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with no lobe, such as is present in Lobobunaea. Abdomen not reaching to the end of the hind 

 wings. 



Venation: Vein IL_ [III X in revised nomenclature] arising opposite the end of the discal cell, 

 i. e., opposite the root of the anterior discal vein and midway between the root of the stalk of 

 II 2 and II 3 and that of veins IIIj and III,. Hind wings with discal veins situated slightly 

 beyond the middle of the wing, while vein III 2 arises close to inside of root of anterior discal 

 vein. 



Markings: Basal and extradiscal lines on each wing. A discal spot on the fore wings, 

 large, squarish, clear, with the outer edge oblique, with sometimes a small supplementary one 

 in the next cell toward the costa. Hind wings with a large ocellus, with a large clear central 

 area. 



Lama. — Body cylindrical, very near Nudaurelia; spines large, long, straight, sharp, with 

 no setse; the median one on eighth abdominal segment scarcely thicker than the others, but 

 forked, the split not very deep; otherwise the larva is much as hi Nudaurelia wahlbergi. 



This genus differs from Lobobunaea in wanting the lobe on the inner end of the hind wings, 

 and in the venation, vein I arising opposite the end of the discal cell, while in Lobobunaea the 

 same vein arises at the middle of the cell. By Hubner caffraria is made the type, the only 

 other species mentioned being B. alcinoe Cramer, which is the same species. 



To the genus Bunaea Rothschild refers 16 species; but from it I have eliminated B. alinda, 

 B. tyrrbena, B. irius (epithyrena), B. jamesoni, B. pbaedusa, and B. eblis. As to the generic 

 position of B. melinde, senegalensis, cervina, natalensis, and cleopatra, this can oidy be deter- 

 mined by an examination of the venation. 



Geographical distribution. — Ethiopian realm. Southwest Africa. 



BUNAEA CAFFRARIA (Stoll). 



Plate XXXII, fig. 8; XXXV, fig. 4. 



Bunaea caffraria Hubner, Verzeichniss bek. Schmett., p. 154. 



[Altacus caffraria Stoll, Suppl. Cram. (1791), pi. 31. fig. 2.] 



[Thyella nyctalops Wallengken, Wien. Ent. Mon., IV (1860), p. 167.] 



Imago. — Two tf , one 9 . Head, thorax, and base of both pairs of wings brick-red, includ- 

 ing base of abdomen, the rest of the whig and abdomen pale fawn color. A broad diffuse white 

 line is common to both pairs of wings. Extradiscal line in both wings interrupted by the 

 discal spots and accompanied within by a white line, greatly expanding on the costa of the fore 

 wings. Beyond this line the wing is hoary, but the outer edge is clear fawn color. Discal 

 spot an irregular oblong transparent spot, the outer edge of which is oblique. (In one speci- 

 men there is a small supplementary clear spot in the cell hi front; hi the two others, one 3 , 

 one $ , it is wanting.) 



Hind wings with the basal line in 3 confluent with the hoary fawn around the discal spot, 

 but in 9 it is free, and does not pass very near it. Discal spot deep orange yellow with a 

 round center, the orange encircled with dark brown and that by whitish. 



Under side fawn color frosted over with hoary scales; the discal spot on the fore wings as 

 above, but that of the hind wings is only represented by a half-round transparent spot. 

 Expanse of fore wings, J 1 112 mm.; 9 125 mm. 

 Length of a fore wing, S 58 mm. ; 9 64 mm. 

 Breadth of a fore wing, 6* 30 mm. ; 9 33 mm. 

 Length of hind wing, s 40 mm. ; 9 38 mm. 

 Breadth of hind wing, s 29 mm. ; 9 33 mm. 

 Geographical distribution. — [South Africa.] 



[Rothschild lists ab. punctigera (Wallengr.) and ab. angasana (Westwood). Jordan (1910) 

 has described a subspecies nubi^a from the Blue Nile.] 



[C. Aurivillius, in litt. to Dr. Packard, December, 1901, states that B. alcinoe is very nearly 

 allied to B. caffraria, and may be only a local race of that species. However, Charles Oberthiir 



