RODOLPHIA; AENIGMINA; CONOPIA. By M. Gaede. 
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L. abdominalis limps. Body black, with a steel-blue gloss. Frons and palpi in front white. On the abdomi- 
abdomen the 2nd segmental margin above white, white scales on the 3rd to 6th segments; beneath a white 
band on the 2nd segment, and the 4th to 6th segments white, the anal tuft laterally white, too. Forewing 
hyaline, veins, costal and inner margins narrow blackish-brown with a green gloss. Distal margin coppery 
brown, projecting inward at vein 7. Cross-vein broad. Hindwing hyaline, narrowly margined. Beneath the 
forewing in the distal area somewhat golden yellow, hindwing at the costal margin yellow, from the direction 
of the cross-vein notched black. $ abdomen above with white margins from the 2nd to 6th segments. 14—16 mm. 
East Africa. 
L. quinquepuncta Hmps. Antennae of $ well ciliated, abdomen normal. Body bronze black. Tibiae quinque- 
and tarsi with white rings. Forewing dark brown, with a violet and coppery brown gloss, at the distal margin punda 
yellow scales. In the cell-end a round hyaline spot, the distal hyaline area composed of 4 dots in an incurved 
row. Hindwing finely margined with dark brown. 16 mm. Sierra Leone. 
L. alenicola Strd. (77 e). Blackish-green. Palpi beneath white, also frons somewhat white. Abdomen alenicola. 
on the 2nd, 4th. 6th segments margined with bluish-white, beneath on the 4th, 5th, and 6th segments almost 
fused bands. Legs with fine white rings. On the forewing the costal and inner margins fine black. Cross-vein 
and distal margin broad, filled somewhat coppery brown, the distal margin in the middle broadly projecting 
inward almost to the cross-vein, beneath reddish-yellow between the black veins. Hindwing finely margined. 
On the inner margin with whitish-grey hairs. $ 15 mm. Spanish Guinea, I. of Eloby. 
17. Genus: Itodolphia Le Cerf. 
Palpi porrect, the 2nd joint very long. Neuration as in “Sesm”, thus probably in the fore wing only 
veins 7 + 8 stalked, in the hindwing 3 + 5 on a short stalk, 6 below the upper cell-angle. The principal mark 
of distinction is a truncate cone on the frons. 
R, hombergi Le Cerf (77 c). Black. Palpi beneath white, laterally on the 2nd joint red. Antennae hombergi. 
before the tips with a red spot. Thorax with 3 red lines. Abdomen above with greyish-brown segmental margins. 
Each ring in the middle and laterally with fiery red spots. Forewing bronze black with 2 very small hyaline 
spots, one each in and behind the cell, the latter spot parted by veins 4 and 5. Costal margin and inner margin 
as far as below the cross-vein, the cross-vein on % of its anterior length, a narrow line in the cell, the distal 
margin of the distal hyaline area, and some marginal spots beautifully yellowish-red. Hindwing hyaline, cross¬ 
vein outside and vein 5 yellowish-red. $ 20 mm. Madagascar. 
18. Genus : Aenig'iuma Le Cerf. 
Proboscis feeble. Palpi little bent, neat. Antennae % of the length of the costal margin. Tarsi long, 
legs not hairy. In the forewing veins 2 and 3 from the same place, 4 and 5 near together, 6 and 9 somewhat 
isolated. In the hindwing veins 3 + 4 stalked, 5 from the centre of the cross-vein, 7 absent. Traces of a third 
inner-marginal vein. 
A. aenea Le Cerf. Body bronze black. Palpi yellow, the dark reel antennae at the base yellow, at the aenea. 
end black. Tibiae and tarsi yellow. Forewing bronze black, costal margin and cell bright yellow. Hindwing: 
marginal band broad at the costal margin, cross-vein in front broadly scaled. Kilimandjaro. Satimargo Le Cerf. latimargo. 
On the hindwing the bronze black marginal band extends farther inward to the lower cell-angle. Kilimandjaro. 
19. Genus: Conopia Le Cerf. 
Somewhat different from Synanthedon by very long antennae ( 4 / 5 of the length of the costal margin). 
Also the 3rd palpal joint is long. In the forewing vein 3 is sometimes absent. Legs quite hairless. Type: 
stomoxyformis Him. from Europe. 
C. gabuna Beutenm. (77 d). Thorax greyish-black with 3 yellow lines, palpi below yellowish-white, gabuna. 
Abdomen bluish-black, the margins on the segments 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7 golden yellow and a yellow lateral line 
as far as the first margin. Anal tuft laterally yellow. Anterior coxae white, tarsi on one side yellow. Forewing 
hyaline, the bluish-black distal margin and the cross-vein very broad. Hindwing hyaline, narrowly margined. 
Beneath on the forewing silvery rays before the margin. In the larger $ the segmental margins on the abdomen 
are white. Hind tibiae with a white ring. 20—25 mm. Ogowe. 
C. gracilis Hmps. (77 d). Body dark brown, with a silvery blue gloss. Palpi and chest yellow, frons gracilis. 
laterally white. Legs brown, tibiae and tarsi with yellow rings. Abdomen in the middle narrower. The margins 
on the segments 3, 5, 6 and 7 white, anal tuft laterally white. Forewing hyaline, the margins blackish-brown, 
with a coppery gloss, cross-vein and distal margin broad. Hindwing corresponding to forewing. 8 24 mm. Cameroon. 
C. nuba Beutenm. Bronze black. Frons laterally and palpal tip white. Abdomen with yellow margins nuba. 
on the 2nd, 4th, and the two last segments. Legs with white rings. Fore wing hyaline, the bronze black margins 
moderately broad. 14 mm. Ogowe. 
