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LYCOPHOTIA. By M. OJaede. 
vsiiila. 
calculi cm. 
rhodopea. 
megaplecia. 
inuscosa. 
a lb if rolls, 
(lecipiens. 
amatura. 
hjneiincta. 
bllrlungula. 
A siibmarginal line is only marked by one spot each on its inner side at the costal margin and in the centre. 
Hindwing yellowish-white with dark marginal dots, d' 34 mm. Cape Colony. 
A. ustula Hmps. Thorax dark red-brown, abdomen lighter red-brown. Forewing pale ochreous, tinged 
with fiery red except at the base, in the cell and below it as far as the interior line and the submedian fold. 
Inner-marginal area blackish except at the base. A fine black streak in the submedian fold as far as the in¬ 
terior line which is blackish, double, dentate, incurved as far as the inner margin. Ring-macula jDale ochreous 
with a fine black central dot, outwardly pointedly extended to the leniform macula which is grey in the centre, 
black only on the interior side, and in an ochreous ring. An oblique dark median shadow proceeds from the 
lower cell-angle. Exterior line double black far excurved below the costal margin, then continued as an oblique 
row of black dots, ochreous dots behind it and black streaks on the veins. An ochreous dot at the apex. Hind¬ 
wing hyaline 28 mm. East-Africa. 
A. catenifera Wkr. (og). Thorax greyish-brown with black scales, abdomen pale brovm. Forewing 
greyish-brown, dusted dark, with a feeble black basal lay in the submedian fold. Interior line indistinct. Coni¬ 
form macula oblong, black. Ring-macrda and reniform naacula edged with black and centred dark, close together 
and connected by a black streak. Exterior line finely dentate, indistinct. Submarginal line marked by a costal 
spot and black dots on the veins. Hindwing Avhite with a brownish margin. $ 40 mm. West Africa. 
A. rhodopea Hmjys. (5 g). Body and forewing coloured as in catenifera. Interior line beginning with 
two black streaks at the costal margin, then finely dentate, projecting above the inner margin almost to the 
exterior line. Coniform rrracula abserrt. Rirrg-rrracula arrd rerriforrn rrracirla centred dark and edged with white, 
the forirrer very elliptical. The dark rrrediarr shadow below the cell is obliqrre. The exterior line is a row of doirble 
dots. Marginal area darker, distinctly lighter irr the original figure. Hindwirrg browrrish white with a central 
luna and a diffuse exterior line. ^ 34 nrrn. Ruwenzori. 
A. megaplecta Joann. In the arrtennae similar to the Eru'opean R. castanea Esp. (Vcl. Ill, p. 39, pi. 8g), 
irr the nrarkirrg similar to R. plecta L. (Vol. Ill, p. 44, pi. 9 k). Thorax pinkish browrr, abdomen grey. Forewing 
pirrkish-bovm, broadly lighter at the costal nrargiir, below it the v/ing is yellowish-white as far as into the cell, 
where it is sharqrly irrterrrrpted. Beginnirrg frorrr the rirrg-macula the brightening becomes fainter and passes 
over irrto the grouird-colorrr behirrd the reniforrrr macula. A broad dark stripe at the lower cell-margin as far 
as the reniform macula and below vein 2. The small white ring-macula as well as the pinkish-white reniform 
macula are partly situate in this stripe. A greenish-yellow radial line behind the cell, similar short lines at vein 5, 
6 and below vein 2. Exterior line of faint brown dots, uniformly bent, indistinct. Hindwing white, brownish 
at the apex. (^38 mm. Reunion. 
3. Genus: I^ycopliolia Hbn. 
Scarcely different from Agrotis. All the 3 pairs of tibiae spined. Prothorax with a small tuft, abdo¬ 
men cylindiical. 
L. muscosa Hbn.-Geyer. A most variably coloured species which was therefore given six more names. 
Tegulae green, thorax red-brown and blackish, abdomen brownish grey. Forewing green, dusted somewhat 
dark. Interior line white, undulate, somewhat brownish before it at the costal margin. Coniform macula as 
a black dot or streak. Ring-macula and reniform macula large, filled with the ground-colour, edged with black. 
The space between the two maculae is filled with dark . Exterior line very fine, white, sometimes only the white 
tips of tlie dentation are discernible. A large dark spot behirrd it at the costal margirr, arrd soirretirrres traces 
of a light subnrargirral lirre. Hiirdwirrg prrrely white with arr irrterrrrpted dark lirre. 30—40 irrrrr. East arrd Sorrth 
Africa., Madagascar. —■ Horrre forrrrs of it have beerr derrorrrirrated; —■ albifrons Geyer. Forewirrg without the 
greerr shitre. — • decipiens Fldr. (5 g). Thorax violettish-browrr, tegrrlae white with a black serrricircle, thorax 
behind with white hair. Forewirrg grey with air irrterrupted rusty browrr rrrediarr barrd, the spots at the base, 
betweerr the rrraculae arrd rrear the apex are rrrore distinct. —■ amatura Wkr. (5 g) has air errtirely black thorax. 
Forewirrg alirrost white, the spots deep black, a short white basal ray. The forirr is irrrrch sirraller arrd nray be 
a distiirct species. 
L. ignetincta Hmps. Thorax arrd abdoirren whitish arrd fiery red, abdorrrerr sorrrewhat red-browrr irr 
the rrriddle. Forewing likewise whitish arrd pale fiery red, feebly dusted browrr. A srrrall black dot below the 
cell, and a short obliqrre streak behirrd it. Soirre black scales below the costal nrargin rrear the base. The rirrg- 
macirla is edged with black outside, the rerrifornr irracrrla on both sides; black betweerr tlreirr. A red-browrr 
spot rrear the apex at the costal nrargin. Distal area dusted browrr, the nrargiir itself pale fiery red with black 
rrrarginal dots. Hirrdwiirg white, with a sorrrewhat flesh-coloured tiirt. G 30 nrrrr. Trarrsvaal. 
L. bitriangula Hmps. (5 h). Forewirrg greyish red. Iirterior line irrdistiirct, sorrrewhat rnrdrrlate, obli¬ 
quely orrtward to the inirer margirr. Oorriform rrracula rrrarked fry a black errd-dot. Oire deep black spot each 
before the rirrg-macula and rerrifornr rrracula. The rrracrrlae with liglit edges, inside r-eddish. The forirrer V- 
