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Show 92 DR. W. J. HOLLAND ON THE AFRICAN [Jan. 14, and hence I place sextilis in the same group as cylinda. I do not know the species under this name at all events. 305. C. (?) PROXIMA, Ploetz. Hesperia proxima, Ploetz, S. E. Z. vol. xlvii. p. 95 (1886). Hab. West Africa (Ploetz). I only know this species from a copy of the drawing by Ploetz. In the form of the wings it suggests affinity to the species which I have located in the genus Ccenides, but it probably does not belong there. ARTITROPA, gen. nov. Antenna? moderately long, more than half the length of the costa of the primaries; club robust, elongated, terminating in a short tine point slightly recurved. Palpi stout, erect, reaching the top of the vertex ; the second and third joints are densely clothed -with hair; the third joint is minute, almost concealed in the* vestiture of the second joint. The legs have the tibia? scantily Neuration of Artitropa erinnys, Trim., 3 • !• clothed with long hair ; those of the posterior pair are armed with a median and double terminal spurs. The primaries have the costa slightly rounded ; the inner and the outer margins are subequal, evenly rounded ; the cell is two-thirds the length of the costa, with the upper angle acute, the lower angle obtuse; vein 5 slightly nearer vein 4 than vein 6 ; vein 12 terminates on the costa before the end of the cell; vein 7 arises slightly before the end of the cell ; vein 2 is more than twice as far from vein 3 as vein 3 is from vein 4 and is equidistant between vein 3 and the base. The cell of the secondaries is short; vein 5 is present and distinct; vein 3 and vein 7 arise well before the end of the cell; the outer margin is rounded and slightly excavated above the termination of vein 16. Type A. erinnys, Trimen. I have erected this genus for the reception of the following species, which are distinguished from all other near allies in the genus Ccenides and allied genera by the shape of the club of the antenna?, by their more robust form, and by their peculiar style of coloration. They form a well-marked group. |