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comes from the areole. No doubt the pattern of the fore wing has misled 
Swinhoe, as it is very much as in the species of Hyperaeschra. 
My $s agree well with the original description, which, however, is very 
short and makes no mention of greenish shading in the fore wing and on the 
thorax as shown in some of my specimens. My two $s are much darker and 
less distinctly marked, but this species is very variable as regards colouration and 
I have seen a 9 , which is in Mr Platt's collection, and caught in Durban 15 . 1 1 . T 7 
by Mr Bell-Marley, in which the green is much brighter and more distinct, 
while the brown of the medial part is much darker and there is a terminal 
black irroration. Its tegulae and the basal half of the fore wing are purplish 
brown, and the length of the fore wing is 25 mm. I have seen another specimen 
which was of a more uniform brown with no .trace of green at all. My specimens 
are all from Durban, in March, May, June. 
Larva feeds on Chaetachme aristata Planch, and Trema bvacteolata Blume 
(E. E. Platt). 
Chadisra Semiflava. 
Chadisra semiflava Hmpsn. A.M.N H. 8. v. p. 462 (1910). 
One $ specimen in my collection from Durban and I have seen another 
somewhat darker specimen which is in E. L. Clark's collection. 
Chadisra Persimilis. 
Chadisra persimilis Hmpsn. A.M.N.H. 8. v. p. 463 (1910). 
I have seen a specimen in Platt’s collection, which I take to belong here. 
As, however, the $ of persimilis as well as semiflava, which two species are very 
similar in wing pattern, have not been described, I think that only further 
breeding of specimens can decide on this point. 
Chadisra Uncifera. 
Chadisra uncifera Hmpsn. A.M.N.H. 8. v. p. 459 (1910). 
I have a in my collection, which I think comes here, but which is in too 
poor condition to be quite certain. However, it is co-specific with a 9 , which is in 
fine condition and sharply marked, bred by Mr Platt at Durban 4. 9. T8, and 
which I certainly think has to be placed here. That specimen agrees in practi- 
cally every detail with the description and has the antennae pectinated as in 
the A except that the branches are somewhat shorter. 
Mr Platt informs me that the larva of this species fed on Dombeya cymosa 
Harv. ; it made a subterranean cocoon on May 5th, but did not pupate until 
August. Moth emerged Sept. 4th. 
Chadisra Rosinaria. 
(PI. VI, fig. 26.) 
Chadisra rosinaria Hmpsn. A.M.N.H. 8. v. p. 461 (1910). 
Three specimens of this species are in my collection, two $s and one 9, all 
from Natal (9 from Inchanga). In my specimens not only the fore tibiae have 
a black ring, but this ring is present on all the tibiae; in my $ there is also a black 
narrow discoidal striga, more faintly marked in the rfs and not mentioned in 
the original description. My 9 is 52 mm. 
