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forewing red-brown with a violet reflection. Abdomen carmine, anal tuft sometimes dark. Interior line mostl;\ 
rather indistinct, extra-angular below the costal margin, then straightly inward, light inside, dark outside, 
sometimes also composed of black spots. Three black spots at the cross-vein, the uppermost always very 
small, the lowest may be elliptical or rectangular, and up to 5 mm long and 3 mm high, always edged with 
light. Median line marked by a dark spot at the costal margin, then from vein 3 oblique and straight to the 
inner margin. Greenish yellow behind it at the costal margin. This spot is traversed by the exterior line, some¬ 
times indicated by black dots. From vein 7, it is more distinct, double, undulate, with white dots at the veins, 
filled with greenish white. A light line from the apex to the anal angle, edged with dark on both sides. Bub- 
marginal line of grey oblique streaks. Hindwing coloured like forewing, darkest from the anal angle to the 
centre of the distal margin, carmine at the inner margin. Interior line straight, dark. Median line white, 
notched, often scarcely indicated by white dots. Exterior line fine white, often somewhat undulate owing 
to notches at the veins, or showing through dark from beneath. Cape Colony. — occidentalis Hmjjs. (23 c) 
has already been dealt with above. — plumbefusa S Hm-ps. (23 b) is somewhat lighter tlian capensis especially 
on the forewing, with a leaden gloss in the distal area. A subordinate form of it is lunifera Aur. which is 
darker (thus = capensis), the central spot on the forewing being large, crescentiform; from the Congo District, 
whilst plumbefusa originates from Uganda and Natal. — pulverulenta Hmps. (23 d) has brownish ochreous 
forewings dusted with dark brown. The median line on the forewing and the interior line on the hindwing 
are double. West to East Africa. There are specimens before me, the ground-colour of which is the same as 
in pulverulenta, but the lines are not double and the exterior line on the hindwing is black, luniform. — en- 
monodiana Strd. denotes specimens of pulverulenta with a large spot at the cross-vein, so that it may be the 
same that was later named lunifera Auriv. — The 9$ are just as variable, capensis-^ is reddish ochreous in 
the type. The spots at the cross-vein are punctiform. The exterior line is only composed of black dots at 
the veins, linear only from vein 3. Median line of hindwing composed of black dots. Exterior line fine white, 
undulate. — plumbefusa-^ and occidentalis-^ lead-coloured on the forewing behind the exterior line and at 
the submarginal line. Hindwing also lead-coloured between the median line and the exterior line, and so are 
the submarginal spots. — pulverulenta-^ almost like the 50—70 mm. All the forms probably occur every¬ 
where. — The imagines rest in a very peculiar way on leaves not far from the soil. They are loosely suspended 
with their forelegs on a leaf, with their wings stretched out, the hindwings wound around the abdomen. In this 
position the insect looks like a withered leaf suspended on a live one by means of a spider’s thread or otherwise. 
E. malgassica Alab. (23 b). This might be a separate species owing to its isolation, though it is not 
certain, since my two from Madagascar do not correspond much with Hampson’s description. One of them 
is dark red-brown, the other one flesh-coloured. The dark specimen shows the median line of the forewing 
continuous from the costal-marginal spot to the inner margin. The exterior line is black, undulate. Median line 
of hindwing also black and notched. This may suffice to distinguish it from capensis. 60—80 mm. Madagascar. 
E. endoxantha Hmps. (23 b) may be a distinct species. ^ thorax brown, abdomen red. Forewing flesh- 
coloured, browner at the margin. Interior line as in capensis. Two small dots and a larger one at the cross¬ 
vein. Median line as in capensis indicated by a spot at the costal margin and a short line at the inner margin. 
Exterior line composed of black dots. Apical line as in capensis. Hindwing flesh-coloured, brown at the 
margin, costal and inner margins yellow. Interior line straight, dark. Median line of black dots. Exterior 
line light. The 9 exhibits a yellow abdomen and yellow margins on the hindwing. The dots at the cross-vein 
of the forewing are insignificant. — palliochracea Strd. is of a pale ochreous colour, and in coemlescentiviridis 
Strd. both wings are tiirged with bluish green. 65—70 mm. Eveiywhere in Africa. 
3. Abdomen of witliout a hair-tuft at the end, otherwise like the 2nd group. 
E. rufescens Ky. Body and wings brownish ochreous, red-brown at the margin. Exterior line of 
forewing with a black spot at the costal margin, then red-brown, indistinct. A white line from the apex to 
the anal angle, edged with red-brown inside, slightly concave in the middle. Hindwing pale pink at the inner 
margin. Interior line red-brown, straight, from vein 6 to 1. Exterior line red-brown, white outside, ending 
at the anal angle. ^ 80 mm. East Africa. 
4. Antennae of with long cilia and bristles. 
E. africana Ky. on the whole shows a slight resemblance to Ctenusa pallida (cf. pi. 24 a), but it is im¬ 
mediately discernible by a large dark discal spot almost resembling a reversed mushroom, instead of the much 
smaller cell-end spots in the genus Ctenucha. Thorax whitish ochreous, abdomen yellow, whitish ochreous at 
the base. Forewing whitish ochreous, marginal area brown, darker below the middle. Interior line fine, un¬ 
dulate, dark, below the cell as far as the inner margin. A brown luna at the cross-vein, connected with a large 
spot between veins 4 and 2, both edged with black. Median line indicated by dark streaks at the costal and 
inner margins. Exterior line formed by a row of dark dots. Submarginal line straight, light, in front with 
dark dots on both sides. Hindwing orange at the costal and inner margins. A small black luna at the cross¬ 
vein. Median line faded, thick, dark, a row of dark dots behind it. Submarginal line white. 9- only two small 
dots at the cross-vein on the forewing and a small one below the lower cell-angle. 50—54 mm. East Africa. 
E. carneotincta Hmps. (23 e). Thorax and forewing grey and flesh-coloured, abdomen more yellow. 
Forewing more red-brown at the distal margin. Interior line composed of a few oblique dark spots from the 
occ'idenluli.'i. 
plambiyusit. 
piilverulen- 
ta. 
emnonodia- 
na. 
utalgussica. 
endoxunthu. 
pallioclira- 
cea. 
coerulescen- 
tiviridis. 
rufescens. 
africana. 
carneotincta. 
