mfcscois. 
IranfU'al'Ka. 
hxi. 
cu)uaf:ia. 
Jeucogonia. 
simplex. 
hrimnciceps. 
docilis. 
n cphclozona. 
alhisignu. 
pohjhymnia. 
lS-1- ('RyPTOTHRTPA. Ry M. Gaede. 
S. rufescens Hmps. (17 g). Body and forewing brownish ochreous. Interior line reddirown, with 2 strong 
ontward angles, edged light inside, the basal area before it darker. A black dot of erect scales in the middle 
of the cell, and a streak at the cross-vein; a red-brown streak between them. Exterior line double, red-brown, 
beginning at the costal margin close behind the interior line, far excurved, inwards again at vein 4, whitish 
behind it at the costal margin. Sidimarginal line indistinct, whitish, with a bent black streak at vein 4 to the 
exterior line, and 2 fine streaks above vein 1. Hindwing whitish ochreous, broadly brown at the margin. 
2 24 mm. Natal. The specimen figured, from East Africa, presumably belongs to this species. 
S. transvalica Hmps. (17 g). Thorax dark brown, abdomen lighter. Anterior half of forewmg greyish 
brown, the rest light red-brown. Interior line of erect black and brown scales, excurved in the ceil, inwards 
below it. An ol)lique blackish shadow from the costal margin behind the exterior line to the interior line at 
the median vein. A black dot of erect scales in the middle of the cell. A black luna on a round red-brown 
sjjot is at the cross-vein. Exterior line double, blackish brown. The interior branch begins near the interior 
line at the costal margin, excurved as far as vein 4. somewhat concave behind the cell. Submarginal line 
indicated by a slight brown shadow on the inside; behind it a dark red-brown sjrot in the submedian fold. 
Hindwing white, diaphanous, brown at the margin. The ^ forewing exhibits the costal-marginal and inner- 
marginal areas lilac grey, red-brown between them with a whitish spot in the middle of the marginal area. 
A strong black streak in the submedian fold, less distinct ones at veins 7. (> and 2. The other marking indistinct. 
2S mm. Transvaal. 
S. ianthina B.-Bak. (17 h). Body brown, forewing reddish brown, somewhat grey at the costal margin. 
Interior line indistinct, double, blackish, slightly excurved in the middle. A black dot in the middle of the 
cell, a black luna at the cross-vein. Exterior line very indistinctly double, blackish, bent S-like; bluish grey 
behind it at the costal margin. Traces of a dark sxdomarginal line. Hindwing white, diaphanous. ^ 22 mm. 
Portuguese W est Africa. 
S. cumasia Hmps. (17 h). Thorax and forewing red-brown. Interior line doiible, undulate, slightly 
excurved. Erect tufts of black scales in the middle of the cell and at the cross-vein. Exterior line double, 
the interior branch brOAvn, the exterior one silvery grey, slightly concave behind the cell, somewhat inwards 
at vein 4. then obliquely to the inner margin. Submarginal line whitish, edged brown inside, parallel to the 
margin, undulate. Hindwing pale brown. ^ 24 mm. Gold Coast, Niger District. 
S. leucogonia Hmps. (17 h). Thorax reddish brown, abdomen greyer. Forewing white at the base and 
as far as beyond tlie middle of the inner margin, the rest of the wing ochreous. The border of the basal area 
is formed by a blackish brown line from the costal margin to the submedian fold with a prolongation to the 
exterior line. An oblique red-brown streak at the cross-vein. Exterior line indistinct, double, notched, jjarallel 
to the distal margin, extending at vein 2 almost to the cell, then excurved to the inner margin, a white spot 
behind it at the costal margin. Submarginal line hardly traceable. Hindwing white, slightly brownish at the 
margin. - The Avhite spot on the forewing may also be absent; simplex Sfrr/. — Or the body is browner, the 
white spot larger, the hindwing darker: brunneiceps Sfrd. Hi —18 mm. West and East Africa. 
S. docilis Btlr. (=-- canofusa Hynps.) (17 h). Body and forewing greyish lu’own. Interior line indistinctly 
double, brown, obliquely outwards. A small black dot in the middle of the cell and two at the cross-vein. 
Exterior line dark, edged white on both sides, far excurved from the middle of the costal margin, somewhat 
incurved in the submedian fold. S\d)marginaf line indistinct. Hindwing white. West and South Africa, dis- 
tributed as far as India. 
S. nephelozona Hmps. (17 h). Thorax pale red-brown, abdomen lighter. Forewing pale red-brown, 
slightly dusted with black. Median band broad, blackish brown, widened at the costal margin towards the 
aj^ex, at tlie inner margin a little towards the base. A small oblong pad of erect scales in the middle of the 
cell. Two black dots at the cross-vein. Submarginal line indistinct, a dark shadow proceeding from the apex. 
Hindwing white, diaphanous. $ 30 mm. East Africa. The specimen from Dar-es-Salaam used for the figure 
is consideral)ly smaller. 
S. albisigna Hmps. Body brownish ochreous. Forewing whitish. The inner margin in the basal half 
and the marginal area dusted blackish brown. Interior line brown, interrupted, obliciuely excurved. A red- 
brown shadow behind it in the anterior part. Black dots in the middle of the cell and at the cross-vein. Ex¬ 
terior line brown, edged white inside, very convex below the costal margin, black streaks behind it at the 
costal margin. A small white triangular spot at the margin below vein 3. Hindwing pale brown. 2 18 mm. 
Gold ('oast. 
11. Genus: Crjptotliripa Hmps. 
Proboscis normal, ])alpi obliquely erected, thin, very long. Antennae of B tufted. iVIetathorax with 
a large tuft, smaller ones on the abdomen. Tibiae laterally hairy. Forewing with a normal areole. Veins 
3 -u 4 of hindwing from the lower cell-angle, o a little above it. Ty]ie: occulta Swh. from India, and this one 
species. 
Cr. polyhymnia Hmps. (17 h). Body greyish brown, forewing somewhat more reddish. A blackish 
radial band above and below the median vein, removed a little in front behind the cell, and somewhat oblique 
