cciorhoda. 
Iciicoglenc. 
costibarha- 
ta. 
d'lagramma. 
hcmicansta. 
subbasalis. 
148 OEDERASTRIA; XANTHOMERA ; ARGYROLOPHA; PANILLA. By M. Gaede. 
42. Genus: Oecleraistria Hmps. 
Proboscis normal, i)alpi far iiorrect, frons with a round projection. Antennae of the with short double 
pectinations. Thorax with parted tufts in front and in the middle. Abdomen with .3 hair-tufts, the last being 
large. Forewing Avith a dent of scales at the inner margin. Veins 3—5 from the lower cell-angle, 6 from the 
n])])er one, areole normal. Vein 5 of hindwing almost fully develoiied. Only 1 species each has been described 
of this and the two following genera. 
0. ectorhoda Hmps. Thorax and forewing blackish brown, somewhat reddish, with a silvery grey gloss. 
The marginal area is light red-brown, a greyish black sjiot at the apex. Interior line double, black, filled with 
red-brown, a black spot before it almve the inner margin. Coniform macula small, edged with grey. Ring- 
macula and reniform macula edged Avith red-brown, the latter touched by the indistinct median line. Exterior 
line black, double, filled Avith red-brown and also edged red-brown, bent semicircidarly around the cell. Sub¬ 
marginal line pale red-broAvn, Avith outAVard notches. HindAving purely AA'^hite. ^ 28 mm. Mashona Land. 
43. Genus: Xaiithomera Hmps. 
Proboscis normal, ])alpi highly erected, antennae of plain. Abdomen with 3 tufts as in Oederastria. 
Vein 0 of foreAving beloAV the u])per cell-angle, 7 from the angle, 10 -1-8 -f 9 stalked. Hindwing as in Oederastria. 
H. leucoglene Mah. (14 h). Body dark greyish-brown. Eorewing violettish-grey, dusted black. Interior 
line sti'aight, someAvhat outwards, broadly greyish-yelloAV before it. Coniform macida and ring-macula absent. 
Reniform macula round, yellowish Avhite, edged black. Exterior line double, filled with pink and edged pink 
outside, slightly strangulated, behind the cell. Submarginal line finely pink, slightly dentate. HindAving greyish- 
black. 16—18 mm. South and East Africa, Madagascar. 
44. Genus : Argyroloplia Hmjjs. 
Proboscis normal, jjalpi erect, Avith a hindAvard pencil at the end. Antennae of (J ciliated and tufted. 
Al)domen above with tufts at the base. EoreAving Avith a normal areole. Avith a hair-tuft beneath at the costal 
margin, bent upwards. Neuration of foreAving normal Avith the usual areole. HindAving as in Oederastria. 
A. costibarbata Hmps. Body of a bright red-brown, dusted black, the abdominal hair-tufts silvery. 
ForeAving like the body. A blackish band before the slightly undtdate black interior line. Median line double, 
undulate, filled blackish. A black luna at the cross-vein. Exterior line black, edged reddish ochreous outside, 
finely dentate, excurved as far as vein 4. A l.>lack triangular s]iot behind it in the costal area. Submarginal 
line ochreous, indistinct, excurved below the costal margin and in the middle. Hindwing bright red-brown, 
streAvn Avith black. Median and exterior lines undulate, black. An ochreous spot in the submedian fold behind 
the exterior line. 22 mm. Mauritius. 
45. Genus: Paiiilla il/r. 
Eorewing short, l)road, triangidar. Palpi short, porrect, with long hair beloAV. Antennae of ^ ciliated. 
Thorax Avith a small tuft behind, also the 3 first abdominal segments. Type; dispila Wkr. from India. Half 
of the s])ecies are distrilnited over India and Africa respectively. 
P. diagramma Hmps. Body blackish rerl. ForeAving reddish ochreous and blackish. The costal margin 
Avitb an interior, a median and an exterior black s])ot. Interior line blackish, edged Avhitish ochreous inside, 
angled iiiAA'ardly in the cell and at vein 1. A black dot in the middle of the cell. Reniform macida edged black, 
shaped like a reverse comma. Median line doidile, very oblicpie from vein 5 to the inner margin. Exterior line 
black, edged AA'hite outside, very obliquely outAvards as far as vein 6, dentate as far as vein 4, then again very 
obliquely inwards, a black triangular spot behind it at the costal margin. Submarginal line whitish, indistinctly 
undulate. Hindwing dark brown Avitb a black central luna. Median line black, oblique, AAdiitish outside, ex¬ 
terior line olilique, edged white on both sides. 20 mm. Gold Coast. 
P. hemicausta Hmps. Thorax and foreAving violettish brown in the basal and marginal areas. Median 
area more broAvnish ochreous. Interior line fine, dark, edged someAV'hat broAvnish ochreous inside, undnlate. 
Median line indistinct, dark. Exterior line fine, red, brownish ochreous outside, ol)licpiely outAvards as far as 
A^ein 6,»then iiiAvardly angled to a black dot in the discal fold, notched from vein 4, obliquely iiiAvards, AA'ith 
2 black dots in the sidAinedian fold. Submarginal line traceable, grey, undidate. Hindwing reddish ochreoiis, 
marginal area violettish broAvn. Median line black, edged, dark red outside near the inner margin. Exterior 
line dark, with a hlack triangle in the discal fold, with black spots below vein 4. $ 26 mm. Gold Coast. 
P. subbasalis Hmps. Body violettish red. ForeAving violettish-brown and red. A rather broad black 
band at the base. A small black spot at the cross-vein, pointed above. Exterior line indistinct, dark, oblique 
as far as vein 5, then inwards, dentate, a square black spot behind it at the costal margin. Traces of 
a dark submarginal line. Hindwing light violettish red. A black line from the loAver cell-angle to the 
