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MARATHYSSA. Bv M. Gaede. 
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Ph. holocausta Hmps. Distal margin of forewing slightly angled at veins 6 and 4. Thorax fiery red- 
hrown, abdomen greyer. Forewing fiery red-brown. A red interior line below the cell, oblique, traceable. A 
fiery red s])ot in the centre of the cell. A pale s]iot at the cross-vein. Traces of a double exterior line as in 
caUichroma. Behind it a red-brown spot near the apex, edged white outside. Hindwing fiery red, with red- 
hrown s]mts near the anal angle. $ 30 mm. — Described according to 1 9 from Sapele in South-West Nigeria. 
Ph. catephioides Gh. (IBg). Body blackish brown. ForeAving blackish broAvn at the costal margin, 
lighter towards the inner margin, reddish brown, lightest in the median area. Interior line threefold, strongly 
excurved as far as the submedian fold. A white streak through the cell-end as far as the white reniform macula. 
Exterior line also threefold, somewhat concave behind the cell. A grey spot at the a])ex. Hindwing white, 
broadly smoky brown at the margin. 32—36 mm. Transvaal, Natal. 
Ph. porphyriota Hmps. (16 g). Body and forewing violettish reddish-brown. Two small round rusty 
yellow spots in the cell, two black dots at the cell-angles. Exterior line double, brown, sharply excurved below 
the costal margin, then rectilinear obliquely inwards. Behind it a black spot in the submedian area. A triangular 
dark spot at the apex, from which the submarginal line proceeds. The latter is in the beginning near the ex¬ 
terior line, at vein 3 far away from it. Hindwung dark broAvn. 32 mm. Niger District. Described according 
to 1 (;J from Lagos. 
2. Antennae of almost plain. 
Ph. albiapicata Hmps. (16 h). Body and forevA'ing at the liase dark hroAvn, ochreous between the in¬ 
terior and exterior lines at the costal margin, whitish at the apex. Interior line double, extra-angular as far 
as the submedian fold. Reniform macula -iiale olive green, slightly comjiressed in the middle. 2 double ex¬ 
terior lines, oblique as far as behind the centre of the cell, then imvards. An oblique black band from the in¬ 
terior line at Amin 7 to the margin at vein 4. A fine AA'hite submarginal line. HindAA’ing dark broAA ii. $ 26 mm. 
Natal. 
Ph. strigula HoU. (16 h) is someAAdiat differently marked. Body and foreAving greyish broAvn. Interior 
line black, donble, someAvhat extra-angnlar at Amin 1. Median line indistinct, blackish, encircling the reni¬ 
form macida AA'hich is yelloAv, edged Avtth black, narroAA'. Exterior line doid^le, blackish, excurved as far as the 
centre of the cell. Submarginal line AA’hite, edged AA'ith black inside, excAirved in the middle. HindAA’ing dark 
broAvn, Avith traces of a median and exterior band. $ 30 mm. Gal)un. - - Holland described the species ac¬ 
cording to 1 $ from the OgoAA’c R. 
Ph. pratti Kenr. (16h) is most similar to the Indo-Anstralian afripars Hmps., bnt separated by the 
much broader hindAA’ings from all the other s])ecies of the genus. Body and AA’ings greyish ochreous AA’ith a 
Auolet shine. The dark interior band is broad, vertical. Behind it a dark s])ot in the cell and an indistinct median 
line. Exterior line fine, introangnlar beloAA’ the cell and at vein 2. On its inner side at the costal margin a large 
triangnlar dark spot AA’ith a light centre. A small round spot neai' the anal angle. The $ shoAvs the AA’hole AA’ing 
darker, the marking covered by a dark grey median band. Hindwing AA’ith traces of a double dark line from 
the anal angle. 34 mm. Marlagascar. 
6. Genus: Maratliyssa Wkr. 
Three of the 6 species knoAA’n live in the Ethiopian Region, 2 in America, and 1 in India. — Proboscis 
normal, palpi long jAorrect. Frons AA'ith a horizontal hair-pencil. Antennae of the (J typically rather strongly 
pectinated, in the 3 African species only ciliated. Thorax with short tnfts in front and behind. The tufts at 
the end of the abdomen are only small in these species. Nenration normal, vein 5 of hindAA'ing someAA’hat se¬ 
parated from 4. In their sha])e they approach already the Sticfoptera of the folloAring subfamily. Type: hasalis 
Wkr. from Canada. 
M. cuneata Saahn. (= cyanolopha Hmps.) (16 h). Body and Avings greyish red-broAvn. The cell and 
the space beloAA' it look as if they Avere wiped off. The interior and exterior lines mostly disap])ear altogether. 
The reniform macula is a dark streak at the cross-vein. Only the costal and inner margins are more liroadly 
scaled dark, and the median vein as far as the margin more narrowly scaled. HindAving hyaline, the veins black, 
the margin brownish. 22—28 mm. Described from Madagascar, but common also in West, 8oAith, and East Africa. 
M. albidisca Hmps. (16 i). Body and forewing greyish black. The cell and a little beyond it piirely 
white. Interior line black, uniformly bent. Median line ]Aarallel, interrupted in the cell. A small hma at the 
cross-Anin. The exterior line is a black streak as far as Anin 5 and an indistinct nndidate double line from the 
cell to the inner margin. Submarginal line fine AA’hite. distinct only in its anterior part. HindAA ing AA’hite, smoky 
broAAm at the margin. (J 25 mm. Cape ColoiiA’. 
M. cistellatrix WUgr. (= ocidaris Btlr.) (16i). Body and foreAA’ing greyish broAA’n. Interior line fine 
black, strongly incur\’ed. From it in the submedian fold a fine yellowish AAtiite streak as far as the margin. 
A similarly coloured broad stripe in the cell as far as the exterior line. Reniform macula large, blackish. Ex- 
