. Bonn zoological bulletin. Zoology. Description of a new genus and three new species of Metarbelidae from East and Central Africa 103. Figs 7—9. Head and wing structure (SEM) of Shimonia splendida, $: 7. Head, eyes and palpi (frons largely descaled); 8. Fronto-clypeal pro- jection (lateral view); 9. Section of forewing with areole. Description. Regarding other genera of the Metarbelidae, the moths of the new genus are rather large, with a wingspan of 37-47 mm. Head: Rough-scaled; with a pair of small conical projections basally on frons in both sex- es (Fig. 8); labial palpi long (the longest
. Bonn zoological bulletin. Zoology. Description of a new genus and three new species of Metarbelidae from East and Central Africa 103. Figs 7—9. Head and wing structure (SEM) of Shimonia splendida, $: 7. Head, eyes and palpi (frons largely descaled); 8. Fronto-clypeal pro- jection (lateral view); 9. Section of forewing with areole. Description. Regarding other genera of the Metarbelidae, the moths of the new genus are rather large, with a wingspan of 37-47 mm. Head: Rough-scaled; with a pair of small conical projections basally on frons in both sex- es (Fig. 8); labial palpi long (the longest among the Metar- belidae, times the diameter of eye,) (Fig. 7); anten- nae of male bipectinate; of female mainly unipectinate (cf. Lehmann 2008a), branches in the middle of the antenna apically bifid; flagellum and dorsal surface of branches densely scaled (this scaling appears to be absent in some females). Thorax: Densely covered with hair-like scales, without a collar ring; with a short crest on metathorax. Epi- physis of the foreleg present, hindlegs with two pairs of long and narrow tibial spurs (length at least mm) in both sexes. Forewing upperside with simple, reticulate pat- tern (postmedial line and a straight line along vein CuA: always distinct), colours more or less brownish, not strong- ly contrasting (Figs 1-5). Scales of wing-margins long- stalked (stalks 3/4 of total length). Wing venation similar in both sexes (Fig. 6): in forewing 1A+2A forked at base; CuP obsolete, represented by a fold; CuA? originating from posterior margin of cell; CuAi M3, and M2basally sepa- rated, initiating from or near posterior angle of cell; Mi arising from about middle of discal vein, slightly closer to Rs than to M2; Ri from anterior margin of discal cell; R>, R3, R4 and R5 separate, arising from the areole in both sexes or Rs +R4 originate from the same or nearly the same point, in the latter case there is a very short cross-bar; Sc more or less parallel to Ri. In h
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