MIMASURA; MENEPTERA; ACANTHOFRONTIA. By M. Gaede. 
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54. Genus: jfliuiasura Rmps. 
Proboscis normal, palpi highly erected, thin, antennae of R ciliated. Body tnftless. Forewing some¬ 
what narrow, neuration normal, with an areole. Vein 5 of hind.wing almost normal, from below the middle 
of tjie cross-vein or from the lower cell-angle. Type: tripuncfa Hinps. The generic name indicates the resemblance 
to the Lithosiine genus Asura. Nearly all the species known occur in Africa. 
1. Antennae of (J somewhat laminated, shortly ciliated. The third ])al])al joint long. 
M. simplex Bbl. (15 d). Body whitish. Forewing somewhat reddish brown. Interior line indistinct, s'nnplrx. 
Fine black d.ots in the middle of the cell aird on the cross-vein. Exterior line indistinct, dark, bent almost ])arallel 
with the distal margin. Hindwing pale yellow. (J 14 nun. Sokotra. 
M. unipuncta Hmps. Body and forewing greyish-brown with a silky gloss, somewhat yellowish at the un'ipuncta. 
costal margin. In the submedian fold there may be a black spot below the base of vein 2. A distinct black 
dot at the cross-vein. Besides there may be yet black dots at veins 4 and (5 before the margin, and a black 
streak between them. Hindwing greyer. 17 mm. South Africa. 
M. asticta Hmps. Body and forewing greyish ochreous without any marking, black at the costal margin asik-ta. 
at the base. Hind.wing somewhat lighter. (^16 mm. Sierra Leone. 
2. Antennae of long ciliated. The third palpal joint short. 
M. quadripuncta Hmps. Veins 3-j-4 of the hindwing are stalked, here, vein 5 from the lower cell-angle, f/uadri- 
Thorax and forewing whitish ochreous, the costal margin narrowly orange. The interior and. exterior lines are puncf<t 
replaced by 2 obliquely placed black dots each above and. below vein 1. Fringe yellow. Abdomen and hind.¬ 
wing pale yellow. 24—28 mm. Rhodesia. 
M. Clara Holl. (15 d). Thorax and forewing pale ochreous, somewhat flesh-coloured. Interior line mark- rlarn. 
ed by a few black spots. Median line somewhat faded, dark brown, very dentate. Two black d.ots at the 
crossvein. Exterior line somewhat double, except at the costal margin, otherwise like the interior line, some¬ 
what obliquely outwards. A few black dots behind it. Hindwing ochreous, brownish at the margin. 22 jnm. 
West Africa. 
M. miltochristodes Hmps. Body orange. Forewing orange and with a reddish reflection except in the uiUtochri- 
marginal ai’ea. Marking black with a violet reflection. A few dots at the base. Interior line somewhat faded, stodcs 
before it a band from the cell to the inner margin. The notches of the interior line are contiguous v ith a simi¬ 
larly notched, median line. A dot at the upper cell-angle. Exterior line notched, extra-angular behind the two 
cell-angles. Submarginal line also notched, a few black marginal dots behind it. Hindwing pale orange. $ 
22 mm. Gold. Coast. 
M. disticta Hmps. (15 d). Body and foi’ewing whitish ochreous. Interior line marked by a few black dlstkta. 
dots. Two black dots at the cross-vein. More or less distinct black dots in the submedian fold, replace the me¬ 
dian and. exterior lines. Submarginal d.ots traceable. Marginal d.ots more distinct. Hind.wing pale yellow. 
2() mm. Sierra Leone. 
M. tripuncfa Hmpjs. Body yellow. Forewing yellowish white, yellow at the costal margin. Black dots iripunda. 
in the middle of the cell and. at the low^er cell-angle. Fringe yellow. Hind.wing pale ochreous, browner in the 
Fringe yellowish white. 20 mm. South Africa. 
M. innotata Hmps. (15 d). Thorax and forewing silky whitish ochreous, yellow at the costal margin, innotata. 
Hind.wing and. abdomen pale brown. 14—18 mm. South Africa, Togo. 
55. Genus: Meueptera Hmps. 
Proboscis stunted, palpi porrect, frons with a long projection. Antennae of $ ciliated. Body tuftless. 
Forewing concave at the costal margin behind the middle, the apex turned upwards. Neuration of forewing 
normal with an areole. Veins 6-1-7 of hindwing stalked, longer fused with the cell than normal. 
M. diopis Hmps. Thorax blackish brown, abdomen dark red-brown. Forewing red-brown. Ring-macida diopis. 
and reniform macula white, the latter moon-shaped, a black spot between them. Exterior line reddish yellow, 
parallel with the distal margin. A whitish spot behind it at the costal margin. Hindwing dark coi^per-brown. 
$ 24 mm. Transvaal. 
56. Genus: Aeaiithofrontia Hmps. 
Proboscis stunted, palpi short, porrect, frons with a long projection. Antennae of almost plain. 
Anterior tibia with a bent claw outside. Forewing long and narrow'. Veins 4-|-5 may be stalked, 6 from the 
upper cell-angle or stalked with 9-|-7 +8. Veins 3-1-4 and 6 -|-7 of hind.wing on a long stalk, 5 very feeble, from 
the centre of the cross-vein. Type: lithosiana Hmps. All the species are Africans and look like Lithosia. 
