OEDIPLEXIA; EUPLEXIA. By M. GJaede. (>5 
5. Genus. Oe<li|»lexia Hmps. 
Frons with a round projection. Abdomen with strong tufts on tlie basal segments. Nenration as usual. 
O.d. mesopliaea Hmj)s. (8 a). Red-brown, the mediazi area dark brown except at tlie costal margin, mc.sophafa. 
Subbasal line marked by black dots. Interior line beginning with a black spot at the costal margin, inter¬ 
rupted, slightly excurved. Traces of a small coniform macula. Ring-macula red-brown, edged with black, 
touching a black spot below the cell. Reniform macula brownish ochreous, edged with black only inside. 
Traces of a black median line. The dark exterior line is notched, the submarginal line light, both uniformly 
bent. Hindwing yellowish-white, darker at the margin. 32 mm. East Africa. 
6. Genus: Eiiplfxia « 
Abdomen with dorsal tufts, that on the third segment large, with lateral tufts on the last segments. 
Antennae of different shapes, ciliated in the African species. The main range of the genus is Indo-Australia, 
but several species occur also iir Africa. Type: lucipara L. from Europe. 
1. The dark median area of the forewing is tapering at the inner margin. 
Eupl. rhoda Hmps. (8a). Thorax and forewing dark violettish-brown with some black basal dots. The rhoda. 
interior line begins below the costal margin and turns oblicpiely outwards, the median area behiird it is very 
dark. Ring-macula oblong, oblique, connected below with the somewhat lighter reniform macula which is edged 
with yellow, wdth a yellow median streak. The exterior line somewhat notched as far as its lower end. Sub- 
marginal line light, edged somewhat dark inside, with a dark spot near the costal margin, inside of it a 
lighter band of the ground-colorzr. Abdomen and hindwing dark brown. 32 mm. East Africa, Usambara. 
Eupl. amaranta Fldr. (8 a) is very similar. Ground-colour reddish-brown. Interior line edged light in- umaranta. 
side, somewhat excurved in the middle. The dark ring-macula edged with black, connected with a similar 
spot below the cell. Reniform macula as in rhoda. Traces of a small coniform macida. The space behind the cell 
is relatively light. Submarginal line somewhat more notched. Hindwing with a dark central spot and an ex¬ 
terior band. 28—32 mm. Transvaal, Natal, Uganda. 
Eupl. chalybsa Hmps. (8 a) also resembes rhoda. Ground-colour dark violettish-brown, median area rhalybsa. 
very dark. The interior line and the maculae formed as in amaranta. The ring-macula is also light-edged, ex¬ 
cept in front. Reniform macula yellowish or brownish, sometimes united with the light greenish-yellow post- 
cellular spot. The notched greyish-yellow sub marginal line often consists only of spots. Abdomen and hind¬ 
wing reddish-brown. 28—-30 mm. East Africa. 
2. The dark median area is broad at the inner margin. 
Eupl. saldanha Fldr. (8 a). Thorax and median area of forewing almost black, the rest dark reddish- saldanha. 
brown. Basal area separated from the median area by a somewhat lighter bent band. Coniform macula edged 
with black, hardly noticeable; ring-macula dark brown, oblong; reniform macula very narrow, yellowish-brown, 
edged with white, a dark brown spot behind it. The following exterior band is white or brownish, almost 
of the ground-colour, parted in the $ by a dark dentate line. Inside of this dentate line in the cj 
lettish-brown, or in — saldanhana Strd. $ as dark as the rest of the wing. — The dentate light submarginal saldanhana. 
line is incurved behind the cell, the margin behind it dark. Abdomen and hindwing brownish with 2 white 
dentate lines which are often only distinct at the inner margin. 32—^35 mm. South Africa. 
Eupl. nyassana Oaede (8 b) resembles saldanha and the following species angens. The interior border mjassana. 
of the median area is still farther incurved at the inner margin than in .saldanha. The ring-macula is rounder. 
A straight white streak before the white edge of the reniform macula. The margin from the apex to vein 3 
narrowly arcuately dark. SomeAvhat less dark spots at the interior angle. Hindwing as in saldanha. ^ 33 mm. 
Nyassa District. 
Eupl. augens Fldr. (8 b) differs from saldanha almost only in the exterior band being Pghter and parted augens. 
by 1 or 2 fine dark lines instead of one broader line. Probably saldanha and nyassana are only forms of augens. 
32 mm. South Africa. 
Eupl. debilis Btlr. (8 b). Ground-coloiu’ more or less brownish ochreous. The ring-macula is hardly debilis. 
noticeable in the dark median area. The light reniform macula is connected below with an equally light spot 
behind it, sometimes united with it also outside, from there a less light band to the inner margin. The den¬ 
tate light submarginal line in the dark marginal area is often only composed of dots. Hindwing brownish-v hite, 
darker at the margin. — habilis Saalm. (8 b). The spot at and behind the reniform macula is not so prominent, habilis. 
This may be the normal form, as the type of debilis is much worn. 28—32 mm. Madagascar. 
Eupl. melanocycla Hmps. (8 b) is coloured like debilis. Ring-macula elliptical, large, bhiish-black, melcnw- 
with a white median streak, also the space below it deej) dark. Reniform macula large, yellowish-white, Sidz- cyda. 
