d). Unmistakable through the structural characters and the coloration of the spectabilis. 
8 hindwing; a secondary fold at the base of the lobe is clothed on its edge with long hair. $ much duller, 
the forewing olive-greyish, hindwing somewhat more drab. The type came from Natal, srd^secpient material 
from Transvaal, Kenya, Uganda and even Madagascar and the Comoro Islands. 
P. achroa sp. n. Expanse 32 mm. Palpus with the hair above less long than in spectahilis. Wings a achroa. 
trifle less narrow, drab-grey (the hindwing the paler), without any tinge of green or of reddish and without the 
dark central patch. Hindwing with the 1st median longer-stalked; the lobe not hairy, hut strongly recalling 
that of sume Indo-Australian Sauris (e. g. arjakensis Joic.d- Tall).). Fernando Po; Moka, 2 February 1933 
(W. H. T. Tams), 1 8 in the British Museum. A $ from 8ao Thome, in poor condition, znentioned in Trans. 
Ent. Soc. Lond. 1927, p. 193, is of a more whitish grey, hut seems evidently to belong here; 1st median of 
hindwing well stalked. 
29. Genus: Apoisteira yen. nov. 
Related to Protosie^ira. Palpus still longer (5 or 6 times diameter of eye), moderately rough-haired. 
Hindleg of the G long, spurless, witlumt pencil. Abdomen without pozich at base. Forewing of moderate 
width, distal margin scarcely oblique anteriorly, curving to become moderately oblique; venation approx¬ 
imately as in Protosteira, fold strongly curved forward, closely a])proaching median vein and its 2nd branch, 
separated therefrom by a noticeable furrow (upperside) or ridge (zuiderside). Hindwing rather short, less 
narrow than in Protosteira; venation similar, but with 1st median well se])arate; the lobe much as in P. achroa 
hut somewhat more erect, reminding of Sauris (Tym.panota) erecta Warr. (Borneo). Genotype: A. saurides sj>. n. 
A. saurides sp. n. (12 d). Unlike any other known s])ecies. The dirty yellowish-olive forewing (probably muridcs. 
greener when quite fresh) shows the olzlique black cell-mark and a few other irregular black markings, but 
the general effect is very uniform exce])t costally (where a pale patch stands between the beginnings of ante- 
and postmedian bands) and ternzinally (where the strong marginal spots are ])receded by a scarcely interrupted 
dark line and a whitish spot at anal angle). The shajze and character of this wing recall some Sauris, as, for 
example, S. coalita Prout (1931), except in the absence of a strong sidzbasal mark. Madagascar: Fianarantsoa 
(Pbrrot brothers), a froizi the OBBRTHftR collection. 
30. Genus: Trimetopia Gn. 
Another very distinct genus. Its superficial aspect deluded Gukkee into placing it among the Henii- 
theinae. Face smooth. Palpus minute. Tongue wanting. Antenna in both sexes strongly bipectinate. Hind- 
tibia with terminal spurs only. Forewing with areole simple. Hindwing with discocellulars biangulate, costal 
vein free, approximated to subcostal at middle third of cell; probably a connective bar, which is retained in 
the Palaearctic genera Sparta and Leptostegna, has been lost, the close ap'proach of costal to subcostal rendering 
it unnecessary (compare Odezia, which I now szispect Herrick-Schaeffer may have been right in associating 
Avith the Larentiinae; see Suppl.-Vol. 4, p. 2). There is probably only one species. 
T. aetheraria Guen. (12 e). Rather thinly scaled, of a delicate bluish grey, the Avhite lines A^ariable in udhemrbi. 
position. Founded on Abyssinian specimens, it is now known to be widely distributed in Central and East 
Africa and reaches southward to Southern Rhodesia. — coerulea Warr., founded on a single A Rom Lamu. coerulea. 
Kenya Colony, is probably nothing more than an extreme aberration, unusually small (scarcely 20 mm), per¬ 
haps somewhat narrower-AA'inged than usual, the lines slender, not very sharply expressed, the position of the 
postmedian uncommonly distal. 
