18(1 
NOLATYPE; OCHROTHRIPA; MEGATHRIPA; OEDICRASPIS. By M. Gaede. 
comefes. 
mclanolcura. 
varieijala. 
phoenicole- 
pia. 
nicwijli. 
rufimediu. 
suhrufhne- 
dia. 
suhfervida. 
veins 8 2, being absent in the sjjecimen figured. Marginal area brown. Hindwing slightly browner than in 
tarachoides. 20 nnn. Niger District, East Africa. 
Br. cometes Hmps. (18 a). Similar to cnrvifera. Thorax pale grey, abdomen pale brown. Forewing 
grey, median and marginal areas brownish ochreoiis. Median line white, broadly edged with black outside, 
from the centre of the costal margin to the submedian fold, where it unites with the exterior line. Reniform 
maeida brownish ochreous. elliptical. Exterior line fine, whitish, bending inwardly to the reniform macula, 
excurved belov' vein 4. A round blackish-brown s])ot behind it between veins 8 and 3. Sidunarginal line in- 
flistinct. blackish. Hind wing slightly brownish. The $ exhibits the curved median line edged with blackish- 
brown. The spot behind the exterior line is continued by a brown blotch to the margin, whereby a comet-like 
marking is produced. 22 mm. Gold Coast. 
Br. melanoleuca Hmps. (— anomoiota B.-Bok.) (18 a). Thorax white, abdomen brownish. Forewing 
white. Two black dots at the base. Interior line black, from ^ (j costal margin oblique to the submeclian fold, 
with an inward angle at vein 1. Adjoining to it at the costal margin a square blackish-brown spot and a 
broader one at the inner margin. Reniform macula edged black in a U-shape. Exterior line marked by a 
black streak at the costal margin and a white border of the lower spot. Margin blackish brown. Submarginal 
line white, interrupted. Hindwing whitish. 20—^22 mm. West Africa. Figured from a sjiecimen from Came¬ 
roon. — In variegata B.-Bal\ the base is browner. Portuguese West Africa. 
14. Genus: llfolatype Hmps. 
Proboscis normal, palpi erect. Antennae of tufted. Body tuftless. Forewing rounded. Veins 3—.1 
near the lower cell-angle, (i below the upper one, 7 from the upper angle, 8 + 9-410 stalked. Hindwing as 
hitherto. Only 1 species is known. 
N. phoenicolepia Hmps. Body and forewing greyish black, somewhat violettish-red behind the middle. 
Interior line black, exc\irved from the costal margin to the submedian fold and above the inner margin, bent 
inwardly between. Median line black, excurved in the cell. Reniform macula large, edged black. Exterior 
line black, extra-angular behind the iqiper cell-angle, then oblique to the lower angle and vertical to the inner 
margin. Three black dots from the apex, obliquely arranged. Hindwiug greyish brown. ^ 24 mm. East Africa. 
15. Genus: Ochrolliripa 
Containing only two species. Proboscis normal, jialpi thin and very long. Antennae of $ finely cili¬ 
ated. Metathorax with an appressed tuft, abdomen with tufts at the base. Forewing rounded, neuration 
normal. Vein 3 of hindwing before the cell-angle. Type: leptochroma Trnr. from Australia. The only other 
species from Africa. 
L. mesopis Hmps. Thorax red-brown, abdomen blackish brown. Forewing brownish ochreous, dusted 
black. Marginal area red-brown except at the apex, extending at the margin as far as the exterior line, veins 
of marginal area black. Interior line black, undulate, extinct in front. A black dot in the centre of the cell. 
Reniform macula irregularly edged with black, with a black centre. Exterior line somewhat undulate, far out¬ 
wards as far as the submedian fold and at vein 1, inwards between them. Hindwing brownish ochreous, darker 
at the margin. 2 3(.> mm. Central Africa. 
16. Geuus : Megatliripa Hmps. 
Proboscis normal, palpi oblique, moderately long. Antennae and tufts as in Ochrothripa. Forewing; 
vein 6 below the upper cell-angle. 7 from the angle, 19 -r 8 + 9 stalked. Hindwing: veins 3 and 4 from the 
angle, 5 above it. 
M. rufimedia Hmps. Thorax dark grey, abdomen brownish. Forewing greyish brown. Interior line 
double, black, oblique to the median vein, where it is extra-angular, then once more outwards in the sub- 
median fold and at the inner margin. A large elhptical pale reddish-yellow spot in the centre ofdhe wing con¬ 
tains a darker reddish-yellow spot at the cross-vein. Exterior line double, blackish, strongly outwards below 
the costal margin, introangular at vein 2. Submarginal line black, undulate. Hinchving white, brownish at 
the apex. - subrufimedia Sird. lacks the central sjiot, and the hindwing is more intensely brown. 28—34 mm. 
South Africa. 
17. Genus: Oetlicraspis 7/wps. 
Proboscis normal, palpi projecting beyond the frons, thick. Thorax with a low tuft in front and be¬ 
hind, abdomen without a tuft. Forewing with a small bump close behind the middle. Neuration normal, areole 
short. Hindwing as hitherto. 
Oed. subfervida Hmps. Thorax and forewing dark violettish grey. Interior line indistinctly double, 
with a black spot inside at the inner margin, somewhat excurved at the median vein and strongly inwards at 
vein 1. A strong white streak at the cross-vein. Exterior line from the middle of the costal margin, then 
