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PARAXESTIS; ARCYOPHORA; SETOCTENA. By M. Gaede. 
iri'oraia. 
pi per if a. 
rufesccns. 
pipcrifcUa. 
longicufvis. 
alhipupil- 
lata. 
siali. 
dives. 
N. irrorata Hmps. (19 i). Body and forewing reddish ochreous, dusted hlack. Interior line very in¬ 
distinct, extra-angular at the median vein. A black dot at the cross-vein. Exterior line indistinct, oblique 
as far as vein 6, then pale red-brown, bent inward below vein 5. Then a fine black submarginal shadow, ex- 
curved below the costal margin. Hindwing yellowish white. ^ 25 mm. Rhodesia. 
N. piperita Hmps. (19 i). Thorax brownish ochreous, abdomen whitish. Forewing brownish ochreous, 
marginal half red-brown, the margin itself finely striated brown. Interior line indistinct, slightly excurved 
below the costal margin, then oblique. Exterior line just as indistinct, excurved as far as vein 5, then parallel 
Avith the interior line inward. Submarginal line hardly traceable. Hindwing white, diaphanous, narrowly 
yellowish at the margin. $ 22 mm. Niger District. 
20. Genus: l*araxestis Hmps. 
Little different from Neaxestis. The lobe at the inner margin of the forewing situate in the middle, 
and the neuration different, veins 7 + 8 + 9 being stalked. Hindwing not different from Neaxestis. Only 
one species with a similar marking. 
P. rufescens Hmps. (19 i). Body and forewing brownish ochreous, the costal margin finely pink. In¬ 
terior line brown, concave between the costal margin and the median vein, then inward. Exterior line out¬ 
ward as far as vein 9, then rectangularly broken inward, adjoining to it a semicircular line behind it to the 
anal angle. HindAving AA’hite, diaphanous. G -11 niin. Natal. 
21. Genus: Arcyopliora Gn. 
Palpi and body as in Neaxestis. Antennae of d tufted. Wings shaped as in Paraxestis, but the dent 
of scales is not at the anal angle, but at the lobate projection in the middle of the inner margin of the foreAving. 
Veins 3—5 from near the loAA’er cell-angle, 9 beloAv the upper angle, veins 7—10 from the areole. Veins 3—5 
of the hindAAung from near the loAA'er cell-angle, 8 connected with the cell as far as behind the middle. Type; 
tongivalvis Gn. from Africa. Besides the species dealt with here there are yet 3 in the Indo-Australian Region. 
One species is palaearctic, since it penetrates to Syria and Persia (cf. Vol. Ill, p. 300). 
A. piperitella Strd. {= carniola Hmps.) (19 i). Thorax pale broAvn, abdomen Avhitish ochreous. Fore- 
AA'ing pale ochreous, the interior area Avith a violet reflection. Interior line dark broAvn, edged Avhite inside, 
from before the middle of the costal margin oblicpiely iiiAvard as far as vein 1, then bent to the base. A broAvn 
S]Aot at the upper cell-angle. Exterior line excurved behind the cell, then straight obliquely iuAAard. An ob- 
licpie streak from the apex to the exterior line, edged AAdiite outside. Traces of a broAvn submarginal line. 
HindAving yelloAA'ish Avhite, broAvnish at the margin. 29 mm. Rodesia, Sambesi. 
A. longivalvis G«. (20 a). Thorax light red-broAvn or greyish broAvai, abdomen broAvnish ochreous. Fore¬ 
Aving light red-broAvn, also yelloAvish or broAvn, Avith numerous pale streaks. Interior line dark brown, from the 
middle of the costal margin to (3 inner margin. Exterior line as far as vein 7 very obliquely outAvard, pointed, 
parallel Avith the interior line iiiAvard. A black oblique streak from the apex. HindAving Avhite, diaphanous, 
narroAvly broAvn at the margin. The $ is usAially more broAvnish ochreous, the striation dark, the interior and 
exterior lines more intensely edged broAvn. — albipupillata Strd. has a feAV small black, Avhite-centred spots 
behind the exterior line beloAv veins 5 and 4. 34—40 mm. South, South-West, and East Africa. — somnam- 
buJa Bryl- differs little from albipupillata. There is a Avhite spot above and beloAv vein 4, alternately varying 
in size, both only feebly edged dark. Cameroon. 
A. stall Wllgr. (20 a) looks rather differently. Body greyish broAvn, foreAA’ing yelloAv. The median area 
and the space before the sidAinarginal line red-broAvn. Interior line broAvn, slightly bent inAvard from the 
middle of the costal margin. Exterior line broAvn, extra-angular at veins 9 and 4, iiiAvard beloAV it. Sub- 
marginal line extra-angular at veins 7 and 4. Hindwing diaphanous Avhitish, someAvhat yelloAAUsh broAvn at 
the margin. 24—29 mm. Bechuanaland. 
22. Genus: ^etoeteiia Wllgr. 
Proboscis normal, palpi reaching the frons. Abdomen also AAuthout any tufts, Avhile the last groups 
had yet a single tuft. Forewing without a lobe at the inner margin and Avithout a dent of scales. Vein 9 from 
the upper cell-angle, the other veins as in Arcyophora. The same on the liindAving. Type; ledereri Wllgr. from 
West Africa. All the species are Africans excepting the Indian trigramma Avhich, hoAvever, is vmry closely 
allied to the African dives. The species differ rather much in their exterior. 
S. dives Btlr. (20 a). Body greyish Avhite. ForeAving broAvnish Avith dark strigae, the costal margin 
golden broAvn. An oblique bent silvery streak from the discal fold in the cell to the submedian fold near the 
base. Avith a fine pale line from there to the inner margin, extra-angidar beloAv vein 1. The end of the median 
A^ein and the base of veins 3—5 Avhitish ochreous. An oblique lAent sih^ery Avhite streak from the apex to the 
submedian fold below the cell-end, continued as a pale line to the inner margin before the middle. Submarginal 
line indistinct dark, from A^ein 5 to the inner margin. HindAving A\hite. 34 mm. East Africa. 
