ACONTIA; LEOCYMA. By M. Gaede. 
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S. patricula Hmps. (20 a) is very smAlar to Arc. longivalvis. Body greyish ))rown. Eorewing more pnlrioda. 
reddish grey, with white strigae, the costal-marginal area as far as tlie interior line more distinct. The latter 
line white, edged brown outside, from tlie middle of the costal margin to the inner margin near tlie base. 
Two fine black streaks at the cross-vein. Exterior line and the streak from the apex shaped as in Arc. lon¬ 
givalvis. Submarginal spots traceable. Hindwing white, diaphanous, browner at the aj^ex. — patriculella pafriodclln. 
Strd. has the thorax and foreAvings pale red-brown without any grey and brown admixture. 38—45 mm. 
Abyssinia, Mashona Land, Transvaal, East Africa. — elegantula Grimbg. shows the interior line on the fore- eicgantuia. 
wing somewhat steeper, the exterior line, beginning from the submedian fold, less ol)lique to the inner margin. 
From Bechuanaland. 
S. endoglauca Hm-ps. (20 a). Thorax greyish white, abdomen brownish ochreous. Eorewing yellowish pvdoglauca. 
white, the costal-marginal area tinged with red-brown as far as behind the middle, somewhat grey at the 
inner margin and distal margin. A red-brown streak below the base of the cell. A very oblique red-brown 
streak from the costal margin before the middle to the upper cell-angle. A yellow oblique streak from the lower 
cell-angle to the inner margin near the base. Exterior line red-brown, very oblique from the costal margin to 
vein 6 below the apex, Avhere it meets an apical oblique streak, dentately continued to the inner margin be¬ 
fore the middle. Costal margin somewhat dark near the apex. Traces of a bent dark submarginal shadow. 
Hindwing whitish ochreous. A Rhodesia. 
S. ledereri Wllgr. (20 b). Thorax grey, abdomen whitish ochreous. Eorewing grey, the median area ledereri. 
brownish. Interior line brown, bent downward from the middle of the costal margin to I 3 inner margin. Ex¬ 
terior line brown, excurved from % costal margin to below the cell, then obliquely inward. Hindwing dia¬ 
phanous whitish ochreous, broAvner at the margin. A 26 mm. South-West Africa. 
? S. polla Schs. Somewhat similar to ledereri. Body broAvn. Eorewing silvery white, somewhat brOAvn poUa. 
at the distal margin. A somewhat darker median band is bordered by undulate lines and distally angled in 
the middle of the cell. Besides there is a dark undulate submarginal shadow. Hindwing diaphanous white, 
somewhat broAvn at the margin. 24 mm. Sierra Leone. 
S. clathrimaculata 8trd. (20 b) is somewhat hke pMtricula. Thorax and forewing more intensely red- clafhrimacu- 
dened, abdomen somewhat broAvner. Interior line more distinct only below the costal margin, not quite so 
A’ery oblique as in pairicnla. Exterior line Avith its sharp distal flaAV and the apical streak as in patricula. A 
large circular Avhite spot above and beloAV vein 4 is horizontally divided by vein 4 and also vertically divided 
into several pieces. Hindwing white. A 30 mm. South Africa. While this name is certainly justified, I con¬ 
sider riggenbacM BryJc to be merely a stunted form of patricula. 
23. Genus: Aeontia 0. 
Proboscis normal, palpi reaching the frons, in the typical A with doAvnward hairs. Antennae of A 
ciliated. Abdomen only Avith a basal tuft. ForeAving with a somewhat undulate distal mai’gin. Veins 3—5 from near 
the cell-angle, 7+8 and 9+10 stalked. Veins 3 and 4 of hindAA'ing from the loAver cell-angle, 5 almost nor¬ 
mally developed, arising beloAV the middle of the cross-vein, 8 branching off from near the base of the cell. 
Type: malvae Esp., from Southern Europe to India, occurring also in South Africa. Of this genus being typical 
for the subfamily only a single species really occurs in Africa, if we set aside the cosmopolitan species malvae 
and graellsi as aa’cII as gepliyrias from Aden, which is also somewhat remote already. The other 6 species are 
Indo-Australian. As to the palaearctic species cf. Vol. Ill, p. 300, pi. 52 m, n. 
A. malvae Esp. This species having been dealt with already in Vol. Ill, p. 301 and pi. 52 m, occurs malvae. 
also in Sokotra, East and South Africa, as well as in the Comoros. 
A. gephyrias Meyr. (20 b). Body pale yellowish broAvn. ForeAAung lemon-coloured AAuth a dark broAAui gephyrias. 
striped radial band along the median vein, at vein 4 almost to the distal margin, Avith 3 shorter streaks above 
it up to the apex. The costal margin finely red-broAvn at the base. Faded red-brown above the band in the 
cell-end, a black dot at the apex, fringe dark. HindAving diaphanous Avhite. (J 35 mm. Aden. 
A. ditiarodes Hmps. (20 b). Body pale ochreous. Forewing yelloAv Avith few black scales. A red-broAvn dinarodes. 
radial strijAe in the basal half of the submedian fold. A similar stripe from the cell-end to the faded red- 
brown distal margin. A black dot at the loAver cell-angle, and one beloAV the apex. HindAving Avhite, dia¬ 
phanous, yelloAvdsh at the margin. $ 34 mm. East Africa. 
A. graellsi Feisth. has also been dealt with in Vol. Ill, p. 301, pi. 52 m. It occurs in Southern Europe, graellsi. 
throughout Africa, as Avell as in India and China. 
24. Genus : lieocyma Gn. 
Proboscis normal, palpi thin, projecting beyond the frons. Antennae of G ciliated. Thorax tuftless. 
Front tibiae of A typically long-haired. Neuration of forewing as in Acoyilia, though veins 7 + 8 on a shorter 
stalk. Neuration of liindAving not different. All the 6 species known are from Africa, all of them yelloAV. liAit 
