ERIOPUS. By M. Gaede. 
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miranda. E. miranda Saalm. Red-hrown. The double black interior line is angled below the cell, a dark spot is 
in the angle. Ring-macnla round, edged with black; the reniforin macula is a light streak with a dot below it. 
Another specimen determined by 8aalmuller shows the ring-macnla broadly open in front, the reniforin 
macida, as far as it is discernible, large, round, edged dark. Exterior line undulate, double. A dark shadow 
before the light undulate line which is distally angled in the middle. Marginal dots black. Hindwing brown, 
iessnuunii. lighter at the base. 30 mm. Madagascar. — tessnianni /. «. (8 h). The maculae as in the deviating specimen 
mentioned above. A large white spot in the lower end of the reniforin macula. Exterior line and submarginal 
line not different. $ 28 mm. Fernando Po. 
cheera. E. cheera E. Prout. Colouring similar to nigeriensis Hmps., but the interior line is excurved, not angled, 
hardly any dark spots before it. Darker between the interior and exterior lines than in miosticta Prout, more 
brownish bronze. The suhapiical white dent is more conspicuous. Marginal lunae more distinctly edged white. 
The spot at the beginning of the exterior line is larger, whiter. Two white oblique dots on the inside of the reni- 
form macula, an oblique Avhite streak outside. $ 26 mm. 8an Thome. As there is no E hand, the group 
cannot he stated for cheera. 
nigrosticfa. E. nigrosticta E. Prout. Thorax and forewing brown, the marking indistinct. The most distinct are 
dark square spots in the anterior ])art of the suhmarginal line. Besides there is a white spot in the suhmedian 
fold before the undulate, slightly excurved interior line. Exterior line indistinctly double, the interior branch 
stronger, extending as in nigeriensis , biit more dentate. Reniforin macula indicated by a faint shadow on both 
sides, narrow, oblique. The dark marginal spots are rather indistinct, the middle ones edged with white. Hind¬ 
wing whitish at the base, the rest lirown. $ 26—3() mm. San Thome. This species can neither be assigned 
to a s]iecial grouji, as there is no E hand. 
3. Antennae of ^ moderately thickened and flarved in the middle, without cilia or thorns. 
hcnguetJae. E. betlguellae Weym. Forewing olive brown. Basal area violettish-brown. Interior line uniformly 
incurved, light, edged dark on both sides. Coniform macula large, black; the ring-macula and reniforin macula 
wood-coloured brown, edged with whitish. Exterior line double, formed of black lunae, filled lighter. Black 
sagittae before the strongly dentate submarginal line, a light spot behind it at the costal margin. Hindwing 
brownish, lighter at the base. $ mm. Benguella. 
yerbvrn. E. ycrburii BtJr. (= promisciia Saalm.) (8h). Dark violettish-brown. The sides of the rectangularly 
bent double interior line are somewhat curved. Exterior line strongly bent outwards behind the lower cell- 
angle, strongly bent inwards in the submedian fold. Marginal area marked as in 7)iaillar(li. 25—30 mm. Ery- 
threa, Nyassa District, Madagascar, distribided as far as India. — iuterniissa Saalni. is probably the same 
sj^ecies, described from Madagascar. 
imperata. E. impcrata Wbr. (= occidens Hmys.) (8 h). Forewing violettish-brown, the light places golden yellow. 
Interior line double, brown, filled with white, bent. Ring-macula edged with yellow inside and l:)ehind. Reni- 
form macada yellowish-white; a dark si)ot before it to the costal margin, an oblique median line beloAv it. The 
double exterior line is slightly angular at vein 4. Submarginal line yellowish, somewhat more distinct than 
in the other species. Hindwing dark brown. ^ 20 mm. Niger District, Fernando Po. 
4. Antennae of ^ plain, ciliated. 
natalensis. E. natalcfisis Hnips. Red-brown, the light places of the forewing yellowish-white, veins partly light. 
Interior line double, black, filled with light, strongly excurved; a pale streak before it. Ring-macula small, 
elliptical, with a black centre and a white ring. Reniforin macula white with a black median streak and black 
lateral streaks. Exterior line as in yerhurii. Submarginal line white, edged blackish inside, blackish-brown 
marginal spots behind it. Hindwing reddish-brown. 30 mm. Natal. 
thermo- E. themiochroa Hmps. Similar in colour. A small black coniform macula at the interior line. Ring- 
chroa. macula brownish-ochreous and edged with black; reniforin macida incompletely edged with black. Exterior 
line as in miranda. Submarginal line double, black, parallel to the exterior line. A faded dark spot in the middle 
of the distal margin. Hindwing co]iper-brown. ^ 25 mm. Niger District. 
7 iayia. E. nana Hmps. also resembles miranda. A white spot at vein 1 before the double interior line. The ring- 
macula is a white oblique streak with a black centre-dot; reniforin macula pale with a black median streak, 
strangulated in the middle. Exterior line also as in mira^ida. Traces of a light submarginal line with dark 
lunar spots before it and a white blotch behind it above vein 4. Dindwing co])})er-brown. B Niger 
District. 
nephro- E. ncphrosticta Hmps. (8h). Distinguished by the monotonous dark marking. Dark red-brown. In- 
.stkia. terior line black, double, filled with red-brown; dark spots before it. Traces of a coniform macula; ring-macula 
elliptical; reniforin macula with white dots at the ends and a black median streak. Exterior line formed of 
