pymihia. 
cihiopica. 
erf fat. 
cxcisa. 
sc mil ana. 
(utfjulaki. 
homora. 
S4 
(_'0N8TANTI01)E8; OMPHALETIS; ARIATHISA; PETILAMPA. 
By M. Gaede. 
43, Genus: Coustaiitiocles Potdt. 
Proboscis absent, palpi rising to the frons, thinly scaled. Antennae of with moderately strong pecti¬ 
nations, ciliated at the tips. Metathorax with a feeble tuft, a tuft at the base of the abdomen. Distal margin 
of forewing undulate. Neuration normal. 
C. pyralina Poult. Creamy wdiite. Interior line blackish-brown, obliquely outwards, parted above the 
inner margin. Reniform maciila irregularly bordered with dark on the sides, a line from the lower cell-angle 
to the inner margin. W'hitish before the reniform macula in the cell. Dark spots behind the dentate oblique 
exterior line at the costal margin, whitish below them. Marginal line dark. Hindwing creamy white, with an 
undulate brown marginal line. 22 mm. Somali Land. 
44. Genus: Omphaletis Hmjys. 
Proboscis normal, paljh extending to the middle of the frons which shows a pointed projection. An¬ 
tennae of A ciliated. Metathorax with a feeble parted tuft. The spines on the anterior tarsi are bent like claws. 
Neuration normal. Vein 5 of hindwing below the middle of the cross-vein. Type: florescens Wkr. from Australia. 
0. ethiopica Hmps. Foreaving red-brown and brownish ochreous. Interior line black, edged inside some- 
Avhat ochreous. The ring-macida is a light dot, edged dark; the reniform macula is narrow, rusty red, edged 
dark; lighter behind it as far as the doidjle exterior line which is filled light. Narrowly lighter behind it; not 
lighter in specimens from the Kilimanjaro. The light submarginal line with black sagittae inside, rusty brown 
outside. Hindwing brownish ochreous with dark bands and margin. — erffai Grimhg. (9h). Ground-colour 
lighter, more greyish brown, whitish at the exterior line. Hindwing insignificantly lighter. 24—26 mm. South 
\\ est, South and East Africa. 
45. Genus: Ariatliisa TT^t. 
Proboscis and palpi normal, thickly scaled. Antennae of ciliated. Thorax as in Omphaletis. Abdomen 
with a lateral hair-pencil. Neuration normal. Vein 5 of hindwing below the middle of the cross-vein. Type: 
excisa H.-Schdff. 
1. Abdomen of d" with a long lateral hair-tuft at the base. Eorewing beneath with a large androconial 
spot in the cell, a small one on the hindwing. 
A. excisa H.-Schdff. (9i). Body greyish-brown, hair-pencil of cj reddish-yellow. Forewing greyish- 
white, dusted rusty red. Interior line double, feeble, with a black spot outside at the costal margin. Ring- 
macula united with the reniform macida, forming a thick black angle. Exterior line also double, ending verti¬ 
cally at the inner margin. Sid^marginal line scarcely discernible, somewhat lighter behind it at the apex. Hind¬ 
wing whitish, margin and veins brownish. 32—34 mm. South and East Africa. 
2. Abdomen of without a lateral hair-tuft. Eorewing beneath with androconia only at the base, hind¬ 
wing Avithout any. 
A. semiluna Hmps. (9i). Gronnd-colour more reddish-brown. The angular marking more intense at 
the end and thereby somewhat U-shaped. Exterior line more oblique to the inner margin. 30-—35 mm. East 
Africa, Transvaal. 
3. Abdomen of (J without a hair-tiift. Both wings beneath withoiit androconia. 
A. angulata .sp. n. (9 i). Interior line almost straight, finely doidde, the exterior branch beginning with 
a spot at the costal margin. Ring-macula narrow and connected only by a fine streak Avith the large reniform 
inamda through Avhich the median shadow extends. Exterior line fine, forming a double roAv of dots, of a shape 
similar to excisa, Avith a spot at the costal margin; at the inner margin the interior branch forms a A^ertical line, 
behind it a roAv of dots at the veins. SidAinarginal line incurved behind the cell and in the sid)median fold. Fine 
black marginal dots. HindA\dng as dark as forcAving. 34 mm. Ganieroons. Type in the Berlin MAiseum. 
46. Genus: Petilampa Auriv. 
Proboscis stunted, palpi short and porrect, hairy beloAV. Body slender, AA'ithout tufts. Neuration nor¬ 
mal. Type: arcuosa Haw. from Euro])e. 
P. homora B.-Bak. Body grey. EoreAA'ing glossy pale greyish-broAvn. Interior line indistinct, exterior 
line pale, sharply bent beloAv the costal margin, then gradually iiiAA ards. Traces of an irregidar submarginal 
line. The reniform macula is a someAvhat paler sjmt. HindAA’ing paler, also glossy. 28 mm. East Africa. 
