Puhl. 11. IX. 1934. 
LYCOPHOTIA. By M. Gaede. 
shaped, the latter with black dots outside. Median band and exterior line indistinct. The latter double, un¬ 
dulate. Hindwing white. 35 mm. Cape Colony. Our figure from an East-African sjjecimen may l)elong to a 
closely allied species. 
L. isopleura Hmps. (5 h). Body and forewing greyish-brown, costal margin and distal area flarkei’. 
Interior line double, undulate. Coniform macula as a black dot. Ring-macula and reniform macida edged 
with black, between them black. The former somewhat square, the latter strangulated in the middle. Median 
line undulate, exterior liiie double, undulate. Hindwing white. 9 30 mm. Mashona Land. 
L. melanephra Hmps. Thorax pale bluish grey, abdomen greyish-white. Forewing bluish grey with virldnrptim. 
some red-brown and black scales. Interior line fine, double, red-brown, undulate, with 2 black dots at the costal 
margin. Ring-macula small, round, white, edged with red-brown. Reniform macula large, black, edged with 
white and red-brown. Median line red-brown with a black dot at the costal margin. Exterior line fine, double, 
red-brown, dentate, with black dots at the veins. Submarginal line whitish, indistinct, edged with red-brown 
inside and outside. Hindwing j)urely white. 32—35 mm. Transvaal. 
L. ecvinacea Hmps. (5 h). Thorax leaden grey, reddish in the middle. Abdomen greyish-white. Fore- m-inarea. 
wing lead-coloured. Interior line only marked by a si)ot at the costal margin. Ring-macula and reniform macula 
indistinctly defined in violettish-red surroundings, a spot at the costal margin above the ring-macrda. Extei'ior 
line indistinct, dotted, only 2 dots at the costal margin more distinct. Marginal area reddish-violet with dark 
streaks at the veins. Hindwing white. (J 38 mm. Cape Colony. 
L. atrisparsa Hmps. (5 h). Tegulae pale bi’own, thorax dark red-brown, abdomen lighter. Forewing alri'fparsa. 
whitish ochreous, tinged with violettish-red, especially the costal margin. Interior line undulate, indistinct, 
with black dots inside at the veins. Ring-macula and reniform macula indistinct, the latter edged with black, 
with a black spot towards the base. Exterior line dentate, indistinct. A black spot at the costal margin before 
the very indistinct submarginal line. Fringe black. Hindwing white, somewhat dark at the margin, d' 3(J mm. 
East Africa. 
L. fuscirufa Hmps. Thorax and forewing dark red-brown. Somewhat less dark at the base and be- fuscinifa. 
tween the exterior and submarginal lines. Interior line undulate, oblicpie. Ring-macula and reniform macula 
with indistinct dark red-brown edges. A black streak in the cell before and between the maculae. Exterior 
line double, finely undulated. Submarginal line marked by the dark edge. Hindwing yellowish-white, edged 
darker in the 9- 30 mm. East Africa. 
L. perirrorata Hmps. (5 h). Thorax dark ochre, abdomen lighter. Forewing dark ochre, densely dusted perirrorafa. 
with black. Costal margin spotted black. Interior line indistinct, marked by black dots. Coniform macula 
merely a dot. Ring-macula and reniform macula centred black, with grey rings, edged wdth dark outside. Ex¬ 
terior line marked by black dots at the veins. Hindwing somewhat lighter than forewing. 34 mm. South Africa. 
L. postventa Hbn.-Geyer (5 i). Thorax blackish-brown, abdomen violettish-brown. Forewing greyish posiventa. 
lilac. Ring-macula and reniform macula centred dark, with grey rings, edged with black, the latter maciila 
with a grey median streak. A blackish spot between them exteirds to the distal margin. An oblique double 
line from the lower cell-angle to the inner margin. Exterior line marked by a row of black dots orr the veins. 
Hindwing white, the with brown veins aird nrargirral area. 50 nrrrr. Nunraqualand, CajDe Colorry. 
L. pudens Mah. (5 i). Thorax greyish lilac, abdomen brownish ochreous. Forewing greyish lilac, dusted pudens. 
blackish, rusty red at the costal margin. Interior line double, extraangirlar in the cell and above the inner margin. 
Coniform macula represeirted by a red-brown streak. Rirrg-macula arrd renifornr rrracrrla centred dark, edged 
pale, with red-brown around it. Exterior line doulrle, with a double row of black dots behind it. Submarginal 
line whitish, a red-brown spot before it at the costal margin, and with a series of small red-brown spots outside. 
Hindwing white, veins and inner margin brownish. $ 40 mm. East Africa, Madagascar. 
L. oliveata Hmps. (5 i). Thorax olive yellow and black. Abdomen pale ochreous brown. Forewing oUreatn. 
olive yellow, dusted black, especially in the basal and marginal areas often intensely black. Interior line ir¬ 
regular, dentate, angled inwards at vein 1. Coniform macula small, black. Ring-macula and reniform macida 
edged with black. Exterior line strongly dentate. Submarginal line pale, indistinct, with dark sagittal blotches 
inside. Hindwing whitish ochreous, somewhat brownish, d' TO mm. South Africa. 
L. leucoplaga Hmps. (5 i). Thorax red-brown with whitish scales, abdomen blackish-brown. Forewing leucoplnga. 
red-brown, dusted somewhat dark. Costal margin and marginal area greyish-white. Interior line marked by 
dark dots at the veins. Coniform macula and ring-macula absent. The reniform macula is a faded dark spot. 
Before it there is a square white spot and streak to the costal margin. The exterior line begins as a white streak 
at the costal margin, then black dots on the veins. Submarginal line grey, indistinct, apex white. Hindwing 
pale brown, lighter at the base. A lunulate spot at the cross-vein, snrall dark streaks behind it at the veins. 
$ 25 mm. Ruwenzori. 
L. viridis Hmps. Thorax red-brown with grey hair, abdomen brown. Forewing sap-green, dusted dark vh-UPs. 
brown. The basal half in the costal area and cell w'hite. Interior line black, white inside, undulate. Coniform 
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