TARACHE. By M. Gabde. 
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bluish black, with three round yellow spots at the costal luargin, besides one at the uiiddle of the iuuer juargin, 
and a stretched one at the anal angle. Hindwing orange with a dark central luna and niai’ginal band which 
is very broad at the apex. 20—22 mm. Angola, South Africa. 
T. hemixanthia Hmps. (15 g). Thorax and forewing sulpliur-coloured in the l)asal area. The border hemixan- 
from the costal margin slightly outwards, almost straight, black. Marginal area reddisli brown. A large black 
spot at the cross-vein, with a lighter edge, a triangular yellow spot behind it at the costal margin. From it 
proceeds the darker brown exterior line, sharply bent inwards below' the cross-vein and then close to the margin 
of the distal area to the inner margin. A dark sid)niarginal line is just as sharply curved. Abdomen and hind- 
Aving of the brownish, darker at the margin Avith a central luna. $; fore wing much darker, hindwing dark 
copper-brown. A from Togo shows the yellow area of the forewing projecting somewhat distally at tlie lower 
cell-angle. 16—18 mm. Togo, East Africa. 
T. nubilata Hmps. (15 g). Thorax white, abdomen brownish ochreous, foreAving white at the costal nuhUata. 
margin Avith a violet reflection. Ring-macula and reniform macula greyisli l)roAvn, round, edged Avith Avhite. 
A thick olive broAAai blotch beloAV the ring-mactda as far as the base, paler blotches obliquely inw'ards above 
the tAVo maculae at the costal margin. A Avhitish triangle betAveen the maculae as far as the iuner margin obliquely 
iiiAvards. A dark red-broAv'n stripe from the apex, inw'ards below the reniform macula, then more steeply to 
the inner margin, its outer edge concave in the middle. Exterior line strongly bent in front as usual, then 
vertical to the inner margin. Marginal line distinctly Avhite. A large black marginal s^Aot behind the cell, a 
smaller one above the inner margin. Hindwing of ^ Avhitish, more yelloAV in the 20—25 mm. South and 
East Africa. 
2. Veins 3 and 4 of hindAving from the cell. 
T. nitidula Fair. (= catena Sow., elegans Steph.). Body and Avings silvery white. ForeAving Avith a nitidula. 
short triangular olive browm spot at the base. A flatly triangidar spot at the middle of the costal margin. Mar¬ 
ginal area broadly olive broAvn, the border sometimes dispatching an imvardly bent spur to the costal margin, 
parallel Avith the beginning of the exterior line. The latter marked on the dark area by a single or doidile row 
of spots. Margin narroAvly w'hite Avith bluish grey spots. Hindwing somewhat broAvnish at the apex, more ex¬ 
tensively so in the $. 25—32 mm. Throughout Africa and India. 
T. v-album Hmps. Body Avhite. ForeAving with an oblique olive green spot near the base at tlie costal v-alhum. 
margin. The spot is connected with the dark distal area by olive green irroration. Base silvery Avhite at the 
inner margin. A large V-shaped silvery spot from the middle of the costal margin to the median vein, the ex¬ 
terior arm oblique, enclosing an olive green spot. Marginal area olive green, more reddish at the apex, its inner 
edge obliquely bent to the middle of the inner margin. Exterior line indistinct, double, violettish broAvn, bluish 
grey at the inner margin before it. Violet hmae at the margin, bordered with white inside. Hindwing Avhite 
at the base, the rest brownisli. 30 mm. Niger District, also in India. 
T. wallengreni Auriv. (15 h). Thorax greyish brown, abdomen yellowish broAvn. ForeAving dark greyish icallcngrc- 
broAvn Avith a violet reflection. Interior line dark, doid)le, dentate, vertical. Behind it an oblique Avhite band 
as far as the lower cell-angle, narrow or very broad. The broAvn reniform macula is fused Avith the band by 
a Avhite edge Exterior line beginning from a long white spot at the costal margin, then continued as a black 
line. Submarginal line white, with black spots behind it at the apex and anal angle. HindAving orange Avith a 
broAvn margin. $ 24—26 mm. Damaraland. 
T. umbrigera Fldr. (= trimaculata Auriv.) (15 h) resembles a nitidula in which the two costal-marginal wnhrigcra. 
spots are prolonged to the marginal band, so that 3 AAhite spots are produced, a narroAV one from the base at 
the costal margin to the centre of the inner margin, a rectangular one from the middle of the costal margin, 
and a triangular one at % costal margin. Hindwing as in nitidula. In the especially the first two spots' are 
narrower. HindAving pale brown, broadly darker at the margin. 3()—32 mm. Angola, South. Africa, Somaliland. 
T. antica Wh-. (= acontina Mab., semiplumbae Hmps.) (15 h). Thorax dark violettish-broAvn, abdomeii antica. 
reddish brown. ForeAving dark violettish broAvn with silvery scales. Costal margin wdiite on % of its length, 
divided by the traces of an interior line. A black median line and exterior line are traceable. Submarginal 
line Avhite, dentate, more so above the anal angle, sometimes the margin behind it is white. Fringe behind 
the cell with a white spot. Hindwing of A yellowish, of dark broAvn. 18—22 mm. South and East Africa. 
T. opalinoides Ouen. ( = postica Wkr.) (15 h). Thorax and forewing Avhite. Interior line greyish broAvn, opalinoides. 
double, undulate. Ring-macula composed of 2 black dots, reniform macula of 2 lateral streaks. A small tri¬ 
angular spot inwards of the latter macula at the costal margin. Large red-brown spots with silvery scales at 
the apex and anal angle. Exterior line dark, double, with erect black scales in the sidAmedian fold. Submarginal 
line interrupted, white, inside AA'ith black spots. Hindwing white, diaphanous, narrowly broAvn at the margin. 
East Africa, Somaliland and India. 
T. wahlbergi Wllgrn. (= urbani Fldr.) (15 h). Body and wings white. Forewing Avith 4 greenish broAA'n tvahlbergi. 
undulate lines in the basal area, 2 triangular spots behind them at the costal margin. Marginal area broadly 
edged with dark greenish broAvn, strongly bent inwards below the cell, behind it red-browni AAdth a Adolet re¬ 
flection. Submarginal line of white streaks, inside Avith rusty broAA'ii triangles. HindAving slightly brownish 
at the apex. 22—25 mjn. West, South and East Africa. 
