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MELIANA; AGROTANA; NEURANETHES. By M. Gaede. 
pectinata. 
cinerco- 
picta. 
longi- 
pennis. 
lunulaia. 
snrca. 
hcrthn. 
tenehra. 
jacksoni. 
angolana. 
19. Geims: Meliaiiii Curt. 
The species on the whole match those of the preceding genus. The difference consists in the round 
frontal projection with a horn-plate below it, which is absent in the Roro/ia-species. Antennae of ^ shortly 
pectinated only in the first species, ciliated in the others. Type: flmmnea Curt, from Europe. 
M. pectinata Hnvps. Thorax light greyish-violet, abdomen whitish ochreous. Forewing greyish-violet. 
A black streak below the base of the cell. Median vein and the veins in the distal area white, brown streaks 
between them. The white line forms a hook at the median vein. A black band above the end of the median 
vein is less distinctly continued to the margin and extends almost to the apex. A short black band is also above 
the anal angle. Hindwing white. 24—30 mm. East Africa. — Specimens in which the black marking is re¬ 
placed l)y pale brown or grey are called — cinereopicta Strd. 
M. longipennis Hmps. (7 a). Thorax pale pinkish-brown, abdomen lighter. Forewing brownish ochreous, 
with a pink tint, lighter at the costal margin at the base, darker, browner at the inner and distal margins. 
Veins fine lighter. Hindwing white, pale brown at the distal margin, more narrowly margined towards the 
anal angle. $ 42 mm. East Africa. 
M. lunulata Gaede (7 b). Very similar to M. exsnl Wkr. from Tristan d’Acunha in the marking, but 
more to the following sacra Hmp)S. in the size and colour. Body brown, forewing light brownish ochreous with 
a. violet shine. A dark streak below the base of the cell. Median vein dark brown, prolonged into a stripe which 
extends at the distal margin to vein 7 and almost to the anal angle. A fine black lima at the cross-vein, two 
stronger black spots inwards to it at the median vein. Hindwing white with a faint reddish shine. 25 mm. 
Togo. 
G. sarca Hmps. (7 b). Body and forewing greyish-white with a slight pink shine. A short black streak 
below the base of the cell. Median vein white almost from the base, with a hook at the lower cell-angle, edged 
with black above. A brown stripe above it from the base to the distal margin. A similar faded stripe at vein 2. 
Fringe spotted light and dark. Hindwing white, slightly brownish pink in the distal half. 24—30 mm. South 
and East Africa. 
M. bertha Schaus (7 b). Body and forewing greyish-yellow, with a slight rusty yellow shine. Interior 
line replaced by 3 blackish-brown dots. A black dot at the lower cell-angle, a black triangle behind it. Ex¬ 
terior line of Idack dots, more curved behind the cell, obliquely to the costal and inner margins. Abdomen 
and hindwing whitish ochreous. d' 25 mm. Sierra Leone, Cameroon. 
M. tenebra Hmps. (7 b). Thorax brownish ochreous, with an olive brown hue, abdomen lighter. Fore¬ 
wing dark red-brown, the interior half of the costal margin lighter. Veins white. A rusty red strijoe through 
the cell towards the apex, a similar one below the cell. Hindwing dark brown, lighter at the base. $ browner, 
the veins not so white. Traces of an exterior row of black dots. 32 mm. East Africa. 
The position of the two following genera is not mentioned by the author. 
20. Genus: Agrolaiia B.-Bak. 
Palpi highly erected, strongly scaled, third joint small. Erons with conus. Vertex and patagia with 
short tufts, abdomen without tufts. Antennae foliated. Hindwing: veins 3 -f 4 stalked, 5 arises below the 
centre of the cross-vein. 
A. jacksoni B.-Bak. Body greyish ochreous. Forewing ochreous creamy white. Median line indistinct, 
excurved, exterior line the same. Ring-macnla and reniform macula pale, faded. Submarginal line undulate, 
distinct. Hindwing pale creamy white. 26 mm. Nairobi. 
21. Genus: Efeuraiietlies B.-Bak. 
Palpi scaled, porrect. Tegulae and patagia with traces of tufts. A tuft also on the thorax behind. 
Antennae ciliated. No areole in the forewing, veins 7 -j- 8 stalked, also 9 -|- 10. Vein 5 of hindwing likewise 
below the centre of the cross-vein, 6 + 7 stalked. 
N. angolana B.-Bak. Body dark nut-brown. Forewing greyish-brown ivith a dark brown marking. 
Two dark spots at the base, one in the cell, one above it. A short blotch in the submedian fold near the base, 
a large spot in the centre, a spot above it in the cell, prolonged to the costal margin. Traces of the ring-macula, 
reniform macula large, pale, a black spot behind it. Hindwing greyish-white. ^ 32 mm. Angola. 
