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PAROMPHALE; HYPOPERIGEA; DYSMILICHIA; PROXENUS. By M. Gaede. 
asteropa. E. asteropa Hmps. Dark violettish-brown. Interior line white, nndulate. Ring-macula white with a 
yellow centre, edged black; reniform macula yellow, edged black, surrounded by white dots. Exterior line 
dentate, white outside, black inside. A submarginal row of white dots. Hindwing white, d' Central 
Africa. 
49. Genus: Paroiiiphale Hni'ps. 
Proboscis and palpi normal. Frons with a projection. Antennae of ciliated. Metathorax with a very 
feeble tuft. Veins 3 and 4 of hindwing stalked, the rest of the neuration normal. Type: caeca Sivh. from India. 
chionephra. P. cliiosiephra Hmps. Thorax and body dark greyish-brown. Interior line black, undulate. The ring- 
mamda is a white dot edged black; the reniform macula is a white S])ot edged black inside and outside. Ex¬ 
terior line black, somev/hat concave behind the cell, incurved below the niacida, outwards at vein 1. Submar¬ 
ginal line marked by an interior black border. Hindwing brownish, fringe with white tips. (J 18 mm. Rhodesia. 
50. Genus: Hypopcrig^ea Hmps. 
Ih'oboscis and ])alpi normal, the latter very hairy. Frons with a projection. Antennae of finely ser¬ 
rated and ciliated. Prothorax, metathorax and base of abdomen with 1 small tuft each. Distal margin of fore¬ 
wing slightly undulate. Neuration normal. Type: torsa Ouen. from Australia. 
mrdionofa. H. mediotiota Hmps. Hadj. atrinota Hmps. $). Red-brown. Interior line double, black, undulate, 
somewhat oblique. (Yniform macula black. Ring-macula and reniform macula with a black centre-dot and 
black edges; connected behind by a black S]mt from which a faded median shadow proceeds. Exterior line 
doid)le, black, with black dots behind it at the veins. Submarginal line light, undulate, edged with red-brown 
inside. Margin darker red-brown. Marginal dots and a blotch in the srdnnedian fold black. Hindwing pale 
broAvn. 28—30 mm. East Africa. 
The two other species from Madagascar resemble the Indian Jeprosticta Hmps. 
■mimi.scula. H. mitiuscula Kenr. (9 k). Blackish violettish-brown with brownish ochreous spots. Interior and ex¬ 
terior lines rather indistinct, sej^arating the median area from the larger spots. Hindwing greyish-yellow. 
62 mm. Madagascar. 
variegata. H. variegata /vcwr. (9 k). Greyish-black with large ochreous spots. Rrng-macAila discernible as a dark 
circle. Hindwing ])ale greyish-yellow. 40 mm. Madagascar. 
51. Genus: l>y»miliehia Speiser. 
Proboscis and i^alpi normal. Erons with a projection. Thorax and abdomen without tufts. Neuration 
normal. Antennae of ciliated. Type: gemella Leech from Eastern Asia. 
purpuras- D. purpurascens Hmps. (10 a). Dark red-brown, somewhat violet. Marking finely yellowish. Interior 
cens. double, o!)lique, undulate; coniform macida adjoining to it. Ring-macula and reniform macula finely 
edged. Exterior line double, filled with grey, dark dots behind it. Traces of a pale sul)marginal line. $ 30 mm. 
Transvaal. 
proleuca. D. proleuca Hmps. Body pale red-brown, abdomen with black lateral dots at the end. Forewing whitish 
ochreous. Hindwing pale greyish-l)rown, fringe white. $ 20 mm. Central Africa. 
52. Genus: I*roxemis H.-Schaeff. 
Proboscis normal, palpi thin, porrect. Frons without a hump. Thorax and abdomen without tufts. 
Neuration normal, veins 3 -f- 4 of hindwing may be stalked. Ty])e: hospes Frr. from Europe.. 
1. Middle and hind tibiae of $ hairy outside. Lateral hair-tufts at the base of the abdomen. 
jjectinifcra. P. pectitlifera Aur. (Ida). Antennae of shortly pectinated. Forewing copper-brown. Interior line 
dark, oblique; exterior line excurved behind the cell, with white scales outside. A dark streak at the cross¬ 
vein with a shadowy line to the inner margin. The light submarginal line is edged dark inside. Hindwing lighter 
brown. ^ 24 mm. East Africa. 
