METAPI0PLA8TA; AULGTARACIHE; TARACHE. By M. Gaede. 
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H. mionides Hmps. Thorax white, alxlonieii brownish. Eorcwing violettish. grey, white in the l)a8al niioiiidrs. 
area, projecting far to the lower cell-angle. Costal margin grey with some white streaks near the base. Traces 
of a double brown interior line. Traces of an elliptical spot at the cross-vein, and an umbdate white line from 
there to the inner margin. A large cpiadrangidar white s])ot behinfl it at the costal margin, extending to vein 5, 
in olive green surroiindings. Sxdjniarginal line fine white, a narrow white band behind, it. Hindwing white, 
somewdiat diaphanous, brownish at the margin in the anterior part. 25 mm. Cape Colony. 
H. holoxa.ntha Hw,ps. is cpiite insignificant, without any marking. Body and wings (uange, hindwing lioioxfui/lKi. 
somewdiat lighter. 18 mm. Uganda. 
62. Genus: Metapioplasta Wllgm. 
Proboscis normal, jialpi short, frons wdth a projection. Antennae of laminated. Metathorax wdth 
an appressed tuft. Neuration of forewing normal. Veins 3 + 4 of hindwing stalked. Type: insocia Wlcr. 
M. olivescens Hmps. (15 f) is somewdiat like H. nubila. Thorax white, olive brown in the middle be- oHre.'iccu.s. 
hind, abdomen pale orange. Forewdng olive brown with a grey reflection, costal margin broadly white as far 
as the submarginal line. Interior line yellow on the white area, then dark, indistinct, bent iinvards. Ring- 
macula and reniform macula dark grey, edged white. A small white sjiot below the reniform niacida with 2 fine 
notches. Traces of an undulate dark median line to the inner margin. Exterior line likewise yellow on the 
white area, then dark, sharply bent inw'ards below the cell. Submarginal line of white scales, indistinct in the 
middle, double at the inner margin. Hindwing pale yellow. 25 mm. East Africa. 
M. insocia Wkr. (= concinmda Wh ., simo WUgrn., cornifrons Aur.) (15 f). Thorax and forewdng creamy htsocia. 
white. Interior line brown, doid^le, interrupted, enclosing a dot in the cell. Ring-macida and reniform macida 
marked by 2 horizontal doidile dots, a brown blotch from the costal margin betw'een them. Exterior line formed 
by a black streak at the costal margin. Marginal area violettish-brown, the border from '^/g costal margin 
parallel wdth the margin as far as vein 3, along the latter, then vertical to behind the middle of the inner margin. 
Traces of a white submarginal line above the inner margin. Abdomen and hindwing yellowish white. Fore¬ 
wing of $ (= porphyrea Btl.) grey in the basal area. Only a quadrangidar white spot between the two macidae 
towards the costal margin, and a triangular one farther outside at the costal margin. 16—20 mm. West anrl 
South Africa, also in Ceylon. 
63. Genus: AiBlotarHche Hmps. 
Proboscis normal, jialpi short, frons with a juojection. Antennae ol A ciliated. Metathorax A\ith an 
appressed tuft. Forewdng with a very short areole, otherw ise normal. Veins 3 + 4 of hindw ing stalked, 5 below' 
the centre of the cross-vein, 8 as far as the centre of the cell and fused with it. Type: decoripennis Mah. Only 
African species. 
A. decoripennis Mah. Thorax and forewing creamy white, 3 pale olive browm lines at the base, w'ith dccorijien- 
2 black dots forming the ring-macida and reniform macula. Marginal area as in insocia, l)ut extending in the 
anterior part almost as far inwards as in the posterior ])art. The sid)marginal line is most distinct in the centre 
of the wing, w'here it show-s a ])oint distally. Abdomen and hindwdng reddish brown, darker at the margin. 
The $ shows the brown marginal area at the inner margin extending almost to the distal one of the 3 lines, 
and in the anterior part a band extends to the costal margin. 20—22 mm. Madagascar, also in India. 
A. plumbeogrisea Poult. (15 f). Body reddish ochreous. Forewdng brownish lead-coloured, somewdiat plumbco- 
reddish brown at the inner margin near the base. Traces of an umbdate dark interior line from the cell to gnscu. 
the inner margin, edged wdth browmish ochreous inside. Coniform macida fine, lirow iiish ochreous. Ring-macula 
outside and reniform macula inside finely edged w'ith black. Exterior line indistinct, brown, dentate, from 
below the costal margin to vein 6, then black, outside with yellow and red spots lietween the veins, oblique 
below vein 4. Hindwdng w'hite, somewdiat brown at the margin. 22—26 mm. Somaliland. 
A. atrisignata Hmps. Body and forewdng w'hite, feebly irrorated olive brown. A square Idack spot in atrisii/nala. 
the cell-end, a faded black spot above it at the costal margin, and below- this a small one below' vein 2. Traces 
of a blackish exterior line. A small black spot at the apex and a series of marginal spots. Hindwdng pale olive 
brown, darker at the margin, fringes of both wings black. cJ 18 mm. Central Africa. 
64. Genus: Taraclie Hbn. 
This genus differs from Aulotarache in the normally large areole. Veins 3 + 4 of the hindwing may 
be stalked or arise from the cell-angle. Vein 5 from the cell-angle or little above it. Of some more than 100 
species of this genus a considerable number occur in Africa. Type: caffraria Him. 
