PiihL 29. 1.1935. 
MONODES; HADJINA; PROC’EATERIA. By M. Raede. 
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P. xantholopha Htaps. (10 a). Lateral hair on the legs and abdomen white. Eorewing dark brown witli xdnl/ioJu- 
reddish stripes. Interior line indistinct, far inwards at the costal margin, f’he ring-macnla is a black dot; 
the reniform macula a black-edged luna. Exterior line dentate and with black dots at tlie veins. Submarginal 
line scarcely traceable, marginal dots black. Hindwing white, brownish at the a])ex. IIO—32 mm. South Africa. 
2. Legs and abdomen without any characteristic featiues. 
P. xanthopis Hmps. (10 a) resembles xantholopha in its colouring. Interior line not so far inwards at xanlltop'ift. 
the costal margin. Ring-maciila and reniform macula small, yellow, edged black. Exterior line strongly bent 
behind the cell. Submarginal line more distinct. Hindwing white with brownish veins. $ 30 mm. Basuto Land. 
P. caniptogramma Hmps. (10 a). Light reddish-brown, costal margin finely black at the base. Interior rampto- 
line black, vertical. The ring-macula and reniform macula are indistinct dark spots with a distinct median 'irainim 
shadow between them. Exterior line not quite so much excurved as in the two preceding syjecies. Submarginal 
line faded, dark. Hindwing somewhat lighter, 3(1 jnm. Rhodesia. 
53. Genus: Monocles Guen. 
Proboscis normal, palpi long and thin. Antennae of 3' finely ciliated. Prothorax and metathorax as 
well as the. first segment of the abdomen with a feeble tuft each. Neuration normal. Vein 5 of hindwing from 
the middle of the cross-vein. Type; nucicolora Ouen. from America. 
M. plectilis Guen. (10 a). Yellowdsh-brown, the veins dark. A black streak in the submedian fold ex- pledUis. 
tends to the centre of the wing. A dark brown blotch below the cell as far as the margin. Ring-macula and 
reniform macula small, white, centred brown, edged black, a black streak between them. A luisty red streak 
behind the cell and one above the submedian fold. Hindwing white, o 26 mm. Sierra Leone. 
54. Genus: Macljiua Stdgr. 
Proboscis normal. Palpi as long as in Monocles, somewhat more hairy. Antennae of o ciliated. Tufts 
as in Monocles. Veins 6 + 7 of hindwing on a short stalk, the rest of the neuration normal. Type: lutcsa Stclgr. 
from Asia Minor. 
H. carcaroda Dist. (lOa). Blackish-browm. Interior and exterior lines grey, indistinct, dentate, esi)e- carcaroda. 
cially the exterior line. All the 3 maculae are finely edged with grey, the I’eniform macula is narrow. Long 
black streaks betw^een the veins. Rusty red marginal spots below- vein 6. Hindwing somew'hat lighter. $ 30 mm. 
Transvaal. 
H. obscura Hmps. Reddish greyish-brown. Interior line dark, indistinct, slightly curved. Ring-macula obscura. 
composed of red and wdiite scales; reniform macula inside with red scales, outside wdth w-hite clots; a dark 
median shadow betw'een them. Exterior line also indistinct, concave behind the cell. Submarginal line in¬ 
dicated by its interior dark border. Marginal dots fine black. Hindwing brownish, with a dark central spot 
and exterior line. G 25 mm. East Africa. 
H. atrinota Hmps. (10 a). Red-brown. Interior line dark, somewhat grey inside, indistinct. Ring- atrinota. 
macula round, indistinct; reniform macula edged wdth grey. Median band broad, faded. Fine dark clots lie- 
hind the exterior line. Submarginal line pale, broad, edged dark inside. Hindwing greyer browm. The species 
resembles Hyp. meclionota (p. 86) so much that the $ of it was originally taken to be atrinota $. 28 mm. East 
Africa. 
55. Genus: Procrateria Hmps. 
Proboscis and palpi normal. Frons wdth a hump. Antennae of G dentate, of $ ciliated. Trcfts as in 
Monocles. Neuration normal. Vein 5 of hindwdng below' the middle of the cross-vein. Type; noloicles Hmps. 
P. pterota Hmps. (10 b). Light ochreous, pink at the costal margin. Interior line browui at the costal pferota. 
margin, red-brown at the inner margin, interrupted in the cell by a pink radial streak. Twm black dots at the 
cross-vein. Exterior line indicated by a short brown streak at the costal and inner margins. Rusty red streaks 
behind the cell. Submarginal line ochreous, close at the margin. Hindwdng of cJ somewhat paler, with a faded 
submarginal band. 35 mm. Natal. 
P. noloides Hmps. (10 b). Greyish-white, dusted blackish-brcwn. Interior and exterior liiies fine black, notoides. 
the exterior one very strongly,dentate. Tw^o black spots at the costal margin, one at the base, the other hefore 
the exterior line. Ring-macida whitish, finely edged wdth black; reniform macula finely black only inside. 
The light submarginal line is traceable inside by faint rusty brown streaks. Hindwdng greyish-brow'n. $ 34 mm. 
Mashona Land. 
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