PubJ. 5. III. 1935. 
PROTARACHE; UNCULA; XANTHOLEUCA. By M. Gaede. 
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C. ochrida Hmps. Body and wings dark ochreons. Interior line of forewing fine, dark, undnlate. A or.hridn. 
black dot in the middle of the cell and at the lower cell-angle. A fine dark median line somewhat obliqxie from 
the costal margin to vein 2, then bent inwards. Exterior line obliquely outwards as far as vein 7, bent inwards 
behind the cell as well as below vein 4. Hindwing also with a black dot at the cell-angle, exterior line dark, 
bent, undulate. Both wings with traces of a black submarginal line and with black marginal dots. $ 22 mm. 
Uganda. 
C. arcuata B.-Bak. Body and forewing greyish ochreons, dusted darker grey. A black dot in the middle arcKctfa. 
of the cell. A blackish median shadow from the upper cell-angle to the inner margin, where it widens, bordered 
outside by a broad oblique greyish ochreons band from the costal margin. Submarginal line creamy white, 
bent from the apex to the inner margin, edged dark brown on both sides. Hindwing creamy white with 2 
short dark median lines. Submarginal line broad, dark, oblique. 22—24 mm. East Africa. 
C. subindicata Kenrick (13 g). Contours of wings sinrilar to those of the Thyridid genus Dysodia. Body subhidir/da. 
and wings pale brownish ochreons, the end of the abdomen browner. Interior line of forewing dark, slightly 
notched, vertical. Median band darker brown, rectilinear, oblique. Reniform macula indicated by a light edge. 
Exterior line finely white, excurved below the costal margin, then straight to the middle of the inner margin. 
Behind it the interior half of the marginal area is as brown as the median band, extending in front to the 
apex. Hindwing with a double median line, dark brown, straight, the exterior line edged white. 22 mm. 
Madagascar. 
A similar larger nameless species is figured by vSaalmulle in Lep. Madag. f. 198. 
C. thyridoides Kenrick (13 g) is somewhat similar to the genus Thyris. Body and wings reddish ochreoiis. thyrldoi- 
Interior line of forewing dark brown, somewhat notched, straight. Behind it a black cellular spot and an 
extra-angular median line. Reniform macula edged dark. Exterior line strongly extra-angular below the 
costal margin, then obliquely to the middle of the inner margin. A faded reddish band behind it. Margin 
paler, with 3 black submarginal spots. Hindwing with 2 dark median lines. Margin broadly reddish. 25 jnm. 
Madagascar. 
29. Genus: I*rotaraclie Hmps. 
Proboscis normal, ])alpi short, frons with a large projection, antennae of cj ciliated. Metathorax with 
a tuft which is bent down. Abdomen with a tuft at the base. Forewing with a round apex. Veins 3—5 near 
the lower cell-angle, 6 from the upi)er one, 7 and 8+9 from the apex of the areole, 10 from its anterior edge. 
Vein 5 of hindwing normally developed. Type: eulepidia Hmps. from India. 
P. melaphora Hmps. (13 g). Body reddish brown. Forewing darker. Interior line whitish, very in- mdaphorn. 
distinct, erect black scales before it in and below the cell. Median area lead-coloiired, very dark behind it as 
far as the exterior line which is indistinctly dordjle, filled with white, far excurved at vein 4, obliquely inwards 
above and below it. Submarginal line whitish, edged brown inside, excnrveci at vein 7 and in the middle, grey 
behind it. Hindwing reddish brown. 2 19 mm. Betchuana Land. 
P. fuscibasis Gaede (13 g). Body pale red-brown. Forewing somewhat darker red-brown at the ba.se. fuscibasis. 
Interior line composed of two inward bows, double, with erect scales. Behind it a somewhat lighter oval spot. 
From the latter to the exterior line almost black, erect scales at the cell-end and below it. Exterior line black, 
undulate, obliquely outwards as far as vein 2, where it is semicircularly cut out, edged yellowish-brown outside. 
Marginal area behind it somewhat brownish inside. Hindwing greyish-brown. $ 20 mm. East Africa. 
30. Genus: Uiicula Swinh. 
Proboscis feeble, palpi short, frons with a bump. Body tuftless. Forewing l)road, vein 7 a little below 
the apex of the areole, the rest as in Protarache. Veins 3 and 4 of hindwing stalked. Type; herbaria Swinh. 
from India. 
U. tristigmatias Hmps. Body and forewing dark red-brown, marginal area somewhat lighter. Interior trisihjmn- 
lines double, black, filled with grey. Coniform macula, ring-macula and reniform macula red-brown, edged 
black. The two first small, round, the reniform macula inwardly angled at the median vein. Exterior line double, 
black, filled with grey, undiilate, excurved as far as vein 4. Submarginal line ])ale, edged brown inside. Hind¬ 
wing copper-brown with a dark marginal line. 20 mm. South and East Africa. 
31. Genus: Xaiitholeuea Hmps. 
Proboscis normal, palpi short, frons with a large projection. Antennae of S finely ciliated. Meta¬ 
thorax with an appressed tuft, abdomen with a basal tuft. Forewing with a pointed apex. Vein 6 below the 
upper cell-angle, 7 from the angle, 8+9 stalked. Hindwing normal. Type: standmgeri Stfs. from Euro]>e. 
H. leucophaea Poult. Body and forewing greyish-white, somewhat brown. Interior line blackish, double, leucophaca 
edged wliite on its inside, a black diffuse spot behind it in the submedian fold. Ring-macula white with a black 
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