MIONIDES; BRYOPHILA. By M. Gaede. 
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barnsi. Hindwiiig somewhat yellowish, esj^ecially at the margin, the central luna feeble; sometimes ti’aces of 
an exterior line. ^ 33—35 mm. San Thome. 
2. Antennae of d' somewhat less serrate. 
El. brevicornis Wkr. {= tarara Holl.) (5 c). Forewing greenish ochreous. The white basal line is mostly hreinrornis. 
indistinct. The notched white interior and exterior lines nearing each other in the snhmedian fold, darker be¬ 
tween them as far as the inner margin. The ring-macula is somewhat distinct, the reniform macula is a white 
streak in dark surroundings. The distinct notched white submarginal line is far remote from the margin. Fringe 
speckled. Hindwing of cJ whitish with a brownish margin; the abdomen and hindwing of the $ dark brown. 
30—38 mm. West Africa, Uganda. 
El. lutescens H.-Schdff. (5 c) may be only a light $ form of hrevicomis. Forewing almost white in the Ivtescens. 
median area below vein 2, white also behind the reniform macula. Hindwing also lighter, so that a central 
spot and two exterior bands, which are only visible beneath in brevicornis-^, appear also above. $ 48 ram. 
Cape Colony. We figure the presumable d" of if according to a sj^ecimen from East Africa. 
El. prasinodes Prout is still lighter than the similar barnsi. A white spot behind the cell and behind prasinodes. 
it in the distal area. The 3 white lines similar to barnsi. Both the maculae orange with black sjiots, ring-macida 
edged with white, besides black outside, reniform macula white inside and edged with black, running outside 
into the white spot; the space between them is also orange, spotted black. The notched submarginal line is 
edged with orange outside in its posterior part, the rest blackish. Fringe white, spotted orange and black. 
Hindwing white, in the $ with a central spot and exterior band. Under surface: the ^ purely white, the $ fore¬ 
wing broadly greenish at the costal and distal margins. 36—44 mm. Rhodesia. 
El. punctata n. sj). (5 c) resembles virescens. Ground-colour more purely green. Costal margin uniformly punctata. 
spotted dark. The type shows a black circular spot before the less notched interior line below the median vein. 
The exterior line does not project angularly at vein 5. The white lunar line at the margin is feebly developed, but 
its exterior dark border is very distinct at the same places as in virescens. The exterior dark edge at the ex¬ 
terior line is also somewhat darker. The space behind the light-edged reniform macula in the type as dark as 
the cell as far as the interior line. The second specimen shows the space behind the reniform macula somewhat 
lighter, the basal area dark as far as the inner margin. Hindwing (§) brownish. Beneath with a central luna 
and exterior band. Tarsi blackish-brown, vdth fine light rings. $ 32—35 mm. Cameroons. Type in the Berlin 
Museum. 
3. Subfamily: Bryophilinae. 
All that is necessary has been said about this sid)familv already in Vol. Ill, p. 18, and Vol. XI, p. 43. 
1. Genus: Miouicleis Hmps. 
Proboscis absent. Palpi thin, relatively long, somewhat hairy. Frons with a hump. Antennae of U 
tuftedly ciliated. Vein 5 of hindwing below the middle of the cross-vein, 6 + 7 on a long stalk. 
M. lichersea Hmps. (5 c). Light olive brown. Interior line indistinctly white, somewhat angular. The tichenea. 
two maculae small, white, edged with black. Exterior line black, edged with white outside, ending at the inner 
margin far inwards. Submarginal line formed of some small black spots. Hindwdng blackish-brown. ^ 28 mm. 
Cape Colony, Natal. 
2. Genus: Bryopliila Tr. 
Proboscis normal. Palpi extending to above the frons, also the last joint relatively long. Antennae 
of ciliated. Thorax only behind with a tuft, small tufts in front on the abdomen. Vein 5 of hindvdng from 
the centre of the cross-vein. Type: muralis Forsf. from Europe. 
B. leucomelaena Hmps. (5 c). Creamy white. Forewing with a blackish-brown median band. Ring- leuco- 
macula and reniform macula edged with black, filled with grey, large, the latter in lighter surroundings. Two metaena 
dark spots before the margin. Hind wing with a dark central spot and exterior line, d' 24 mm. East Africa. 
B. fulvifusa Hmps. Thorax red-brown. Forewing greyish-brown, reddish orange at the base of the fuJvifusa. 
inner margin. Median area bordered as in leucomelaena, a reddish orange spot behind it at the inner margin. 
The two maculae reddish-orange, indistinctly bordered, blackish between them. Submarginal line indistinct, 
blackish, orange-red behind it. Hindwing slightly reddish-brovm. 24 mm. Transvaal. 
B. pica Strd. Similar to Polygrammala hebraica from America. Forewing white with black lines. Near pica. 
the base two s^mts and an angular mark. Two black transverse streaks in the cell, indistinctly continued to 
the inner margin. A longitudinal spot at the cell-end. Behind it at the costal margin there are 3 spots from 
which a band proceeds. Submarginal line undulate, dentate, dark behind it as far as the margin. Hindwing 
light grey. 20 mm. West Africa. 
