HYPODEVA; WESTEPvMANNIA. By M. Eakde. 
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1. Iliiidvving of above witli long liair at tlie inner margin. 
PI. scncitld. (1^ i). Tlioi'cix violcttisli ))i'ovvii, <i})(l()ni 6 ii Bi'owii. L^orcwin^ silky wliitisli. scrtctnfi. 
ochreoiis, dusted brown and black, with hardly any markings. Interior and exterior lines marked by white 
streaks at the inner margin, some white scales yet before the interior streak. The dent of scales at the anal 
angle is dark brown. Hindwing brownish white. 3<» mm. Madagascar. 
2. llindwing of ^ without hair at the inner margin. 
PI. pallida HolJ. (13 i). thorax bi'owmsh A\'hite, abdomen dai'ker. horewmg sdky w'hite, dusted, with 
brown. Interior line indistinct, brown, sharjily intro-angular in the cell, extra-angular below' it. Exterior line 
also brown, far excurved betw'een veins 6 and 7, nearing the interioi' line in the submerlian fold. Somew'hat 
darker between the two lines. Submarginal line brownish, very undulate. Hindwing brown, lighter at the 
base. 30 mm. West Africa, Uganda. Several specimens known. 
11. Genus: Hypocleva 
Similar to the preceding genus in its contours. Antennae of d only ciliated. Thorax wdth a tuft in 
front and behind. Neuration as in Plusiocalpe. 
H. barbata (18 i). Thorax dark browm, abdomen grey. Eorewung yellowish, with an olive green tinge, barbaiu. 
a broad violet band from the middle of the cell to the inner margin, extending below the cell tow'ards the base. 
Interior line wliite, interrupted, a streak from the costal margin obliqiiely outward, then from the cell undulate 
to tq inner margin. Reniform macula strigiform, grey, edged with white, a wliite sjiot above it at the costal 
margin. Exterior line chocolate brown, sharply extra-angular below the costal margin, then oblique, undulate, 
far inw'ards. Narrowly violet behind it, chocolate brown only at the costal margin. Then follow olive yellow- 
spots. Traces of a wliite submarginal line. Hindwing dark brow n. 32 mm. Niger District, Gabun. The species 
is easily discernible by the fringe at the tornus of the forewing being prolonged into a little beard. 
The two following species look quite different in the shape of the wings and the marking. 
H. noctuma Hrnps. (18 h). Body pale greyish brown, w-ings more reddish. Forewlng scantily marked, nodurna. 
A bent black streak from the costal margin before the middle. A fine streak at the cross-vein. A black streak 
bent dowmward from behind the middle of the costal margin to the apex, grey betw-een it and the costal mar¬ 
gin. Submarginal line hardly traceable. Hindw-ing jiale red-brown. 36 mm. Niger District. 
H. superba Drc. (18 i). Very insignificant, unicoloured. Body and forewing dark chocolate brow-n with superba. 
a slight bronze gloss, w ithout any marking. Hindwing blackish brown, with a slight violet gloss at the margin. 
36 mm. Congo District. 
12. Genus: Weistermaiiiiia Hbn. 
Proboscis normal, palpi thin, erect, ])rojecting beyond the Irons. Antennae of d ciliated. Thorax with 
a small tuft in front and behind, abdomen with basal tiifts. Forewlng somewhat convex at the inner margin; 
w'ithout a dent of scales. Neuration of forewing normal, Avith an areole, also the hindwing as in the preceding- 
genera. Ty})e; superba Hbn. from India. Half of the 20 s})ecies knowoi occur in Africa, the others in the Indo- 
Australian Region. Among the latter there are very ])retty species with an elegant bronze or silver lustre. 
W. argyroplaga Hmps. (18 i) differs rather much from the other African species. Thorax light red- argyroplaga. 
l)rown, abdomen greyish brown. Forewing silvery wliite. Marginal area on (4 length of the wing pale 
red-brown, continued at the inner margin as far as the base of vein 2 , and more narrowly as far as J /3 inner 
margin. The red-brow'ii reniform macula broadly emanates into the costal margin. Traces of a dark notched 
submarginal line. Hindwing wliite. 28 mm. Uganda. 
W. cuprea Hmps. (18 i). Body pale lirown. Foreiving copper brown. Broadly yellow'ish brown above cuprea. 
the inner margin as far as the anal angle w-hich is somewhat grey. The costal margin, the cell before the in¬ 
terior line, moreover behind the cell as far as the exterior line and vein 2 dow'iiw'ard feebly tinged with bluish 
grey. The veins in the distal area wliite. Ring-macula and reniform macula edged Avith Avhite. Exterior line 
Avhite, sharply extra-angular at vein 7, someAvhat less at A-ein 3, then iiiAvards, in a semicircle, touching the 
light inner margin, bent up again to the median vein. White streaks behind it near the apex. HindAving pale 
broAvn. 30 mm. Gold Coast. 
W. agrapha Hmps. (19 a). Body and foreAving ])ale red-broAAui. A Avhite streak from the base at Amin 1 agrapha. 
as far as the end, Avith a branch at the median Amin as far as the interior line, grey betAAeen them. Interior 
line from liefore the middle of the costal margin to the middle of the inner margin, Amry much bent imvard. 
A somewhat triangular copper-broAvn spot at the cross-vein, encircled by Avhite. Exterior line fine Avhite, far 
excurved between the costal margin and vein 4, then vertical to the inner margin. Marginal area AA ith a golden 
reflection. A AAliite dot below- the apex. $ 25 mm. Sierra Leone. — Ma}{rilia conjuncia Gaede, described ac¬ 
cording to a damaged specimen, may be the same as West, agrapha. 
