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EUBLEMMA. By M. Gaede. 
flavida. 
ornatula. 
hrumieo- 
suffKsa. 
odontopho- 
ra. 
bifasciata. 
sabia. 
mesophaea. 
del leaf a. 
delicatula. 
Iherma. 
minima. 
mesozona. 
E. flavida Hmps. Body whitish ochreous, forewing pale yellow. Median band oblique, brownish 
ochreous, somewhat faded inside. A black central dot. Exterior line brownish ochreoiis, pointedly extra- 
angular below the costal margin ahnost to the submarginal line, then very obliquely inwards. Submarginal 
line also brownish ochreous, proceeding from the apex, someAvhat faded and undulate. Hindwing white, 
broadly pale brown at the margin. Fringe white. 16—18 mm. Cape Colony, Natal. 
The 3 next species are much alike. 
E. ornatula FIdr. (12 i). Body brownish white, forewing white. Base at the costal margin pale olive 
brown. An olive brown median band behind it, narrower than the basal area. Then follows a stripe of the 
ground-colour, twice as broad in front, behind just as broad as the median band, though in front the exterior 
widening is feebly dusted brown. The centre of the wing with a strong white dentiform projection outwards. 
Marginal line olive broAvn, tire distal third lighter, especially whitish at the apex, with black marginal dots. 
Hindwing browmish white, somewhat darker in the $. — brunneo-suffusa Strd. shows the white places on the 
forew'ing more or less brownish. 14—16 mm. South and East Africa. 
E. odoutophora Hmps. (12 i). Body white. Forewing white. Median band from reddish browm to 
blackish brown. The following white band is narrower than the brown one, with a feeble angle outside below 
the costal margin, with a small outward projection in the centre of the wing. Marginal area uniformly dark 
without a brightening. Hindwing brownish white. The $ exhibits a brown body and hindwing, the fringe 
being also somewhat darker. 12—14 mm. Sokotra, East Africa. 
E. bifasciata Moore (12 i) almost exactly resembles a faded odontopliora. The brown median band and 
the following white one are almost equally broad; fringe relatively lighter. Nigeria, East Africa as far as India. 
E. sabia FIdr. (12 i). Body and forewing whitish ochreous. Median line black, somewhat extra-angular 
below the costal margin, then undulate to -/j inner margin. A black dot in the middle of the cell. Exterior 
line of black streaks, incurved at the costal margin, exeurved in the middle, greyish brown between the two 
lines. Submarginal line white, close behind the exterior one. Hindwdng whitish ochreous, darker at the margin. 
20 mm. Cape C’olony. 
E. mesophaea Hmps. (12i). Body and forewdng greyish brown. Interior line dark, slightly incurved 
to the inner margin, rather indistinct. Median line white, indistinctly bordered with dark brown inside, bent 
obliquely imvards. Exterior line fine brown, bent from the costal margin to behind the middle of the cell, 
where it forms a small angle, somewhat exeurved below it, incurved in the submedian fold. Submarginal line 
wliite, from the apex, almost straight, darker browm before it, especially at the apex. Hindwing browmish 
white. the band before the median line is broader, tlie hindwing darker. 16—18 mm. Natal, Transvaal. 
E. delicata Fid. (12 i). Body browmish. Basal area of forew'ing browmish. Interior line black, edged 
w'hite outside, undulate, exeurved in the cell. The space as far as the exterior line grey. A black dot at the 
cross-vein. Exterior line black, edged white outside, with a feeble inward point behind the cell, forming a 
bow' above and below^ it, then straight to the inner margin. Marginal area brown as far as the undulate white 
submarginal line, a dark brown spot before it below the costal margin. Grey behind the line. Hindwdng 
greyish-wdiite, darker in the $. 12—14 mm. Cape Colony. The figured specimen from South-West Africa is 
more intensely red-brown, but it is somewhat like that figured by Feeder. — delicatula Strd. are specimens, 
w'hich are less red on the forewing (as Hampson denotes the groimd-colour). 
E. therma Hmps. (12 i) is very similar to delicata. A black cellular dot and 2 dots at the cross-vein. 
Thorax and forewdng dark red-brown. The median line projects in two notches, and is somew'hat more curved 
than in delicata. The area behind it is browner, not so grey. Exterior line more intensely white at the costal 
margin, but otherwdse similar. Hindwdng dark also in the It is probably only a form of delicata. 12 — 16 mm. 
South-West, South and East Africa. 
E. minima Gaeyi. (= pennula Fid.) (13 a). The species is distributed, in Nortli and South America and 
described from there, pennula Fid. is described from Cape Colony and looks different on the figxire, but ac¬ 
cording to Hampsor it is the same species. Body whitish ochreous. Forewdng pale ochreous. Median band 
oblique, brown, faded inside, undulate on the outside, a faded brown spot before it at the costal margin. Two 
black dots at the cross-vein. Exterior line white, with 2 angles in front, submarginal line wdiite, broader at 
the costal margin and enclosing a black dot, a triangular spot behind it in the submedian fold, and some dots 
above it. Hindwing wdiite, slightly brownish at the margin. 14—18 mm. Cape Colony. 
E. mesozona Hmps. Body and. forewdng creamy white, the costal margin at the base blackish. Interior 
line absent. Median line black, extra-angular in the cell-end, then undulate, nearing the exterior line, browm 
between them. Cross-vein creamy wdiite, 1 black dot each at the angles. Exterior line blackish, introangular 
at the upper cell-angle. Submarginal line brown, undulate, wdiitish before it at the costal margin. Hindwdng 
creamy white and brown, black marginal lunae. forewdng quite brown, interior and exterior lines brow'iier, 
more separated. Hindwdng also browner. 24 mm. Gold Coast. 
