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EPICAUSIS; ELAEODES. By M. Gaede. 
inwards. Dark beliiiid it at tiie costal margin and behind the cell, a black streak in the submedian fold. Hind- 
Aving purely white, d' ^5 nim. Transvaal. 
■uieilioiniia. Acr. mcdiovitta Bofhsch. Thorax and forewing ashy grey. The reniform macula and the space behind 
it as far as vein 3 pale brown. A broad black band in the submedian fold on ' 3 of the length of the wing, 
with a black streak to the cell. Some undulate dark lines in the centre of the wing. A broad black band at vein 2 
as far as the distal margin. Hindwing creamy white, d' 22—25 mm. Madagascar. 
pseudo- Acr. pseudobanira Rothsch. Antennae of pectinated almost to the tips. Forewing greenish-grey with 
bamra. faded browii transverse lines. Three chocolate brown spots at the costal margin near the base. A white angular 
streak at the cross-vein. Behind it a black band, broad from the costal margin to the lower cell-angle and then 
at vein 4 to the margin. The costal margin before this band is cinnamon-brown, the greatest part behind it 
also cinnamon, and enclosing 3 dark short lines; margin narrowly grey. Hindwing white, diaphanous, brownish 
at the costal margin. 4S mm. Madagascar. 
2. Subfamily: Mominae. 
Palpi short, eyes hairy. Legs long-haired. Tibiae without spines. Neuration of forewing as in the 
Acronyctinae. Vein 5 of hindwing well developed, situate a little above the loAA'er cell-angle. Thus the Mominae 
fliffer considerably from the Acronyciinae. 
1. Genus: Kpieaiisiis Btlr. 
Proboscis normal. Palpi short, the third joint someAvhat longer than in the other genus. Antennae of 
finely dentate. Abdomen someAvhat flattened, densely long-haired. Anal tuft very strong. AVings narroAv 
and short. ForeAA'ing: vein 5 sejiarated a little from 4, 7 and 8 -f 9 from the upper angle of the areole, 10 from 
its anterior edge. HindAving: veins 3 and 4 from the same base, 5 a little farther off, b + 7 on a short stalk. The 
strange lepidopteron looks almost like a Sphingid. 
smithii. E. smithii Mah. (= lanigera Btlr.) (5 b). Thorax and anal tuft dark red, abdomen black. ForeAving 
orange, short black streaks at the costal and inner margins, the broad black distal margin trav^ersed by the 
orange veins. HindAA'ing lighter yelloAv, broad black at the base and distal margin. 55—62 mm. Madagascar. 
2. Genus: Elaeo<les Hmps. 
Proboscis stunted. Palpi short, the second joint much longer than the third. Antennae of finely den¬ 
tate. Metathorax Avitli a feeble tuft, abdomen with small tufts. Wings normally shaped. ForeAving: veins 3, 4 and 5 
slightly separated, otherAAOse as in Epicausis. HindAAung: veins 3—5 the same, 6 and 7 from the same base. 
Type: brevicornis Wkr. 
All the species yellowish-green on the thorax and foreAving; the hindAving broAvnish-Avhite in the o, 
dark broAvn in the 9- Transverse lines of foreAving mostly Avhite. 
1. Antennae of E someAvhat more serrate. 
virescens. El. virescens Btlr. (= ochroargAwa Mah.) (5 b). The AAdiite basal line of the foreAving is bordered outside 
Avith dark broAvn. The interior line projects strongly in the srdnnedian fold. Ring-macula and reniform macula 
white, filled with blackish, the space betAveen them also blackish. Exterior line edged someAvhat dark behind 
the cell; above veins 2 and 5 Avith a dark shadoAv as far as the distal margin. White, dark-filled angles are before 
proteokles. the greenish-yelloAv marginal line. Fringe cut by light. — proteoides Kenr. (5 b) may be only a very dark spe¬ 
cimen of the same species from the same habitat. 30—38 mm. Madagascar. 
acaiharfa. El. acatharta Hmps. (5 b). The very distinct Avhite transverse lines of the preceding species are quite 
faded here. The dark marking is arranged in the same Avay, but indistinctly defined. Sid)marginal line feebly 
notched. HindAving of Avith a dark central spot and a dark exterior line. 36—42 mm. Natal. 
harnsi. El. bamsi E. Front. Forewing AAliitish-green, similar to virescens. The tvA^o maculae distinctly AA’hite. 
the median area from the costal margin to the sxibmedian line lighter, more uniformly dark behind the exterior 
line, only the spot above vein 2 is more ]n’ominent. Snbmarginal line a little more distant from the margin; 
narroAvly bordered AA'itli dark outside, bent more iiiAvard behind the cell. HindAving Avhitish (E) Avith a dark 
central spot. 36 mm. Tanganyica District. 
itwrnae. El. thomac E. Front resembles barnsi, but the Avings are someAvhat narroAver. Tlie lines and maculae 
on the foreAving are pale green, not Avhite. The cell more darkened betAveen the maendae. The exterior line is 
dentate. A dark shadow behind it extends to the anal angle. Submarginal line feebler, more dentate than in 
