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TRACHEA. ByM. Gaede.’ 
nigri- Tf. fiigribarbata Hinps. (7 k). Body and forewing reddish-brown with black scales. Snbbasal and in- 
harhata. terior lines doxible, nndnlate, black. Traces of a black sagittal macula. The two other maculae edged with 
black, white inside with a darker centre. A dark median shadow behind the elliptical ring-macula. The double 
exterior line is strongly incurved below the cell, a black spot behind it at the costal margin. Submarginal line notch¬ 
ed, brownish-ochreous, marginal dots black. Hindwing just as dark. Forewing of $ paler. 32 mm. Natal, East 
Africa. 
phocni- Tr. phoenicolopha Hwps. Body red-brown with white scales. Forewing light red-brown with dark 
colopha. brown places. Snbbasal and interior lines double, black, filled with white. Ring-macula formed of 3 dots, 
reniform macxda of 7, edged xvith black, with white spots inside. Exterior line double, indistinct, filled unth 
white at the costal and inner margins. Submarginal line formed of a white angle at the costal margin and 
following white dots, edged with black inside. Marginal line black with white dots. Hindwing pale brown, with 
a central luna and an exterior band. 32 mm. Helagoa Bay. 
leucopida. Tr. kucopicta Ke7ir. (7 k). Thorax and forewing dark brown with white spots. Svibbasal and interior 
lines formed of white spots. Ring-macula and reniform macula black, finely edged with white. The broad ex¬ 
terior line is interrupted in the svdxmedian fold, connected in the centre of the wing with a spot at the distal 
margin. Small white marginal dots. Abdomen and hindwing little lighter. 40 mm. Madagascar. 
Antennae of uniformly ciliated. Wings normal, no hair-pencil on the abdomen. 
hrevivs- Tr. breviuscula Wkr. (7 k). Thorax rusty brown. Forewing greyish-brown. Ring-macxila light, ending 
nda. oblicpiely inwards towards the costal margin, edged with dark, situate in a large triangular dark area which 
is bordered inside by the black doidxle interior line. Reniform macula distinctly marked off by black only in¬ 
side. Exterior line also double, undulate, finely black. Somewhat darker behind it at the costal margin. 
The light notched submarginal line with black arrows on the inside, darker behind it. Abdomen and hind¬ 
wing light brown. 30 mm. Natal, East Africa . 
hicla. Tr. lucia Fldr. Thorax dark greenish-broAvn. Forewing broAvn. A deep dark broAvn spot in the base 
of the cell. The doxdde greenish interior line broadly filled with oliAm broAxm, 2 triangular spots before it at 
the inner margin, also edged A\ ith green, AAdth traces of a black coniform macxila. The oblong ring-macula and 
reniform macula edged Avith green. Exterior band broad, greenish, very oblique, the whole median area before 
it darkest. More intensely dark before the fine sxibmarginal line than behind it. Abdomen and liindAving dark 
red-broAvn. 34—^40 mm. South and East Africa, 
cdriplaga. Tr. atriplaga Hmps. Thorax greyish-broAxm. ForeAving grey and dark broAvn, reddish-broAvn behind the 
middle excepting the costal margin. Snbbasal and interior lines indistinct, AAdiite, strongly excurved above 
the inner margin. The coniform macula is a large blackish-broAvn spot extending to the median vein. Ring- 
macxda and reniform macula large, elliptical, finely edged Avith white. Exterior line indistinct, Avhite, edged 
Avith broAvn inside, Avhite dots behind it at the costal margin. Submarginal line whitish, marginal lunae black. 
HindAving purely Avhite, black streaks at the margin. (J 30 mm. Uganda. 
Tr. euryscia Hmps. Body red-broAAm, dusted black. Forewing olive green and red-broAvn, except in 
the marginal area. A red-broAvn spot in the submedian fold near the base. Interior line blackish-broAAUi, oblique, 
bent, darker behind it in the submedian fold. Ring-macnla red-broAvn, Avith a dark centre and margin; reni¬ 
form macxda square, Avhitish, blackish-broAvn on the sides, a similar spot behind it. Exterior line dark broAAui, 
incui'A^ed from A^ein 4, and a blackish-brown spot at the costal margin before the light indistinct submarginal 
line. HindAving copper-broAvn. Q 26 mm. Gold Coast. 
consum- Tr. consummata Wkr. (= thoracica Wkr., inextricans Wkr., tulipifera Saahii.) (7 c). Thorax and fore- 
maia. wing broAni. Snbbasal and interior lines doidxle, black, undulate, obliqxiely outAAmrds, rather indistinct. Coni¬ 
form macnla very large and distinct. Ring-macida someAvhat oblong, reniform macixla large, both indistinctly 
edged Avith dark. The reniform macula may have fine Avhite dots outside, or also one large yelloAv or Avhite 
iulipifem. spot = tulipifera Saahn. (= prominens Strd., rufomacrda Strd.). The mostly indistinct double exterior line 
projects much distally at vein 5. Distinct black sagittal spots before the fine yelloAvish-broAvn submarginal 
line. HindAA'ing greyish-broAxm (fitsca Strd.), sometimes lighter at the base {virilis Strd.), Avith or Avithout a 
central spot and band. 36—40 mm. St. Thome, East Africa, Madagascar. Also in the Indo-Australian region. 
Larva greyish-broAvn, Avith a hunch on the 4th and 11th segments, subdorsal Ixlack s])ots on the 4th and 
5th. irregular dorsal and lateral bands on the 4th, and a dorsal spot on the 12th segment. 
'onnivens. Tr. conniveus Fldr. (8 a). Similar, more greyish-broAvn. Exterior line more distinct, more uniformly 
bent, notched. Darker before the reniform macula. The undulate line and its arroAvs feebly de\mloped. Hind¬ 
Aving dark broAvn. 34—^40 mm. South and East Africa, also in India. 
The folloAving genera havm an unparted tuft on the prothorax and metathorax. Proboscis normal, 
second palpal joint rather long. 
