PHLEOETONIA. By M. Gaede. 
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a black patch extends to the suhinarginal line at vein 4. Snl)marginal line white in the beginning, then grey. 
Hindwing white, broadly blackish brown in the marginal area. — The forewing may also show a white median 
ai’ea excepting the costal margin. This is medioalbi Bird. $ 2(i mm. South Africa. iurdwalha. 
Ch. cana Hm.ps. (16 f). Thorax greyish brown, abdomen greyisli white. Forewing ])ale grey, some- cdiid. 
what rusty yellow in the basal area. A fine dark median line is excurved in the cell. The ring-macula and 
reniform macula are fine black dots. Exterior line black, a little more excurved than the median line. Snh- 
marginal line as a rusty yellow shadow. Hindwing brownish white, browner at the margin. $ 2() mm. Fast 
Africa. 
Ch. polymorpha Hmps. ^ thorax blackish brown, abdomen violettish reel, sa])-green at the base. Fore- iidh/dtoriihd 
wing black, with a lead-coloured gloss, the median area below and behind the cell violettish grey, olive br'own 
towards the margin below' vein 4. Interior line black, edged with white inside as far as the median vein, then 
double, filled wdth red-brown. Reniform macula white wdth a little sap-green, close behind it the blackish un¬ 
dulate median line. Exterior line double, black, filled with white, excurved above vein 1. Rebind it a pale 
line from the costal margin to behind the cell. From there a black band to the margin at vein 4. Submarginal 
line indistinct, dark, somewhat white behind it at the apex. Hindwing violettish blackish. The abdomen may 
be pinkish brown, the anal tuft sap-green. Forewing ])ink outside in the median area. forewing more varie¬ 
gated, whitish red-brown; sap-green at the costal margin and near the anal angle. Here the forewing may 
exhibit a semicircular black spot at the inner margin, almost over its entire length. Or the median area below 
and behind the cell is pink. The interior part of the marginal area is pale red-brown. 20—22 mm. South Africa. 
Ch. insularis E. Prout. Thorax reddish yellow, abdomen greyish brown. Basal half of forewing choco- hifidJaris. 
late brow'll; marginal half reddish yellow with chocolate browui lines and a small pale violet spot. Median line 
pale, excurved in the middle, edged with dark on both sides. It forms the interior edge of the dark median 
area. The exterior edge is formed by the pale exterior line. Then follows a dark band and another exterior 
line. The first exterior line is slightly excurved, the second is far excurved from the origin of the first at the 
costal margin, nearing it again at vein 6, then again excurved. A pale shadow before the submarginal line 
at the costal margin, and then a triangular chocolate brown s])ot near the a]iex before wdiich there is a dark 
streak. Reniform macida narrowly Avhite, slightly ])rolonged in front outside. Submarginal line fine, ])ale, 
dentate, interrupted between veins 7 and 5 by a dark shadow. Hindwing pale brow'n, with a darker s]X)t neai' 
the anal angle. $ 25 mm. St. Thome. 
5. Genus: Plilegetoiiiji 
Proboscis normal, palpi more densely haired than in Eiifelia. Antennae of (J typically serrate and 
tufted. Thorax and abdomen tnftless. Neuration as in Eutelia. Type; catephioides On. Altogether the genus 
contains 20 species about half of which are Indian and African. In their exterior they are epute similar to the 
Eutelia, so that they might be regarded as parallel forms of them. Thus Phleg. operatrix from Southern Africa 
seems to imitsite-Eutelia julvigrisea from the Ziduland; Phleg. liolocausta. from Nigeria resembles Eu. snelleni, 
Phleg. callichroma reminds us of Eu. leighi, etc. These purely external and inaccurate resemblances have of 
course nothing to do with mimicry; they are convergencies ]n’esnmably causefl by the ada]itation to the same 
resting places. 
1. Antennae of finely serrate airl tufted. 
Ph. Operatrix Wallgr. (= rosea Mab.) (20 d). Body and forewing yellowish red-browoi. Gostal margin dpcrolrlv. 
])ink at the base. Interior line threefold, pink, strongly extra-angular at the median vein. Median line red- 
brow’ii, extending behind the cell, far incurved tow'ards the costal and inner margins. Exterior line threefold, 
more distinct, red-brown, the two outer ones ])ink at the costal margin, jnst as sharply excurved as the median 
line. Submarginal line red-brown, incurved below the costal margin, otherw'ise parallel to the exterior line. 
Before it at the apex dark red, triangnlar, pale yellow' behind it. Hindwing yellowish w'hite, the margin in 
front reddish brown. 34 mm. South Africa. 
Ph. callichroma Dist. (16 g). Body and median band of forewing ])ale yellow', the base reddish olive, cdnichroiiia 
Interior band darker than the base, sometimes blackish, indistinct iii front, then sharply inw'ards, enclosing 
a light line. The dark median line close behind the light faded reniform macida. Exterior line })arallel to it. 
A blackish band behind the exterior line from the costal margin to vein 4, behind it at the costal margin a 
red-brown triangle near the apex, edged with wdiite. A light line tlirongh the cell almost to the margin. Hind- 
w'ing white, browmish at the margin, a w'hite line in it. 22—25 mm. Vei'y widely distribnted in Africa to the 
south of the Sahara. 
Ph. violescens Hmps. (16 g). Body pale red-brow’n. Forewing red-brown in the basal half and at the viotesceus. 
costal margin, the rest copper red. Median line fine, black, obliquely inwards from l)elow the costal margin. 
A narrow' grey Inna at the cross-vein, edged w'ith white ontside. Exterior line fine black, edged with white 
inside, far excurved behind the cell, strongly incurved below vein 3. Violettish grey behind it in the lower 
part, the median area before it blackish as far as the interior line. Intense black marginal dots. Hindwing 
w'hitish at the base, brown at the margin. 3() mm. Gambia, Niger District. 
