56 CUCULLIA. By M. Gaede. 
small spot is outside the upper streak. Hindwing hyaline white with a brown marginal line. G 39 mm. Natal. 
Type in the Berliner Museum. 
7wch(rnaJis. C. noctumalis n. sp. (7 c). Thorax and forewing blackish coppery brown, abdomen yellowdsh-brown. 
Little is to be seen on the forewing owing to the dark ground-colour. Interior line double, black, very strongly 
notched, far outwards in the submedian fold, far inwards at the median vein and vein 1. Ring-macula slightly 
compressed laterally, rusty brown, distinctly edged with black. Reniform macula large, almost 8-shaped, 
somewhat rusty brown below, the rest dark, the type with a middle streak at the cross-vein, edged with black. 
Exterior line only marked above the inner margin by a short dent. Submarginal line marked by rusty red 
dashes. A small black marginal triangle at vein 2. Hindwing white, the dark margin less broad at the apex, 
broader at the anal angle than elsewhere. 32—-34 mm. Transvaal. Tyjie in the Berlin Museum. 
cJausa. c. clausa IT At. (7 c). Body and fore wing greyish-brown, somewhat whitish below the base of the cell 
and at its end, faint light streaks in the marginal area. Interior line indistinct, dentate, interrupted. Ring- 
macula and reniform macula whitish, with black marginal dots, a blackish spot between them from the costal 
margin to the median vein. Exterior line only distinct at the costal and inner margins. Submarginal line faded, 
black marginal dots distinct. Hindwing whitish, brown at the margin, d' 32 mm. Probably from South Africa. 
rufcscens. C. rufescens Hmps. (7 c). Thorax greyish-brown, abdomen brownish ochreous. Forewing grey, some¬ 
what more red-brown at the base and costal margin. Interior line double, obliquely outwards, strongly dentate. 
Ring-macula marked l)y 4 brown marginal dots and a faded brown centre. Reniform macula with brown dots 
basad and an indistinct brown centre. Exterior line indistinct, marked below vein 4 by double dots on the veins, 
below vein 2 by an oblique double undulate line. The veins black at the apex. Hindwing white, narrowly 
margined with brown. 38 mm. East Africa. 
pcrsiriafa. C. pcrstriata Hmps. (7c). Body and forewing greyish-brown. A variably developed black strij)e ex¬ 
tends from the base above the median line almost to the margin. Indistinctly red-brown before and behind 
the cross-vein. Traces of a strongly dentated interior line below the cell. Ring-macula marked by two black 
dots on its upper side. Reniform macula marked the same and by a black streak below. Exterior line only 
formed by an indistinct blackish line in the submedian fold. Besides a shadow at the distal margin below the 
apex. Hindwing white with a narrow brown margin. 42 mm. Cape Colony, Uganda. 
ochribasis. C. ochribasis n. sp. (7 c) combines properties of rufescens and persfriata and may be the $ of the former. 
Thorax pale whitish ochreous, abdomen brownish. Fore wing whitish ochreous at the base, behind the reni¬ 
form macula as far as the apex and above the anal angle. These places as well as the thorax are slightly tinged 
with pink. Two black dots at the costal margin near the base and two others at the median vein. A strongly 
notched inwardly directed interior line is recognizable below the median vein. The space behind this line as 
far as the cell and the exterior line is violettish-black, continued in a narrow strqie to the distal margin at vein 
o and widened towards the apex. The ring-macula is formed by 4 black marginal dots and a horizontally parted 
black spot, othervdse whitish ochreous like the space as far as the reniform macula and its proximal part. Reni¬ 
form macula almost oval, edged with black dots, black spots at the cross-vein, the rest dark. Costal margin 
with black streaks at tlie apex. Hindwing hyaline white with a brown margin. $ 42 mm. Kikuju. Type in 
the Berlin Museum. 
e.viricata. C. extrlcata IT At. (7c). Thorax pale red-browir, abdomen brownish ochreous. Forewing very pale 
red-brown. Interior line indistinct, strongly extra-angular between the veins. A blackish patch from the base 
to the interior line in the submedian fold. Ring-macula and reniform macula marked by 4 black marginal dots 
each. A black oblique streak at the centre of the costal margin. Exterior line marked by black dots and a white 
luna in the sid^median fold with a dark spot before it. A black stripe l)elow vein 3 as far as the margin, be¬ 
sides short marginal streaks as far as the apex, where the costal margin is somewhat darkened. Hindwing 
white, somewhat dark at the margin. 42—48 mm. Soiith Africa. 
tercnsis. C. terensis Fldr. {= africana Auriv.) (7 d). Thorax bluish-grey, abdomen greyish-brown. Forewing 
bluish-grey. A fine black basal streak in the siibmedian fold. Interior line double, projecting very miich in 
the cell, in the submedian fold and above the inner margin. Coniform macada sometimes marked by 2 short 
streaks. Ring-macula quadrangular with 2 lateral streaks or marked by 4 black dots, reniform macula marked 
by dots and streaks, very large, mostly, both quite extinct. A median shadow from the costal margin to the 
lower cell-angle is often distinct. Exterior line rarely marked by a double line at the costal and inner margins. 
Submarginal black patches above and below vein 2, as well as between veins 4 and 7. Hindwing white, broadlj^ 
brownish at the margin, fringe white. 35—-40 mm. South-West and South Africa. 
nubipicta. C. nubipicta Hmps. (7 d) is very similar to terensis. Colouring the same. Interior line faded in its an¬ 
terior part, below the cell as in terensis. A black dot in the middle of the cell at its upper margin. Reniform 
macida marked by a black streak and black dots at its upper edge. A black dot above it at the costal margin. 
Basally to it a whitish-grey spot as far as the lower cell-margin and to the interior line. The indistinct exterior 
