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HOPLOTARACHE. By M. Gaede. 
61. Genus; Hoplotaraehe Hmfs. 
Prol)oscis normal, palpi moderately long, obliquely rising, frons -with a conical projection. Antennae 
of ^ somewhat laminated. Body tnftless. Nenration of foreA\ ing normal with an areole. Veins 3+4 of hind¬ 
wing stalked or from the same base. Type; iiiionides Htnps. The few mostly variegated species are distributed 
over all the faunae. 
1 . Veins 3 -|- 4 of hindwing stalked. 
suhlotd. H. subiota Mah. ( 15 f). Thorax reddish-brown, abdomen brownish ochreous. Forewing yellowish white, 
broadly reddish brown at the costal margin, a paler hand from the cell to % the inner margin. A broad 
dark brown hand from the apex to % of the inner margin. Hindwing ])ale ochreous. G mm. Madagascar. 
neiihclc. H. uephelc limps. Thorax white, abdomen greyish brown. Forewing greyish white, dusted olive brown 
except at the costal margin and in the basal half at the inner margin. The lines at the costal margin are re- 
])laced by an oblique interior and median olive grey streak, and a spot replaces the exterior line. A white in¬ 
terior streak at the inner margin, edged grey on both sides. Ring-macaila and reniform macula gi’ey, edged 
white, round. A triangular white median spot from the sxd)median fold to the inner margin. Exterior line 
olive brown, edged white outside, from Ixelow the costal margin to the inner margin. The white marginal area 
with an undidate interior border, bent inwai'ds in the middle and outwards to the anal angle. Two black streaks 
at the margin. Hindwing brownish white. $ 2(3 mm. East Africa. 
oUndn. H. albida Hmps. Body and forewing white Avith a faded interior band of yelloAV scales. Ring-macula 
and reniform macxxla jxale IxroAA'n, small, roxmd. Marginal area copper-broAvn AA'ith a violettish-grey tint ex¬ 
cept at the a]xex, somewhat olive yellow at its interior margin, also at the exterior mxii’gin excejxt at the apex. 
Traces of a A\diite sxibmarginal line. Hindu ing Ax hite, somewhat broAxuiish at the apex. G 18 mm. Niger District. 
scvudUxt. H. semialba Hinps. (15 f). Body broAvn, only the tegxilae Axdiite. Eoreudiig olive broAxm, only the costal 
ixxargin Avhite almost to the apex, its loAver edge angled at the centre of the cell and slightly indented at the 
cross-vein. Interior and exterior lines iixdiscernible. HindvA'ing someA\diat broAVnish. G mm. East Africa. 
cnsialis. — The Indian species costalis Wkr. entirely resembles semiaJha, bxxt the Avhite costal-marginal area is irrorated 
Avith broAvn at the oxxtermost costal margin. A $ of this forixx is at hand from Abyssinia. 
JioiiiseJc- H. hemiselenias Hmps. Prothorax white, the rest of the body red-broAvn. ForeAving copper-broAA'n, 
nuts. base and a spot next to it at the inner margiix AAdiite. A silvery aa hite semicircxxlar spot at the costal ixxargiix 
before the middle as far as the apex, extending doAvn to behiixd the centre of the cell, outside of it a faded red¬ 
dish yelloAA' line. Interior line broAA’ix, indistinct. Reniform macxila lead-coloxired, edged yellowish Axhite. 
slightly entering into the AAdiite costal-marginal s]iot. Sxdimarginal line of AAhite spots. Margin Avhite, edged 
reddish yelloAV inside, hindAving jiale red-broA\m. $ 2d mm. Cameroons. 
iuibila. H. nubila Hmps. Thorax Avdiite, abdomen broAvnish. ForeAAdng dark violettish grey. Costal margin 
Axdiite as far as the exterior line AA'ith 5 olive broA\ n streaks from the costal margin. Basal area AA'hitish as far 
as the interior line AAdiich is doxible, blackish, filled AA ith Avhite, dentate. Ring-macula and reniform macxxla small, 
roxmd, Aidiite, edged Avith black. iMedian line black, xmdxxlate, from the cell to the inner margin. Exterior 
line formed of black Ixniae, strongly bent invA'ards beloAV the cell, then parallel Avith the median line. Subnxar- 
ginal liixe fine AAdiite, extra-angular toAA'ards the anal angle. A AAdiite spot behind it in the centre. HindAAdng 
Axdiite, broAAiiish at the margin. ForeAving of $ more extensiAmly olive brown, hindAAdng dark broAA'ii Avith light 
hnsialha. fringes. — In basialba $ Sfrd. (— ectorrida Poult.) the basal area of the foreAving is of a purer Avhite, AAdth black 
spots behind the submarginal line beloAA' the apex and beloAV vein 3. 18—20 mm. South and East Africa, 
Somaliland. 
racriilro- H. cacruleopicta Poult. (15 f). Body broAvnish ochreous. Basal half of foreAving creamy Avhite, mai’- 
picta. pg^jf olive broAvn. Interior line doulxle, olive broAvn, dentate. A black dot in the middle of the cell. The 
reniform macula is an incomplete black ring edged Avitb Avhite. Median line dark, dividing the tAVo areas, ]iro- 
jecting at the loAver cell-angle. An oblique triangxxlar creaxxiy Avhite spot Ixehind it at the costal margin. It is 
folloAved by the faded dark exteidor line, sharply bent iixAvards beloAV the cell, silvery Avhite scales behind it. 
Sxibmarginal line interrxipted by copper-red, edged creamy Axhite on both sides. HindAving creamy Axdiite, 
IxroAvner at the margin. Basal half of the 9 foreAving tinged Avith red-lxroAvn, the tips of the fringe Avhite. 22 mm. 
Somaliland. 
2. Veins 3 and 4 of hind-Aving from the cell. 
dt.spar. H. dispar ITAt. (15f). Thorax creamy Avhite, abdomen orange. ForeAving creamy Avhite. Interior line 
oliA'e grey, doxible, dentate. Median band olixm grey, as far as the loAver cell-angle, a black streak at the cross¬ 
vein. A small grey spot behind it at the costal margin, the marginal spot violettish Ixlackish, from ^4 costal 
margin parallel Avith the d.ivstal margin to v^ein 3, Avhere it bends strongly iixAA'ards and to the middle of the 
inner margin. Exterior line Avhite, cutting off the iuAvard part of the marginal area. Sxibmarginal line Avhite, 
A\ ith a feAv intense black s])ots inside, Avhite outside beloAV the middle of the distal mai’gin. HindA\ ing orange 
Avith a broad black margin. $ Avith a much darker Ixasal area of the foreAving, thoi'ax also mostly dark. 2(3 to 
3b mm. South Africa. 
