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EUDRYAS; MYDRODOXA; DAPHAENURA; RAGHUVA. By M. Gaede, 
blepia. E. blepta Tams. Thorax blackish brown, abdomen greyish-brown. Eorewing pale greyish-yellow. 
Costal margin bToadly blackish brown with a violet gloss. Interior line distinct below the cell, blackish brown, 
forming 3 bows. Ring-macula filled with violettish black, edged pale. Reniform macula similar, extending 
to behind the cell. Exterior line blackish brown, interrupted, parallel to the distal margin, from vein 2 vertical 
to the inner margin. A large dot behind the cell, a large spot at the inner margin. Hindwing greyish-yellow 
$ 25 mm. Gold Coast. 
The two following species differ in the shape of the wings and in the marking. 
picthnargo. E. pictimargo Poult. (11 d). Antennae of cj almost filiform. Body ochreous. Forewing wdiitish ochreous. 
Beginning from the interior line light rusty browm from the costal margin to vein 3. Coniform macula red- 
brown at the end. Ring-macida and reniform macula edged red-browm, the latter white inside; a red-browm 
median line betw'een them. Exterior line black. Siibmarginal line wdiite, separated by spots on its inner side. 
Hindwing white. body and forewing at the base and in the interior area rusty red; hindwdng reddish-brown. 
20—22 mm. Somali Land. 
croceisticta. E. CfOceisticta Poult. (11 d). Body and forewing creainy wdiite. Interior and exterior lines formed 
by orange dots at the costal and inner margins, by black dots between them. Hindwdng silky white. 24 mm. 
Somali Land. 
The following genera are very similar to Agaristidae in their size and variegated marking and may, 
once their larvae being known, be partly placed to them, since the neuration corresponds to that of the Aga¬ 
ristidae. 
103. Genus : Euflryas Brd. 
Proboscis normal, palpi erect. Frons with a large round hump. Antennae of d ciliated. Metathorax 
with a tuft, abdomen with tufts at the base. Anterior tibiae very hairy outside. Neuration normal. Type: 
undo Hhn. from North America. 
madagas- E. itiadagascaricnsis Pothsch. Thorax wdiite and pale grey, metathorax and head golden browm like 
cartensis. abdomen. Eorewing greyish-wdiite with irregular undulate olive yellow transverse lines and spots. A large 
oval red-browm spot above vein 1, and a triangular one below it. A broad greyish-red submarginal band, nar¬ 
rower at the interior angle. It is bordered inside by a brownish-red line and before it by an olive yellow line, 
outside broadly browmish-red from the costal margin to vein 6, between veins 3 and 4, and with a browmish- 
red spot above vein 1. Margin olive yellow. Hindwing glossy reddish-yellow'. $ 40 mm. Madagascar. 
104. Genus : Myclrocloxa Btlr. 
Proboscis normal, palpi short, head without a hump. Metathorax with a large tuft. Wings elongated. 
Veins 6 -f 7 of hindwdng stalked, vein 5 absent. 
splendens. M. spletidens Btlr. (11 d). Head above and the tuft on the black thorax carmine. Abdomen blackish- 
blue, anal half carmine. Eorewing with a metallic yellow' gloss at the base, a bluish-black band behind it, Ihe 
rest and the hindwdng glossy dark blue. $ 44 mm. Madagascar. 
105. Genus: Dapliaeiiura Btlr. 
ShajJe of wings normal. Palpi somewdiat longer, thorax and abdomen without tufts. Abdomen of 
with long hairs at the end. The feeble vein 5 on the hindwdng arises rather below' the middle. 
iasciata. D. fasciata Btlr. (11 cl). Head, thorax, and the end of the abdomen carmine, abdomen black. Eore¬ 
wing orange, ring-macula and reniform macida black, the bands also black. Hindw'ing orange with a black 
margin. 55—60 mm. Madagascar. 
Subfamily; Melicleptriinae. 
This subfamily was united w'ith the Euxoinae by Hampson, but it differs in the presence of curved 
claw's at the end of the anterior tibiae. They are only absent in the Adis^lra . The middle and hind tibiae are 
spined, the eyes bare, the frons with a round projection. The imagines flying in the day-time are relatively 
variegated. The larvae feed on blossoms and seeds. The group is not copiously represented in Africa, the follow ¬ 
ing group which is separated as Heliothinae is absent altogether. The imagines of the last genus Alicragrotis, 
w'hioh is an extreme Melicleptrima, since its species are provided w'ith 3 or 4 claw'S on the anterior tibiae, are 
very similar to the Euxoa and presumably fly at night. 
1. Genus: Raglmva Moore. 
Proboscis normal, palpi porrect, hairy below. Erons with a round projection and a plate below' it. An¬ 
tennae of ^ ciliated. Anterior tibiae w'ith a strong claw'inside and a short one outside. Middle and hind tibiae 
