TARACHE. By M. Gaede. 
ci/cnwcraa- 
pis. 
sccid. 
porphyrca. 
cUripcniiis. 
spangbcryi. 
canicsccns. 
l/cmcuen.'iis. 
psuliplioru. 
chrysoproc- 
iis. 
(jradata. 
hortensis. 
KU 
T. cyanocraspis Hm.ps. (15h) is very similar to ivahlbergi. Body slightly brownish. The lines in the 
basal area ot the forewing darker, a. large red-brown spot at the middle of the costal margin and a triangular 
one above the cross-vein. Marginal area as in ivahlbergi. Hindwing darker at the apex. 28 mm. Uganda. 
T. secta Guen. (15 h). Body and forewing white. Interior line browm, double, undulate, vertical. Ring- 
macula and reniform macula punctiform, a red-brown s])ot betw^een them at the costal margin. Marginal 
s])ot copi)er browm, shaped as in ivahlbergi. Exterior line black, doid>le, undidate. Submarginal line w'hite, 
w ith black spots inside. Fringe wdiite, with browm spots at the apex and anal angle. Hindwing wiiite; narrowiy 
browm at the margin. ^ 25 mm. Abyssinia. 
T. porphyrea Btlr. (15h) is very similar to secta, Init the forewing lacks the ring-macula, the centre 
of the distal margin and the fringe are white there. The apical darkening on the hindwing is shorter. 2; thorax 
and the anterior half of the forew ing as far as the cell-end slightly tinged with olive browm. The ring-macula 
is a wiiite dot. Hindwing dark browm. 22—24 mm. West and East Africa. 
T. citripennis Hmps. (15i). Thorax and forewing creamy white. Interior line double, grey, black at 
the costal margin. The ring-macula is a small grey spot, the reniform macula a black sti’eak and dot. A short 
grey stripe from the middle of the costal margin, a grey spot behind it. Marginal area olive browm, margin 
more reddish, w ith an outward point inside at vein 6, otherwise similarly bordered as in the other species. Ex¬ 
terior line black, indistinct, double, filled somewhat wiiite, a black and silvery blue spot in the submedian fold 
before it. White at the margin below' the middle. Hindwing pale golden yellow. 34 mm. Natal. 
T. spangbergi Auriv. (15 i). Thorax creamy wiiite, abdomen orange. Forewing browmish white. In¬ 
terior line double, greyish browm, oblique, at the inner margin near the dark marginal area. Reniform macula 
large, round, edged with black, a pale browm blotch before it from the costal margin, and a smaller one behind 
it. Marginal area dark red-brown, the border below the cell more oblique than usual. Submarginal line wiiite, 
distinct only above the inner margin. Fringe above the anal angle yellow ish wiiite. Hindwing orange, narrow ly 
blackish at the margin. 27 mm. South West Africa. 
T. carnescens Hmps. (15 i). Thorax pinkish wiiite, abdomen whitish ochreous. Forewing pinkish 
white, with 4 browm lines at the base. Reniform macula finely edged with black, open belowy with 2 faint spots 
at the costal margin. Marginal area reddish violet, far exciirved behind the cell inw-ards at vein 4, then ver¬ 
tical. Exterior line black, parallel with the margin in the low'er part. Submarginal line whitish, copper-brown 
before it at the costal and inner margins. Hindwing of white, somewliat ochreous at the margin. fore¬ 
wing somewliat darker, hindwing almost uniformly brown. 24—26 mm. East Africa. 
T. yemenensis Hmps. Thorax creamy w hite, abdomen pale red-brown. Forewing w hite, reddish browm 
in and behind the cell in the median area. 3 olive browm spots at the costal margin at the base, and traces 
of an interior line. Tw o olive browm sjiots behind the middle at the costal margin, wiiite betwmen them. Mar¬ 
ginal area olive brown, enclosing the indistinct black double exterior line, filled with wliitish near the inner 
margin, and edged with whitish outside. Apical area dark browm, turning pale copiier-red at the apex itself, 
with 2 oblique wiiite streaks from the costal margin. Submarginal line light copper-red, wiiite liehind it except 
in front. Hindwing white, veins and inner margin reddish browm, margin co]iper browm. (J 32 mm. Yemen. 
T. psaliphora Hmps. (15i). Thorax creamy wiiite, abdomen somewliat brownish. Forewing creamy 
white. Interior line pale olive browm, double. Reniform macula edged with black, open below. A very oblique 
bluish grey blotch from the costal margin to the reniform macula, a parallel one behind it, bent dow'ii into a 
vertical line behind the middle of the cross-vein. Marginal area dark red-browm, narrow at the apex, far in- 
w'ards at vein 4. Submarginal line wiiite, only for a short distance vertical at the anal angle. Hindwing semi- 
diaphanous, yellowish wiiite. (J 28 mm. South West Africa, Gazaland. 
T. chrysoproctis Hmps. (15 i). Similar to a large carnescens. Thorax greyish white, abdomen somewliat 
brownish. Forewing yellowish white with 4 lines at the base, somewhat outwmrds. A pale brown spot at the 
middle of the costal margin and sometimes a streak at the lower cell-angle. The marking in the interior and 
central area is somewliat olive yellow. Marginal area red-browm with a violet reflection, extending to below' 
the middle of the cell, then straight to the inner margin. Exterior line marked by an olive brow'ii spot at the 
costal margin and a dark streak behind the cell, indicated in the submedian fold by black scales. Hindwing 
of A ■'vhite, broader dark at the margin than in carnescens. cj 32 mm. Mashonaland. 
T. gradata Wkr. (15 i). Body as in chrysoproctis. Forewing creamy w'hite, interior line vertical, double. 
Reniform macula interruptedly edged with black, before it an intense triangidar olive lumwii blotch. IMar- 
ginal area vertical from the costal margin to vein 6, from there radial almost to the reniform macula w'hich 
it encircles closely, then continued as in the other species. Easily recognizable by the radially running border¬ 
line. Fringe above the anal angle somewhat white. Hindwing orange, margin narrowly brown. 28—30 mm. 
Cape Colony. 
T. hortensis SivinJi. Thorax wiiite, abdomen somewliat brown. Forewing wiiite, somewliat grev at 
the base. Interior line blackish, double, slightly interrupted. Marginal area normally coloured, its inner margin 
oblique from the costal margin to the low'er cell-angle, then bent iinvards. Reniform macula interruptedly edged 
