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long and thin. Nenration of forewing normal. Veins 3 ami 4 of hindwing somewhat more se})arated tiian usual. 
Type: solsfitialis Holl. Only African s])ecies. 
1. Frons narrow, the eyes in front nearing- eacli otlier. 
G. geometroptera Holl. (17 c). Thorax and forewing greyislnbrown with a greenish lustre. Interior f/r<n/n/ro/)/r- 
line double, blackish, vertical, its interior branch inwardly faded. Median line extinct, undulate, with a black 
spot at vein 1 . Two fine black dots at the cross-vein. Exterior line double, outside with black dots at the 
veins, bent S-like. Sidjinarginal line grey, slightly incurved towards the costal margin. Hindwing brow'uish 
white, with a dark central spot, the margin broadly smoke-brown. (J 32 mm. Oabun. Togo. 
2. Frons normal, tlie eyes not neai-ing each f>ther. 
G. solstitialis Boll. crinopis Hnips.). Body greyish brown, forewing greenish blown. The basal 
area darker, darker also at the inner margin and behind the middle, the discal area iialer. Interior line double, 
bent, undulate. Ring-macula U-shaped. Reniform macida sinuous on the basal side, with a black streak 
inside. A black streak at vein 2 from the cell to the exterior line vdiich is double, excurved as far as vein 4. 
then incurved. A black spot behind it beloAv the costal margin. Sidnnarginal line indicated by the light 
margin behind it except at the apex. Hindwing jialer at the base, smoke-brown at the margin. - albifascia alhifasrld. 
iSt7'd. shov-s the inner margin white at the base. 3<>—34 mm. West Africa. 
G. adoxodes B.-Balc. (17 b). Body and forewing brownish ochreous. Interior line indistinct, double, 
blackish. The figure shows only a very obliquely cut off dark basal area. Two black dots at the cross-vein 
and a dark spot above them at the costal margin. Exterior line very indistinct, doul)le, with w4iite dots at 
veins 4 and 3, then inwards. A dark spot at the apex as far as vein 6 . 8 id)marginal line indistinct, dark at 
the costal margin, then extinct as far as vein 4; then white, edged with brown inside. Hindwing brownish 
w'hite, darker at the margin. $ 32 mm. Angola. 
G. rectilinea Hmps. (17 c). Body greyish brown, forewing greyish yellow wdth a greenish shine. Interior ri’ftUuifn. 
line double, almost straight. Reniform macida scarcely traceable, with a black streak inside. A black streak 
from the middle of the costal margin, and a spot at vein 1 . Exterior line with a very oblique black streak at 
the costal margin, then indistinct, wdth black dots at the veins. Apical area reddish browm, wdth a lilack 
streak from the costal margin to vein B. 8 ubniarginal line wdiitish; a dark spot before it below' vein 3 and a 
more distinct one below' vein 2 . Hindwdng w'hite, diaphanous, smoke-brown at the margin. 28 mm. West 
Africa. A slightly damaged sjiecimen from Madagascar in the Berlin Museum probably belongs to this species. 
G. curvilinea n. sp. (17 c). Body and fcrewdng greenish brown. Interior line double, black, bent, its run-Uhmi. 
exterior part with a side-branch, indistinct, rectilinear to the middle of the inner margin. Reniform macula 
elliptical with 2 black central dots surrounded by 2 median lines from the costal margin, wdiich are united near 
vein 2 . Exterior line double, filled with light, rather straight from the costal margin to vein 4, bent inw'ards 
at vein 2. A black streak behind it from vein 3 to the inner margin, and an oblique streak in the apical area 
from vein 8 to vein B. An angular streak above it, nearer to the a])ex. 8 nbmarginal line black, with white scales 
outside, only recognizable above the inner margin. Hindwing wdiite, broadly edged with browm. On the whole 
it resembles geometroplem (17 c), but the interior line is quite different. ^ 30 mm. Adamaua. Type in the 
Berlin Museum. 
4. Genus: J^oplioptera 
This species has been liriefly commented upon in the palaearctic Vol. Ill (]). 288), because it occurs 
in West China in a sjiecies not dissimilar to the typical species squammigera. Proboscis normal. ])alpi obliquely 
porrect, thick. Antennae of almost plain. Thorax and abdomen without tufts. Forewdug wdth a somewdiat 
undulate distal margin, nenration normal. Veins 3—5 of the hindw'ing from the lower cell-angle. Only -1 of 
the 3B species are known from Africa. Tyjie: squammigera Gn. from India and Australia, where most of the 
species occur. 
L. methyalea Bmps. (17 c). Thorax blackish brown, abdomen greyei'. Forewing blackish. Interior mcflii/alea. 
line double, black, strongly notched, adjoining to it the coniform macula as a tuft of black scales. IMedian 
line straight, obliquely outwards as far as into then submedian fold, then inw'ards, reniform macula very indis¬ 
tinctly edged wdth black, large. Exterior line double, far outw'ards below' the costal margin, somew hat concave 
behind the cell, far inwards at vein 4. Darker behind it on the w hole length or only above the inner margin. 
Then follow's a shadowy rusty red band, black streaks behiiul it between the veins. Hindwing hyaline white, 
black at the margin. 2() mm. West, 8onth and East Africa. 
L. semirufa Drc. (17 c). Thorax and basal area of forewing dark red-brown, abdomen dark brown, neuiirufu. 
Basal area of forewing bordered by a dark line w ith a white edge from 1 3 costal margin to the exterior line 
at the inner margin. The marginal area dark brown. Interior and middle lines not discernible. Reniform 
macula finely edged w'ith black. Exterior line double, blackish, similar to mefJigalea . 8 ubmarginal line w'hitish. 
dentate. Hindwing hyaline at the base, witli a blackish margin. 2.7 mm. Cameroon. 
