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MAURILIA. By M. (4aede. 
cosiiplaga. 
albirivitla. 
vioUiincta. 
heferochroa. 
scmifuscaia. 
semijerrugi- 
nea. 
hinata. 
ci)iereofi(sca. 
fuscopicta. 
cuneaiipicia. 
busirensis. 
rufirena. 
airireno. 
phaea. 
namjongen- 
sis. 
arciiata. 
as well as behind the interior line at the inner margin and between the exterior line and the submarginal Ime. 
Interior line indistinct, brownish, excurved below the cell. A black dot in the cell-end, a white Inna at the 
cross-vein, edged black inside. Exterior line faded, brown, outward as far as vein 4, introangular abcfve the 
snbmedian fold; from this line a faded dark streak extends to the margin below the apex. Submarginal line 
indistinct, brown, ending above the anal angle. Hindwing yellowish brown, fiery red at the margin. 30 mm. 
Rhodesia, tliermistis may be a form of gamma. 
A. costiplaga Himps. (18 g). Thorax and forewing red-brown, abdomen yellowish brown. Interior line 
of forewing indistinct, proceeding from an olive brown spot at the costal margin, obliquely outward. Exterior 
line also indistinct, obliquely inward, proceeding from the apex of a triangular olive brown spot at the costal 
margin. Submarginal line punctiformly marked. Hindwing orange. 2 30 mm. Niger District. 1 2 from 
Onitsha. 
6. Genus: Maurilia MscMr. 
Proboscis normal, palpi highly erected. Antennae of q finely ciliated. Abdomen with two short tufts 
at the base. Neuration of forewing normal, with an areole. Veins 3 + 4 of hindwing on a more or less long 
stalk. Type ; arcuata Wkr. from Africa. Three of the few species occur in the Indo-Australian Region, the others 
in Africa. They are mostly very common and rather variable, therefore many names are given to deviations. 
M. albirivula Hmps. (18 g). Body and forewing pale olive brown, darker reddish brown in the lower 
part of the median area as well as below vein 4 as far as the margin. Interior line white, brown outside, un¬ 
dulate, oblique to the submedian fold, sharply incurved below it, outward at the inner margin. Exterior line 
white, edged with brovm on both sides, obliquely outward as far as vein 4, then for some distance vertical, 
and an angle inward. Two pale brown dots in the cell. Submarginal line of black dots in the anterior part. 
Hindwing brown. — In violitincta Bird, the thorax and the forewing are somewhat greener than in the nomen- 
clatural form, but the median area is purely violet. 24—28 mm. — Niger District, Cameroons. 
M. heterochroa Hmps. (18 g). Body and forewing varying from light red-brown, greyish brown to dark 
brown. Forewing with a double undulate interior line, oblique to the middle of the inner margin. Two distuict 
black dots in the cell. Exterior line more distinct, black, double, oiitward as far as vein 4, then vertical. A 
faint dark shadow from the apex to the interior line below the cell. Submarginal line from a black spot at 
the costal margin, then punctiform. Hindwing blackish brown. — Besides, the following forms were de¬ 
nominated; semifuscata Bird. (= suffusa (raede). Forewing dark red-brown at the inner margin from near the 
base to the submarginal line and to the upper edge of the cell. — In semiferruginea Bird, this area is dark rusty 
red, besides a triangular spot behind the cell is imsty red, too. — lunata Gaede is a semifuscata with a black 
crescent at the cross-vein. — cinereofusca Bfrd. has dark greyish-brown forewings. — fuscopicta Bird, besides 
shows a blackish-brown area above the inner margin. — cuneatipicta Bfrd. is a cmereofusca with a blackish 
triangular s})ot behind the cell. — busirensis Btrd. has greyish brown forewings. The submarginal line is ex¬ 
panded like a spot at the costal margin, a black transverse spot is at the cell-end, and the interior line blurred. 
28—34 mm. — Niger District, Cameroons. 
M. rufirena Hmps. Body and forewing greyish brown with a leaden gloss, partly suffused with red- 
brown, the marginal area coppery red-brown. Interior line red-brown, indistinct, straight, oblique. Reniform 
macula light red-brown. Exterior line red-brown, somewhat undulate, outward as far as vein 4. Hindwing 
red-brown, with a copper gloss. $ 40 mm. Niger District. 
M. atrirena H^nps. Thorax and forewing pale red-brown, darker in the margmal area. Interior line 
fine red-brown, oblique as far as the median vein, then vertical. Reniform macula greyish black, indistinctly 
bordered. An oblique red-brown shadow from behind the xipper cell-angle to the inner margin before the ex¬ 
terior line which is very fine, brown, exciirved below the costal margin and behind the lower cell-angle. Sub- 
marginal line red-brown, undulate. Abdomen greyish brown, hindwing red-brown, lighter at the costal margin 
at the base. $ 36 mm. Niger District. 
M. phaea Hmjjs. (18 g). Thorax and forewmg olive brown or light reddish brown. Interior and ex¬ 
terior lines double, blackish, undulate. The interior one almost straight, obliquely outward, the exterior one 
excurved below the costal margin, then straight to the anal angle. A dark streak at the cross-vein. Sub- 
marginal line of black dots. Hindwing dark brown. 30—36 mm. West Africa. 
M. namjongensis Bird. (18 g). Somewhat like a dark red-brown phaea. Abdomen blackish, the in¬ 
terior line of the forewing scarcely different. The first bow of the exterior line at the costal margin extends 
inwardly, in phaea outwardly. The end at the inner margin extends more parallel with the submarginal line, 
not towards it. The sidjinarginal line itself is almost continuous, not formed of spots. Hindwing dark brown. 
2 35 mm. Cameroons. — With some $$ from Cameroons and Spanish Guinea, in Avhich the forewing is dark 
violettish brOAvn, it is uncertain whether they belong to namjongen.sis . We figure the type. 
M. arcuata Wkr. (= lubina MschJr.) (18 g). This apparently very common and widely distributed 
species varies much in size and colouring and has therefore received numerous names. Thorax and forewing 
pale reddish brown. Interior and exterior lines double, dark, rather indistinct. The interior line obliquely 
