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ARBORICORNIS; OLIGIA. By M. Gaede. 
9. Genus: Arboricoriiis Hmps. 
Antennae of G strongly pectinated. Palpi projecting by a whole length of the head. The two tufts 
on the thorax are small, large tiifts are on the 2nd and 3rd abdominal segments. Neuration of forewing also 
very uncommon: veins 10 + 7 -j- 8 + 9 stalked. Vein 5 of hindwing feeble from the middle of the cross-vein, 
(5 + 7 on a short stalk. Type: rubra Hmps. from India. 
chryso- Arb. chrysopepla Hmps. (8 c). Body yellowish-white, the abdominal tufts black. Forewing golden 
pepla. yellow. Interior line red-brown, imdulate, very indistinct, close behind it at the costal margin a shadow 
from the costal margin to the median vein. Black dots at the cell-angles. Exterior line red-brovm, edged 
white outside as far as vein 6, then indistinct, from vein 2 straight to the inner margin. Submarginal line 
from the apex to the interior angle, incurved between them, faded. Hindwing white, brownish at the apex 
and anal angle. +28 mm. Uganda. 
10. Genus: 01!|^i2% Hbn. 
Proboscis and palpi normal. Antennae of + ciliated. Tufts on the thorax and the first segments of 
the abdomen feeble. Vein 5 of hindwing a little below the middle of the cross-vein. Type: sirkjiUs Clerck 
from Europe. 
1. Middle and hind tibiae of + long-haired. Abdomen with a lateral pencil at the base. Hindwing of 
+ l)eneath with androconia. 
hypo- 01. hypotliermes Hmps. (8 e). Body and wings reddish-brown and dark brown. The dark subbasal 
thermes. and interior lines indistinct, double. Coniform macula small, finely black; ring-macula round, small; reniform 
macula edged with black, only outside with a white streak, projecting inside at the median vein. Exterior 
line edged rusty browm outside, strongly incurved at vein 2, behind this a light spot. Submarginal line light, 
forming two arches. Hindwing rusty brown, fiery red beneath almost to the margin. $ forewing browner as 
far as the exterior line. Hindwing above rusty brown and browm, beneath paler. 25 mm. Gold Coast. 
para- OF paratlietmes B.-Bak. Body and foreving cinnamon brown and dark brovm. Cinnamon browm 
thermes. ])elow' the cell. The lines similar to hypothermes. The coniform macula is a blackish blotch as far as the ex¬ 
terior line; ring-macida oval, small, grey; reniform macula edged dark, Avith wdiite dots inside. Siibmarginal 
line interrupted, cinnamon brown. Costal margin spotted light and dark. Hindwdng grey, browner at the 
margin. + 24 mm. East Africa. 
2. Hindwing of + with androconia only as far as beyond the middle. 
melano- 01. nielanodotita Hmps. (8 e). Thorax and forewdng rusty browm and dark brown. Interior line black, 
donta. double, rather distinct. Traces of a coniform macula; ring-macula grey, small, edged wdth black; reniform 
maciila edged wdth Avhite, open below', a dark median band before it. Exterior line black, dentate, edged w'hite 
inside. Sidjinarginal line light, faded, interrupted by 2 dark blotches. Black marginal lunae behind it. Fringe 
speckled. Hindwing reddish-browm, the interior area beneath pink. + 30 mm. Niger District. 
hypo- 01. hypoxantha Hpipis. Red-broAvn and browmish ochreons. Interior line broAvn, double. Ring-macula 
xantha. and reniform macula browmish ochreous and edged with black. Median band and exterior line indistinct, browm. 
Submarginal line excurved below vein 7 and in the middle, marginal dots black. HindAving reddish-broAA'ii. 
Both wings beneath AA'ith broAAmish ochreous androconia. 24 mm. Gold Coast, Niger District. 
atrivitto. 01. atrivitta Hmq)s. Body blackish-broAvn, head broAvnish ochreous. ForeAving reddish ochreous in the 
basal area and behind the middle; interior, median and marginal areas dark broAA'n. Basal and interior lines 
blackish, bent. Ring-macula edged Avith black; the reniform macula is a broAvnish ochreous spot as far as the 
costal margin, edged black only inside. A dark blotch from beloAV the ring-macula to tlie exterior line. The 
latter indistinctly donble, finely undulated, incurved at vein 2, oblicjiiely inw'ards; behind it at the inner margin 
bluish-grey. A dark marginal area is divided by the submarginal line. HindAAT.ng dark broAA'n. ForeAAdng 
beneath at the base of the costal margin light rusty brown, hindw'ing there and in the cell the same. $ foreAAung 
broAA'ner in the basal area and behind the middle, not imsty broAvn beneath. Exceptionally aboAm there also 
atrivitella. ochreous bi’OAA'n like the +, Avith a similar spot at the inner margin; — atrivitella Strd. 16—18 mm. Gold Coast. 
insiructa. 91. ilistructa IFAt. (= rubrescens IFAt.) (8e). Thorax and foreAA'ing red-bi’OAAn. Interior line double, 
b'ack, dentate. Median area somewhat darker. Ring-macula and reniform macula yelloAvish-broAvn, edged 
AA'ith black, the former someAvhat oblong, the latter narroAV. Exterior line nndulate, distinct, edged lighter- 
outside. Submarginal line light in a darker marginal area. $ broAAmish ochreous and dark broAA'ir. The exterior 
median area paler, a dark blotch in the submedian fold in the median area. 32 mm. Cape Colony. 
amhigua. 01. ambigua IfA-r. (= exsiccata WUgm.) (8e). Less reddish. Median area darker. Ring-macula round, 
renifornr macula elliptical, both edged Avith black. A blotch extends from the small black coniform macula 
to the dentate distinct exterior band Avhich is indistinctly double, filled AA'ith grey. An indistinct dark median 
band. Behind the light submarginal line dark like the median area. IMarginal dots l)lack, inside Avith AA'hite 
lunae. HindAA'ing broAA'iiish at the margin, more intensely in the $, AA'ith a central Inna and a dark band. The 
