PuhL 19. X. 1934. 
TRACHEA. By M. Gaede. 
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Par. oxylus (7 i). Thorax and forewing reddish-brown with a hlackish-brown marking. Dark sj)()ts 
at the costal margin. Ring-macula and reniform macula relatively large. Only the exterior line ist thick and 
distinct, formiirg steps inwards at vein 6 and 5, from vein 4 curved to the base of the wing. Dark streaks 
behind it in the marginal area. Fringe speckled. Hindwing pale brown, lighter in the basal area. nim. 
East Africa. 
Par. lysis Fawc. (7 i). Lighter, rusty brown. Exterior line strongly dentate (not to be noticed in the ori- hjsis. 
ginal figure), the distal area behind it light brown with some black streaks between the veins. The macula 
as in oxylus. A sinuous line from the base of the wing above the inner margin, with a small black spot l)e- 
low it near the base. Hindwing somewhat darker than in oxylus. 30 mm. East Africa. 
In the following genus we find species most of which are described as Hadena. The number of American 
species belonging to this genus is very great. Relatively few species occur in Africa. 
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leuca. 
4, Genus : Trachea Ochs. 
Proboscis normal, second palpal joint longer. Prothorax and metathorax with parted tufts. Abdomen 
with short hair-tufts. Veins as in Parasfichtis. Distal margin of forewing somewhat undulate. Type: atriplicis L. 
from Europe. 
Antennae of ^ finely ciliated in tufts. 
Tr. normalis Hmps. Thorax pale red-brown and blackish-brown. Forewing brownish ochreous with normalis. 
black scales and black marking. Traces of a subbasal line, black behind it at the costal margin. Interior 
line undulate, bent, edged inside with brownish ochreous. Traces of a short coniform macula, the reniform 
macula open above, black streaks behind it. A median shadow from the lower edge of the cell to the inner 
margin. Exterior line doiible at the costal margin, notched, the costal margin behind it Idackish with light 
spots. Submarginal line angled at veins 7 and 4, small black marginal lunae behind it. Hindwing white, 
darker at the margin. ^ 35 mm. Transvaal. 
Tr. melanoleuca Hmps. (7 k). Brownish-white with a dark brown marking and black lines. Subbasal uiela 
line incurved to the base, interior line undulate. The light brown ring-macula is elliptical, the median shadow 
behind it distinct, angled, ending in a spot above vein 1. Reniform macula large, smoky brown, less distinct, 
round. Exterior line indistinct, undulate, parallel to the distal margin, bordered with white at the inner mar¬ 
gin. Three strong sagittate spots at the margin, and a triangular spot before them at the inner margin. Hind¬ 
wing brownish, with a light median band edged dark inside. Black-spotted at the anal angle. $ 50 mm. Natal. 
Tr. melanodonta Hmps. {= Bryoph. melanoleuca Hmps.) (7 i). White. Interior band of forewing black, meJano- 
broad, projecting outwards below the cell. The broadly edged small ring-macrda connected black with the dnnta. 
cross-vein, black spots above it at the costal margin. A black preapical spot, from which an olive brown 
shadow proceeds, and a large spot at the anal angle. Abdomen and hindwing light brown. $ 24 mm. Natal. 
Tr. melanobasis Hmps. (7 k). Body whitish, tegidae yellowish-brown. Forewing blackish as far as the melano- 
middle, a red-brown spot at the costal margin near the base is divided by a Avhite line. Interior area edged haf<is. 
with white outside. Only the reniform macula is marked by a black spot in light surro\mdings. The exterior 
line in the greyish-brown distal area is marked white only at the costal and inner margins, besides black 
spots as in melanodonta. Hindwing coloured like the distal area of the forewing. $ 30 mm. Natal. 
Antennae of luiiformly ciliated. Both wings beneath with rusty brown scales in the interior u])per 
halves. 
Tr. leucura Hmps. Body and forewing copper-brown with white marking. Subbasal and interior lines leunn-a. 
formed of white dots. Ring-macula comjmsed of 3 dots, reniform macula of 7, connected by a black bar. Vdiite 
dots behind them at the costal margin. Submarginal line formed of some dots, another dot before them at the 
inner margin. Marginal line dark with white dots before it on the veins, a white line behind it. Hindwing 
paler. J 34 mm. Gold Coast. 
Tr. lobisemastis Hmj)s. Hindwing of d* and $ with a large lobe at the base. Thorax and forewing Job 
dark red-brown and somewhat greyish-white, especially in, below, and behind the cell. A blackish-brown sub- 
cellular streak terminates in a triangle. Interior line indistinct, oblique, incurved below vein 1, a blackish- 
brown spot above it. A dark band from the blackish-brown coniform macula to the submarginal line; ring- 
macula and reniform macula large, greyish-white and red-brown, edged with dark; between them dark brown. 
Exterior line fine, dark brown, obliquely inwards below vein 5. Traces of a pale submarginal line. Abdomen 
greyish-brown. Hindwing red-brown. 34 mm. East Africa. 
The following species exhibit a long black lateral pencil on the ^ abdomen. 
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