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HTrCTOPTf^RA; (irOANTOC^ERAS. By M. Gaede. 
poccUi>so)na. 
iJavohasalis. 
niyrilinea. 
hiwieraUs. 
semi pari Ua. 
laeiijica. 
nigrifascia. 
anleinargi- 
aaia. 
conturhaia. 
sanctae. 
conflucns. 
lagosensis. 
rhahdota. 
■pectinaia. 
gin on the forewing. 32- -3S niin. We fignre a sjjecimen from Darjeeling, which is presumably somewhat like 
jeryngin-m. 
2. Genus: ^tictoptera Gn. 
Proboscis normal, palpi very erect. Antennae of very long, a small pencil at the base. Small tufts 
on the thorax and abdomen. Forewing long and narrow.' Type: cucuUides Gn. from India, where most of the 
species occur. 
S. poecilosoma Saahn. (17 a). Thorax red-brown, abdomen greyish-brown. Forewing from red-brown 
to greyish-broAvn with a black marking. Interior line very indistinct. Coniform macula marked by some scales, 
ring-macnla also only traceable. Reniform macida finely edged with black, with a black centre. Median line 
distinct, rectilinear, somewhat obliciue. Exterior line notched, excurved behind the cell, then straight, ob¬ 
liquely inwards, behind it a series of black spots. Snbmarginal line grey, indistinct. Hindwing hyaline white, 
smoky brown at the margin. Some 2$ are also red-brown as far as the median line, the rest of the wing 
greyer. - flavobasalis Saahn. The base of the forewing of a bright yellow, also a stripe behind the exterior 
line. — nigrilinea Wkr. exhibits a black streak at the median vein. — In humeralis Wkr. only the base at the 
costal margin is yellow. — nigrilinea and flavcbasalis may also occur united. — semipartita Saalrn. (17 a) shows 
a red base of the forewing, as well as a stripe behind the exterior line. laetifica Saahn. (17 a) is rusty red. 
instead of red as setnipartiia . the rest of the wing grey. — nigrifascia noni. nov. (— subobliqua Saahn.) (17 a) 
resembles the nomenclatural form. Ground colour greyish-brown, a black band between the interior and 
median lines. The spots liehind the exterior line are intense. 28—36 mm. Madagascar. — signifera described 
from Borneo is certainly different from the Madagascar-forms; c&nturhata is also a separate species. 
S. antemarginata Saahn.. (17 a). Body greyish lu'own. Forewing pale grey, with a broad dark red- 
lu'own costal margin, narrower red-brown at the inner margin, and similarly coloured spots at the distal margin. 
Reniform macula large, finely edged with black Traces of an undulate median line. Exterior line indistinct. 
com])osed of black lunae. Hindwing a.s in the ])receding species, d' ‘f** nim. East and South Africa, Madagascar. 
S. conturbata Wki . (17 b) is treated by Hampson as a synonym to signifera und poecilosoma, but it 
differs considerably from them and also from the form laetifica, seniipartita, flavobasalis. The interior line 
is quite absent in conturbata . The median line is distinctly edged with black outside, narrowly dark inside. 
The line itself is more curved than in the form quoted, the dark edge goes far inwards at the inner margin. 
Reniform macula not different. The exterior line with its dark spots is hardly noticeable in the dark grey 
marginal area. The hindwing seems to be less hyaline in the basal area than in poecilosoma. 28 — 32 mm. 
W'est, South and East Africa. — sanctae E. Proiif chiefly differs only in the narrower dark margin on the 
hindwing. Specimens from (Cameroon also show the black dot in the sidmiedian fold of the forewing. From 
Sao Thome. 
S. confluens Wkr. (17 b). Thorax reddish brown, abdomen greyish brown. Forewing blackish in the 
basal half, reddish br(nvn in fhe distal area. An interior line, as well as the coniform and ring-mamda are hardly 
recognizable on the dark ground. The reniform macula is finely edged with black, with a black streak inside. 
Median line black, somewhat oblique, vertical from the sid)median fold. Exterior line and the spots behind 
it as in poecilosoma . Sid>marginal line white, notched. Hindwing hyaline at the l)ase except at the inner margin. 
-- In lagosensis Strd. the (brewing is greenish grey. Violettish brown at the costal margin at the base and 
before the median line. $ 38 mm. Niger District. 
S. rhabdota K. Prout (17 b) differs from all the others in its radial stripes. Thorax dark red-brown. 
Forewing lighter red-brown with grey patches. A lu'oad dark chocolate brown costal-marginal stripe extends 
to the apex. Another stripe below the cell is almost black, an insignificant one above the middle of the inner 
margin. Ring-macula small, reniform macula very large, interruptedly edged with black, rather indistinct on 
the dark ground. Exterior line marked by a row of black dots as in conturbata, in bluish surroundings below 
the cell. Submarginal line notched, white, edged with refl-brown inside. Hindwing in the typical form from 
Sao Thome only narrowly black, the rest hyaline, while 1 specimen each from Clameroon and Gabun (we figure 
the former) are much broader black. 34 -38 mm. 
S. pectinata Kemick (17 b) has strongly pectinated antennae in the (^. Thorax dark red-brown, ab¬ 
domen lighter. Forewing dark refldish brown with an indistinct marking. Interior line indistinctly double, 
greenish. Median line distinct and dark, not extending to the inner margin. Exterior line dark, angled, inter- 
rujjted. Two brown spots behind it, and a brown snbmarginal line. Hindwing smoky brown, hyaline at the 
base. The $ possibly belonging to it has a grey basal half aiifl exterior band on tbe forewing. At any rate it 
seems not to be a form of poecilosoma . 30 32 mm. Madagascar. 
3. Genus: Oi^aHtoeeras Holl. 
Proboscis normal. ])alpi obliquely erected. P'rons with a large tuft of scales. Antennae in both sexes 
of 1 the length of the forewing. Metathorax Avith a flat tuft, the abdomen with a tuft at the base. Legs 
