pit net i co¬ 
st afn. 
riifesccns. 
nigrisigna. 
martcitzi. 
aegdonta. 
mkrostig- 
ma. 
prosarca. 
mclanome- 
sa. 
no MTCRAGROTIS. By M. Gaede. 
form macula maiked by a black dot at the end. Ring-macula and reniform macula small, light, centred and 
edged dark. From the latter a rusty brown oblique line to the inner margin. Exterior line double, dentate, 
indistinct, extending close behind the reniform macula as in mterstriata. Distal margin narrowly red-brown. 
Hindwing white rvith an interrupted black marginal line. 28—30 mm. East Africa. 
M. puncticostata Hmps. (ilk) resembles lacieaia. Thorax darker. Forewing also red-brown in the 
anterior half, greyish-brown below the cell, the veins darker. A faded red-brown spot above the inner margin 
at the base. Interior line light, notched, excurved in the middle. Coniform macula small, edged somewhat 
black. Ring-macula and reniform macula light, centred and edged dark, the reniform macula very large. Ex¬ 
terior line marked by light and dark dots at the veins, extending close behind the reniform macula. A few 
conspicuous light costal-marginal dots near the apex. Distal margin dark reddish-brown behind the indistinct 
submarginal line. Hindwing wlrite, slightly brownish in the anterior half. Traces of a central spot, and streaks 
on the veins near the margin. 30 mm. Natal, Basuto Land. 
M. rufescetls Hmps. (11 k). Body and forewing pale reddish-brown, a short black streak below the 
base of the cell. Interior line indistinct. Ring-macula and reniform macula normally coloured, the former 
round or elliptical, the latter strangulated in the middle. The cell black before and behind the ring-macula. 
Exterior line double, dentate, parallel to the distal margin, a dark spot behind it at the costal margin. Distal 
inargin narrowly dark. Hindwing white, brownish at the costal margin, the $ brown also at the distal margin. 
30 mm. C'ape Colony. 
M. nigrisigna Hmps. Thorax blackish-brown, abdomen greyish-brown. Forewing dark brown. In¬ 
terior line beginning with double black streaks at the costal margin, then indistinct, undulate. Coniform macula 
small, indicated above and at the end by black edges. Ring-macula and reniform macula edged black, two 
black streaks between them, the reniform maerda strangulated in the middle. Exterior line also beginning with 
double streaks, indistinctly continued, dentate, projecting at the veins in black dots. The submarginal line 
proceeds as a green streak from the costal margin; darker before it. Hindwing greyish brown. $ 30 mm. East 
Africa. 
2. Anterior tibiae wdth 1 claw outside, 2 inside. 
M. marwitzi n. sp. (11 k). Thorax dark red-brown, abdomen ochreous. Forewing light ochreous with 
a red-brown marking. Interior line dentate, extending with one point almost to the ring-macula, with a double 
point in the submedian fold. Ring-macula finely edged red-brown. Reniform macula luniform, violettish- 
brown, edged dark. An undidate median line extends from the latter obliquely inwards. The space towards 
the ring-macula somewhat red-brown, of the same colour an oblique stri])e from the apex of the reniform macula 
outwards to the costal margin and one from its basal side inwards to the costal margin. The exterior line is 
a double row of dots excurved as far as vein 4, mostly only the distal row being distinct. The submarginal 
line is a narrow rusty brown shadow. Black marginal dots, the red-browm fringe with a black partition-line. 
Hindwing pale yellow with a black marginal line. 23—26 mm. East Africa. Type in the Berlin Museum. 
M. acydonta Hmps. Body dark brown. Forewing dark red-brown as far as the exterior line and as 
far as the median vein, the rest brownish ochreous. Interior line double, undulate, strongly notched. The coni¬ 
form macida represented by a l)lack dot at its apex. Ring-macula and reniform macula edged black, filled 
somewhat white. The cell-end and its surroundings blackish. Exterior line dentate, with black and white dots 
at the veins, concave behind the cell. Snbmarginal line marked by browu edging inside and blackish outside. 
Hindwing whitish ochreous, browner at the margin, wdth black streaks at the veins. ^ 26 mm. East Africa. 
M. microstigma Hmps. (Ilk). Thorax dark brown, abdomen greyish-brown. Forewdng pale brorvn, 
darker at the costal margin. Interior line indistinct, dentate, marked by pink. The coniform macula is a short 
black streak, somewdiat pink above. Ring-macula and reniform macula small, round, pink, edged black. Traces 
of a light exterior line. Margin narrowdy dark, fringe wdth pink spots. Hindwdng yelloAvish Avhite. ^ 16 mm. 
Mashona Land. 
M. prosarca Hmps. (11 k). Thorax dark brown, abdomen rvliitish ochreous. Forewing blackish radially 
in the middle, wdth a more bluish-grey tint towards the inner margin. Costal margin broadly light flesh-coloured 
pink. A black streak below the base of the cell. The ring-macula is a white dot. Reniform macula narrorv, 
broAAm inside, then edged grey and black. Traces of a strongly dentate exterior line, parallel to the distal margin. 
Sxxbmargdnal line marked by a blackish shadow^ Besides black marginal streaks above veins 4—6. HindAving 
purely Avhite. 26 mm. Mashona Land. 
M. melanomesa Hmps. Thorax dark red-broAvn, Avith a Avbite spot behind, abdomen lighter red-broAA'n. 
ForeAving greyish-AAdiite, dusted red-broAvn . Interior line double, thick, blackish, filled Avhite in front, directed 
obliquely outAvards, the cell behind it black. Ring-macula white, small, fused Avdth a spot at the costal margin. 
Reniform macula small, AAdrite, edged black. Exterior line double, black, filled Avhite in front, A’^ery indistinctly 
continued, AAith black dots outside. The costal margin behind it black. The submarginal line is marked by 
a dark shadoAV. Hindwing diaphanoiAS, Avhite. ^ 24 mm. East Africa. 
