NIGRAMMA; STENOSTICTA; CIYRTONA. By M. Gaede. 
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Hi'njiGm. L. litigiosa Bsd. ( - = cristigera Gn., alutacea Fldr., squammulosa Saalm.) (17 cl) is a very small species 
Avhicli we figure according to a Maclagassic s]3ecimen (the type of squamulosa). Body and forewing greyish 
brown. Interior line irregnlar, double, dentate. Coniform macula and ring-macula marked by erect tufts of 
scales at their ends. Reniform macula incompletely edged with black. Median line black, someAvhat undulate, 
oblique as far as the submedian fold, then inwards. Exterior line double, very much outwards in front, filled 
Avith fine white hmae. Two black spots behind it below the costal margin. Submarginal line grey. Hindwing 
hyaline, blackish at the margin. - Deviating specimens may be darker on the foreAving or paler in the discal 
area. The ring-macula and reniform macula may be white. Blackish dusting behind the interior line, or the 
foreAAung red-broAvn as far as the centre. 22—26 mm. West, South and East Africa, Madagascar. 
toguta. L. togata E. Proitf. Thorax light chocolate broAvn, abdomen dark broAvm. ForeAving Adolettish black, 
a reddish yelloAv spot at the base at the inner margin, someAA-'hat brownish inside. Somewhat red-brown before 
and behind the cell-end. A Avhite dot at the lower cell-angle. Interior line marked by a reddish-black streak 
at “/j inner margin. Median, exterior and sAdAinarginal lines of reddish black dots, bent almost like the margin. 
HinclAAung as in the other s])ecies. 28 mm. Sao Thome. - In a damaged sjjecimen from Togo in the Berlin 
Museum, AA'hich may belong to this s])ecies, the basal spot is extended almost to the costal margin. 
5. Genus: ]^igramma Wkr. 
The genus contains only tAvo Ethiopian species hitherto known, and 10 others from Ceylon, South 
India etc. Chiefly recognizable by the very long and narroAv Avings AA'ith a very short rounded margin of the 
foreAving. Proboscis normal, palpi thin, obliquely porrect. Antennae of ^ finely ciliated. Prothorax A\dth a 
narroAv tuft, abdomen tuftless. Neuration normal. Ty]Ae: quadra f if era Wh\ from C'eylon. 
mahjassicu. N. malgassica A'en/ic/.'(17 d). Body pale reddish ochrous. ForeAving somewhat more red. Along pear- 
shaped black spot at the base. Interior and exterior lines fine, dark, indistinct. Three dark spots at the cell- 
end. A pale spot at the inner margin near the anal angle and another one at the anal angle, to Avhich a pale 
submarginal line extends. HindAving greyish broAvn. 32 mm. Madagascar. 
polyinorpha. N. polymorpha Haips. (17 d). Thorax red-brown, abdomen greyish broAvn. ForeAving violettish black¬ 
ish, Avith traces of the interior and median lines. Reniform macula rusty red. edged AA'ith black. Exterior line 
double, finely dentate, parallel to the distal margin. Submarginal line also double. Hindwing dark brown. 
virilis. Numerous cleAdations occur. - 1. virilis Ptrd. Wings more led-broAvn. Base and median area outside at the 
margin as Avell as the space betAveen the tAvo submarginal lines greyer. A black spot before the interior line 
niidieris. beloAv the cell and one more distally. The $ exhibits a more red-broAvn thorax and foreAving. - 2. mulieris 
nula. Strd. Interior half of foreAving AAdiitish as far as the exterior line, the rest pale red-brown. — 3. nula Strd. Fore- 
saga. Avings broAvnish ochreous. — 4. saga Sfrd. ForeAvings greyish-brown with the spots oi virilis. 5. curepipensis 
cureptpensis. ForeAving (hdl reddish broAA'n in the median and marginal areas, the basal area brownish ochreous, the 
same colour betAveen the tAvo exterior lines. 30- 34 mm. Mauritius. 
6. Genus: Hmys. 
This genus has been based upon 2 of a species collected by Ckawshaa' betAveen the Kenya and the 
Kilimandjaro, on the Athi R. — Proboscis and palpi as hitherto. Antennae of (J finely ciliated. Thorax Avith 
small tufts in front and behind, also at the beginning of the abdomen. ForeAving narroAv, neuration normal. 
HindAving Avith strongly stalked veins 3 -f 4, 5 arises from a little above the loAA'er cell-angle. 
grisea. St. grisca Hmps. Body and foreAving brownish grey. Interior line indistinct, double, obliquely out- 
Avards as far as the median vein, then bent inwards. Reniform macida light, 8-shaped, Avith 2 black central 
dots. Exterior line Amry indistinct, bent very much iuAvards beloAv the cell. Submarginal line i)arallel to the 
tlistal margin. HindAving Avhite. someAvhat hyaline, veins and niaigin somewhat brown. 14 mm. East Africa. 
6. Genus: Oyrtoiia IFAt. 
Proboscis normal, palpi extended by the length of the head. Antennae of G ciliated. Abdomen Avith 
traces of tufts in the middle. ForeAving long and narrow. Veins 3—5 from near the loAver cell-angle, all the rest 
normal. Veins 3 -5 of hindwing from the angle. Type: proximalis Wkr. from Malacca, Borneo. Only 1 s})ecies 
in Africa; about 20 others in the Indo-Australian regions, all of Avhicli are rather similar to erebenna in size 
and also often in colouring. 
crcbennu. G. erebenna Mah. (17 d). Thorax and foreAving greyish brown Avith dark broAvn lines. The interior 
and median lines from beloAv the costal margin oblicj[uely iuAvards to the submedian fold, then again outAvards, 
a broAvn band behind it. Two fine dots at the cross-vein. A faded exterior band excurved behind the cell, 
inwards in the submedian fold. Submarginal line grey, dentate. HindAving smoke-broAvn. q 14 mm. Mada¬ 
gascar. 
