METATACHA. By M. Gaede. 
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ihictipoutis. 
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variegata. 
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extra-angular below the costal margin, then undulate, somewhat inward. Reniform macula very indistinct, 
edged with black, with a brown centre-dot. Adjoining to it a brown dot below the cell-end. Exterior line black, 
doidjle, obliqiiely outward as far as vein 5, sharply angled above and below it, then continued single, notched 
inward, indistinct, strongly introangular at vein 1. 8ubmarginal line of black sagittae, excurved at vein 6, 
black streaks behind it. Hindwing as in the two last species. The $ shows the space above the inner margin 
very dark, the rest being also somewhat darker than in the (J. A brown spot at the apex. — primulinella Sfrd. 
exhibits the inner-marginal area and the distal margin on the forewing lead-coloured grey with a green reflection. 
— In primulinodes Strd. the forewing is greyer, the interior area is black. 35—45 mm. South and East Africa. — 
This species most similar to the palaearctic U. stertzi. 
U. phaeoleuca Hmps. (21 e). Thorax and forewing red-brown. Interior line double, black, very sinuous, 
the interior branch indistinct, almost vertical. A faint black luna at the cross-vein, below it traces of a black- 
edged spot. Exterior line oblicpie as far as above vein 5, where it is extra-angular, then notched inward, intro¬ 
angular at vein 1. Black lunae before the margin. Hindwing white, somewhat yellow at the inner margin, 
brown at the distal margin. G 44 mm. Central Africa. 
U. mesoleuca Wkr. (= tortuosus WUgr.) (21 e). thorax and forewing red-brown with a grey reflection, 
abdomen greyish lirown. Interior line of forewing fine, black, somewhat extra-angular below the costal margin, 
then slightly undulate, vertical. Reniform macula edged black, hardly discernible. A larger light black-edged 
spot below the cell-end is more distinct. Exterior line obliquely outward as far as vein 5, then inward, on all 
the veins with strong notches outward. Behind it fine black streaks towards the margin. Hindwing smoky 
brown, Avhitish ochreous at the base as far as below the cell and towards the apex. Forewing of $ much darker, 
paler brown only at the apex. 50—55 mm. South Africa. 
U. tinctipennis Hmps. (21 e). Described as Audea and also looking like it. Thorax greyish white, ab¬ 
domen brownish. Forewing greyish white. A black streak at the base as far as into the submedian fold and 
in this as far as the interior line. Interior line doid)le, black, somewhat extra-angular in the cell and submedian 
fold, more outward below vein 1. Reniform macula indistinctly marked by black edging. Below it a fine black 
ring, somewhat more distinct. Exterior line black, projecting far outward above and below vein 5, then notched, 
far inward at vein 1, then vertical. Behind it darker, a brown spot at the apex. Hindwing hyaline white, broadly 
brown at the inner margin, distal margin blackish. Forewing of $ darker above the inner margin. 38—44 mm. 
^^Ast, South and East Africa. 
U. phaeopera Hmps. (21 f). Body and forewing reddish brown. A slightly bent line from costal 
margin to below the cell. Reniform macula narrow, edged with black, and the xxsual spot below it. Exterior 
line indistinct, double, outward as far as vein 5, then notched, inward. Submarginal line of black sagittae. 
Hindwing reddish brown, whitish ochreous at the base, margin smoky brown. $ 44 mm. East Africa. 
U. variegata Hmjxs. (21 f). Thorax dark red-brown, abdomen orange. $ forewing dark red-brown, 
sometimes with a green reflection. Interior line double, black, somewhat oblique, slightly introangular at the 
median vein. Reniform macula small, rusty red, edged black, the light spot below it. Traces of a median shadow, 
beginning close behind the reniform macula, as far as the inner margin. Exterior line double, projecting very 
much above and below vein 5, filled with light, reddish yellow before it; then inward, dentate, black outside above 
the inner margin, far inward at vein 1. Submarginal line of white notches, with black sagittae outside. Hind¬ 
wing orange, with a black marginal band. Thorax and forewing of G lighter, only the basal area as dark as 
in the $. In another form the dark basal area extends below the cell to the submarginal line. 45—55 mm. 
Natal, Delagoa Bay, East Africa. 
U. tessmanni n. sp. (21 g). Forewing of A beneath with androconia before the middle of the costal 
margin, whereby a small projection at the costal margin is formed. Hindwing beneath with long hairs at the 
lower cell-margin and in the sidnnedian fold, distal margin slightly angled at vein 2 in the A. Thorax and 
forewing greyish brown with a green reflection. Abdomen orange, somewhat brown at the end. Interior line 
of forewing doidde, black, notched, more projecting below the cell than in variegata, and less at the inner 
margin. Reniform macula with a rusty yellow centre, then greenish, with a black edge. Below it below the 
lower cell-angle another large reniform spot filled with greenish and edged with black. A dark median line 
behind the reniform macula and extending from the lower spot. Exterior line black, oblique as far as vein 5, 
then distinctly black, notched straightly inward. The notch at vein 1 white, not deeper than the others. 
Broadly edged black outside as far as vein 5, thexr finely white. Submarginal line white, luniform, with black 
sagittae outside, as in variegata. White dots at the margin, black inside. Hindwing orange, with a broad 
black margin, similar to catocala, without a light ajhcal s])ot. Fringe white as far as vein 2 with dark spots. 
50—53 mm. Cameroon, Spanish Guinea, East Africa. Type in the Berlin Museum. 
3. Genus: Metataclia Hmps. 
Proboscis normal, palpi projecting beyond the frons. Antennae of A ciliated, body tuftless. Front 
and hind tibiae without spines. Distal margin of forewing undulate, areole short, neuration otherwise normal. 
