172 Mr. W. Warren on new XXIX. — Descriptions of neio Genera and Species of VyxdWi^dd contained in the British-Museum Collection. By W. Warren, M.A., F.E.S. [Continued from vol. viii. p. 70.] Subfamily Csr tsa vginm. Semniomtma, gen. nov. Fore wings with costa very straight, curved only before apex and simple in male; a])ex blunt; hind margin hardly oblique and faintly bowed. Plind wings triangular, with liind margin only slightly curved. Labial palpi short, straightly porrect, shaggy beneath, the third joint indistinct; maxillary short, hairy ; tongue large, scaly ; ocelli minute ; forehead smooth, flat ; antenna in male simple, with very short pubes-cence ; neuration as in Clirysophila, Hiib., and Semnia, Tliib. Type S.flavicejjs, Burm. [Ilypocrita). In general appearance, colour, and markings, resembling Hiibner's genus Chrysophila, but distinguished at once by the simple costa and antenua3 of the male. Subfamily Ptsalibinm. PiNDICITORA, Wlk. Type P. zeuxoalis, Wlk. xxvii. p. 135. Pindicitora Jlavifrons, sp. n. Fore wings shining violet-black, with a slight pale tinge at the base of the inner margin ; a distinct white, bluntly zigzag, transverse line at one third, not quite reaching the costa ; a very faint, irregularly sinuous, and somewhat dilated line at four fifths. Hind wings violet-grey, paler towards the base, gradually darkening outwards, with a faintly paler submargiiial line, more distinct towards the anal angle. Thorax, antcnnai, abdomen, and fringes concolorous with fore wings ; collar, base of antenna?, face, palpi, and anal seg-ment of abdomen yellow. Underside shining fuscous, with a violet gloss ; legs pale ochreous. Expanse of wings 10 millim. One male from Accra.
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