MICROPLEXIA. By M. Gaede. 
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line dark, with long black streaks at the veins, lighter between them. The light submarginal line and the 
marginal dots variably distinct, 32—38 mm. On the Continent and in all the islands. It may be that aplecta 
B.-Bak. from Angola is another synonym. 
Per. cupricolora Hmps. Thorax and forewing copper-brown. Base and costal margin as far as the ex- mpri- 
terior line dark brown, the veins wdth dark streaks. The two first lines dark, indistinct, the coniform macula 
only marked by a dark dot. Ring-macula and reniform macula finely edged with brown. The undulate ex¬ 
terior line is more distinct, with black dots behind it. Submarginal line blackish. Hindwing l)rown, lighter 
inside. <^32 mm. East Africa. 
Per. ethiopica Hyyips. Body brownish ochreous. Forewing greenish-yellow, the median area blackish- etMopica. 
brown, a white band from the apex, edged with black beneath. Marginal area below it from the lower cell- 
angle reddish-brown. Interior line and coniform macula traceable. Ring-macula small, round, reniform ma¬ 
cula narrow, edged with light. Exterior line double, hardly traceable. Marginal dots large, black. $ 30 mm Uganda. 
■— camerunica Gaede (8c). Interior line and coniform macula quite faded. Ring-macula large, edged intensely 
white below. The light ground-colour around the reniform macula is continued to the inner margin, whereby 
the exterior line is more distinct. Forewing beneath with a distinct white spot at the apex. $ 25 mm. Came- 
roons. 
Per. multipunctata Drc. (8 d). Thorax and forewing dark red-brown. Numerous pinkish-yellow spots 
are strewn from the costal margin to the submedian fold and the cell-end. Behind them at the costal margin 
a few small dots and a parted apical spot. Hindwing lighter in the basal area, with a dark central luna and 
spotted fringe. 42 mm. Gold Coast, Niger District, Ogowe. 
8. Genus: Microplexia 
Palpi long erect, only shortly scaled. Thorax \yith small tufts in front and behind, a larger tuft on 
the 4th abdominal segment. Vein 5 of the hindwing arises feeble from the centre of the cross-vein. All the 
species from Madagascar. Type: elegans Saalm. 
Micr. elegans Saalm.. (8 d). Creamy white. Thorax violettish-black in front. Two violettish-black 
spots at the costal margin of the forewing near the base, and a similarly coloured median band which contains 
a fine black ring, the ring-macula; its exterior edge is white, sharply incised above the inner margin. The oval 
white reniform macula in an olive brown area with a black edge. Behind it at the costal margin a black 
triangle from which the fine submarginal line poceeds, ending broad at the inner margin. Marginal line black, 
brown inside. Hindwing whitish, broadly edged with dark in the $. 18—20 mm. Madagascar. 
Micr. albopicta Saalm. (8 d). Thorax and forewing light reddish-brown. The fine ring-macida and reni- albopidu. 
form macula white. Interior and exterior lines double, white, the latter introangular at vein 2. Hindwing 
pale yellow. The $ forewing whiter at the base. 20 mm. 
Micr. aurantiaca Saalm. Thorax rusty brown. Forewing dark red-brown at the base and in the median auraniiaca. 
area, the latter with a sharply dentate white edge, broader rusty yellow before and behind it. In this the ring- 
macula as a black dot, the reniform macula as a white streak. The dentate white submarginal line in a 
rusty brown area. Hindwing whitish, brownish at the apex. S 21 mm. 
Micr. muscosa Saalm. (8 cl). Dark ochreous or red-brown. Interior line white, dentate, lighter behind muscosa. 
it. Ring-macula and reniform macula small, edged with black, somewhat lighter inside. The middle of the 
costal margin spotted light and dark. Exterior line white, undulate, a large dark spot behind it at the costal 
margin is bordered below by a light streak. A white lunar line at the margin, with a somewhat dark in¬ 
ward edge and a darker outward edge. Abdomen and hindwing pale greyish-brown. 24 mm. 
Micr. ferrea Hmps. (8 d) is similar. Interior line rather distinct, white, prominent in the dark brown ferrea. 
surroundings. The ring-macula is a fine white dot, the reniform macula a fine white streak. Exterior line 
white, indistinct. A lighter triangle behind it at the costal margin, where m.uscosa shows a dark spot. 
Marginal dots fine white. Hindwing brownish. 20 mm. 
Micr. nephelea Mah. (8 d). Body and wings brownish ochreous. Interior and exterior lines of forewing nephelea. 
double, dark red-brown, somewhat faded. Ring-macula marked by a blackish dot, reniform macula by a streak 
extending to the costal margin. The submarginal line begins as a subapical line, then indistinct along the 
distal margin. Marginal dots black. 18 mm. 
Micr. discreta Saalm,. (8 d). Head and tegulae greenish-yellow. Thorax and basal half of the forewing discrefa. 
rusty brown. Interior line white, almost straight, behind it a violettish-brown shadow, before it at the costal 
margin a black dot. The rest of the forewing is lighter violettish-brown. The fine white, somewhat undulate 
submarginal line is narrowly edged darker inside. Hindwing ancl abdomen like the forewing outside. 8' mm. 
cume- 
runica. 
nivlti- 
punctaia. 
elegans. 
