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SOMATINA. By L. B. Prout. 
persalsa. 
desueta. 
n igridiscata. 
acquidiscaia. 
pernigrata. 
maeandrata. 
obscurici- 
liata. 
discata. 
plynusaria. 
purpuras- 
cens. 
anfhophilata. 
ossicolor. 
D. persalsa Warr. ( = ioparia Swinh.) (15 k). More fleshy or reddish than the other species, densely 
irrorated with coarse dark scales, the proximal lines formed of this irroration, the outer ones more slender; 
cell-dot and terminal marks black. Underside much paler. W. Australia: Sherlock River and district. Stalking 
of 2nd subcostal of hindwing variable in extent, rather long in Warren's type, short in Swinhoe’s. 
D. desueta Warr. (15 k). On account of its somewhat elongate wings and the highly oblique outer 
line of the forewing, Warren described this provisionally as a Lycauges ; perhaps it more suggests some smooth- 
margined, very fine-lined Palaearctic Sterrha. Discovered with persalsa at Roebourne, W. Australia. 
25£Genus: Somalina Guen. 
(See Yol. 4, p. 44, 415; Vol. 16, p. 57.) 
Characters nearly as in Scopula but with the areole nearly always double, in that case (unless the 3 
preceding are to be merged in it) with the 2nd subcostal nearly always arising from the 3rd, not from the 
cell. When the distal areole is lost (often merely by a “sport'') it can scarcely be distinguished structurally 
unless in having the 4th and 5th subcostals arising from the areole separately, whereas in Scopula they are 
very generally stalked beyond it. On the whole larger than Scopula, the cell-spots often ocellated, showing 
more the facies of Problepsis. Even without the inclusion of the outlying genera there is still some structural 
variation, as the $ antenna can be pectinate (a few African species) or merely with fascicles of cilia, and the 
S hindleg may retain the terminal spurs (see nigridiscata). Somewhat more than half the known species are 
African, the rest Indo-Australian. 
S. nigridiscata Warr. is almost exactly like discata (15 k) except that the hindtibia has a pair of 
terminal spurs (genus Somatinopsis Warr.). S. Java, the type only. From Paloe, W. Celebes, a series has 
recently been received of which scarcely over one-third agree with the type. —ab. aequidiscata nov. (19 h), 
there the commoner form, has both cell-dots punctiform. 9 scarcely distinguishable from rather pale plynusaria. 
ab. pernigrata nov., 1 J (Paloe), is densely irrorated almost throughout with blackish, the front of the thorax, 
as well as the fringes, remaining white. The underside has some similar dark powdering, on the hindwing 
distal only, on the forewing chiefly subcostal and in the cell. 
S. maeandrata Prout (15 k) is characterized by the dark red-grey fringe and terminal suffusion. Face 
black. 2nd subcostal of forewing connate with 3rd or even (occasionally) from the cell. We figure a $. The 
rf is small and less clouded and has the hindtibia strongly dilated and fringed, the tarsus shortened. Kedah 
Peak, Malaya. Probably a form of the following, which was published (by a figure) while maeandrata was 
in the press. 
S. obscuriciliata Wehrli (24 a). Face dark brown. Antennal ciliation perhaps slightly longer than in 
in maeandrata, but I doubt whether close study will confirm this. Cell-spot of forewing larger than in mae¬ 
andrata S. I see no other appreciable difference. S. E. China: Lienping, type Kowloon, a $. 
S. discata Warr. (15 k). <$ hindtibia rather short, spurless, tarsus not shortened. The recent dis¬ 
coveries regarding nigridiscata (see above) render it extremely probable (though not yet proved) that this is 
merely an aberration of plynusaria, as I already suggested tentatively in 1930. Hainan: besides the <J type 
from Ching Mai, I know only a $ from Manchyo. Neither of these villages has yet produced typical plynusaria, 
which however is well known from Hainan. 
S. plynusaria Walk. (= congruaria Walk., 1869) (15 k). The type of congruaria, formerly cited as a 
synonym of anthophilata, has been acquired by the British Museum and proves to be a wretched $ of the present 
sj>ecies from “Benares” (err. loc.); in any case the name congruaria is preoccupied by Walker himself. Hind- 
tarsus of <J about as long as the tibia. Nearly related to anthophilata but less glossy, more irrorated and clouded, 
with a dark spot close to apex, etc. Distributed in India (type from Sylhet); Biuana, Hainan, Formosa and 
Java (Mt. Gedeh). 
S. purpurascens Moore (19g) is nearly related to the preceding, with narrowed median area and gener¬ 
ally whiter <$, apical region clear; the $ hindtarsus seems scarcely as long and the genitalia prove it to be a 
separate species. Described from Ceylon, but meets plynusaria in South India. 
S, anthophilata Guen. (15 k) is the type of the genus and a well-known Indian species. Its range embraces 
further Malaya, Siam, Tonkin, Hainan and a part of China. Semper has recorded it from Luzon, but I cannot 
say whether this will prove to be a race or near ally. 
S. ossicolor Warr., a $ from Sumba, has about the same size as a large anthopilata $. Paler, less 
pink-tinged, more weakly marked excepting the median line, which on the forewing is acutely angled in cellule 
6, on the hindwing straightish. 
