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NOCTUXD.E, 



grey-brown with a cupreous gloss ; the medial area with four 

 waved black lines ; two waved postmedial lines tinged with silvery 

 blue ; a subterminal series of small black spots, a waved black line 

 before termen and a terminal line. Underside of both wings orange- 

 scarlet ; fore wing with slight double dark discoidal lunule, post- 

 medial elliptical black spot between veins 5 and 3, waved sub- 

 terminal line with some dark suffusion beyond it, followed by black 

 points, and a dark terminal line; hind wing with black discoidal 

 point, slight antemedial line excurved beyond the cell, waved 

 postmedial and subterminal lines, series of black spots before 

 termen and terminal line. 



Huh. Congo, Katanga, Kambove {Neave), 2 $ ; Br. E. Africa ; 

 Germ. E, Africa, Usangu (Neave), 1 5 ; I3k. C. Africa, lluo 

 A'alley (Neave), 1 $ , Lake Nyasa (Neave), 1 o , Zomba (Johnston), 

 1 (S , 1 2 fyps rivuUgera ; L0REK90 Marques, Delagoa Bay 

 (Monteiro), 1 J , 1 5 ; Mashonaland, Mazoe (Marshall), 2 c? ; 

 IIhodesia, Bulawayo (Marshall), 1 (S ; Zululand (Anderson), 

 1 $ ; Naxal, Gadzima (Marshall), 1 cj' . E.vp. 44-52 millim. 



Genus SPEIREDONIA. 



-Type. 



Speiredonia, Hilbn. Verz. p. 272 (1827) reiorta. 



Spirama, Griien. Noct. iii. p. 194 (1852) suffianoaa. 



Hypopyra, Gruen. Noct. iii. p. 198 (1852) triloba. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2ud joint reaching to about 

 vertex of head and rather broadly scaled, the 3rd long; frons smooth with 

 tuft of hair above; eyes large, round; antennae of male typically minutely 

 serrate and fasciculate; thoiax clothed with hair only and without crests; 

 tibiaj slightly fringed with hair on outer side, all the tibiae spined ; abdomen 

 smoothly scaled and without crests. Fore wing with ihe eosta highly arched 

 towards apex which is rounded, the termen evenly curved and slightly crenu- 

 late; veins 3 and o from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper ani^le ; 9 from 10 

 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the 

 cell about one-third length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 fully 

 developed from above angle; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with tlie 

 cell near base only; the mile typically with a fold on inner area on upper 

 side containing an ei'ectile fringe of very long hair. 



The species in Section II. grade into une another and might equally well be 

 treated as all more or less localised forms of one species. 



Sect. I. Antennte of male strongly serrate and fasciculate ; hind wing without 

 fold and fringe of hair on inner area. 



A. Wings brown suffused with |)nrple-grey glaucescens. 



15. Wings yellow tinged with flesh-red griseisicjiia,. 



7460. Speiredonia glaucescens. 



Calliodes glaucsscans, Butl. P. Z. S. 1893, p. 680. 



Head and teguloe dark red-brown, the palpi at base, lower part 

 of frons, and guhe crimson ; thorax grey-brown ; pectus crimson ; 

 legs grey-brown, the femora fringed with crimson, the fore and 



