LOBOPHYLLODES; MINIOPHYLLODES; MINIODES. By M. Eaede. 
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black, with 3 white streaks inwardly, a small luniform spot outside in tlie middle, an oblong spot above it 
and two below it. Exterior line brownish ochreous, with black lunae inside, ex curved as far as vein 4, a dark 
shadow behind it. Hindwing reddish brown. Interior line dark, double. Median line ending in the submedian 
fold. Two white dots behind the lower cell-angle. Exterior line double, dark. 40 mm. Sierra Leone. 
In the follo’iving two species the tibiae and tarsi are not long-haired. 
H. hansali Fldr. (24 c). Thorax and forewing pale reddish yellow, abdomen pale brown. A dark dot hatisai;. 
in the middle of the cell of the forewing, a few undulated dark lines before it. A white band from costal 
margin to % inner margin, before it also a few dark undulate lines, rows of dark spots behind it. Hindwing 
pale reddish yellow, lighter at tlie base. A parted straight white median band, two straight dark bands before 
it, and rows of spots behind it. 30—34 mm. West, South, and East Africa. 
H. striatalis Hmps. Body and forewing brownisli wdiite, the veins white. An oblique undulate interior sfrhifaiif<. 
line is traceable. A black cellular dot and a streak at the cross-vein. Exterior line of brown streaks, indistinct 
below' vehi 4. Submarginal line indistinct, double, of brown striae, the exterior branch with black scales from 
the costal margin to vein 4. Hindwing browmish white, wdiite at the veins. An indistinct exterior and sub¬ 
marginal line of browm streaks. $ 38 mm. Central Africa. 
23. Genus: liobopliyllofles Htnps. 
This genus is established for a very large Noctuid the colouring of which resembles that of a very 
large Catocala. This species as well as those of the following genera wdth their deep purple pink hindwings 
represent the most beautiful Heterocera of Africa. Proboscis normal. Palpi obliquely rising, very long, the 
second joint very hairy. Antennae of ^ wdth short pectinations. Tibiae moderately hairy, strongly spined. 
Forewing with a short point at the apex, a large long-haired lobe at the inner margin near the base. Neiiration 
of forewdng normal, vein 5 of hindwdng above the lower cell-angle. 
L. miniata Grnbg. (24 d). Body and forewing reddish browm. A reddish yellow' reniform spot at the )ninlafa. 
upper cell-angle, from the low'er angle a streak inward into the cell, and another reniform spot in the angle 
between veins 3 and 4, all edged wdiite. Traces of a faded dark band behind it. A long bluish wdiite spot 
before the apex, somewhat brown outside, a siibniarginal shadowy band below' it. Hindwdng carmine wdth 
3 black spots, a triangular one from the middle of the costal margin, a round one between veins 2 and 4 be¬ 
hind the cell, an oblong one in the submedian fold. Margin broad black. ^ 95 mm. (Cameroon. Gold Coast. 
24. Genus: Miiiiophjllocles Joan. 
Proboscis normal. Palpi extremely long, thickly haired. Forewdng with a rounded costal margin and 
apex. Vein 6 below' the upper cell-angle, 7 below the apex of the areole. Hindwing as in Lobo'pliyllodes . Lilce- 
wise only 1 species the forewdngs of wdiich resemble those of Miniodes, though they are much more truncate 
w'ith a very round interior angle. 
M. aurora Joan. Immediately discernible by the large rectangular black s^Jot in the magnificently aurora. 
red hindwing behind the cell-end. Body fiery red. Forewdng yellow' and fiery red with yellow striae, marginal 
half greyish brow'ii, redder at the costal margin. A faded blackish browm band from the middle of the costal 
margin to the lowmr cell-angle, w'here it is angled and very obliquely inwmrd. A branch from the angle to the 
margin above a round grey spot near the margin. An exterior browm shadow from the costal margin obliquely 
to vein 6, then inward. Hindwdng fiery red, the margin as far as vein 3 and at the apex yellow. A round 
black postmedian spot betw'een veins 3 and 6. (4 70 mm. Madagascar. 
25. Genus: Miniodes 
Large lepidoptera in both sexes, wdth magnificently deep pinkish red hindwdngs. — Palpi very long 
as in the two preceding genera, but somewhat thinner than in the last genus. Antennae of G slightly laminated 
in the type, almost plain. All tlie tibiae strongly spined, anterior tibiae wdth hair outside. Forewdng wdth a 
pointed apex, neuration normal. Vein 5 of hindw'ing a little above the low'er angle. Type: discolor Gn. Only 
3 species, from Africa. 
1. Antennae of o with long bristles and cilia. 
M. phaeosoma Hmps. Body reddish browm. Forewing dark brown with extinct yellow' striae wdiich pharoAoma. 
are more distinct at the costal margin, the same is the case with a spot from the cell-end, in half its length 
on vein 5, and towards the costal margin; besides at the apex and a small spot below^ vein 2 striated yellow 
and red. Tw'o white dots and a wdiite triangle at the cross-vein. Hindwing dark red, narrowdy brown from 
the anal angle to vein 3 at the margin. — phaeosomoides Bird. (24 d, e) exhibits an oblique black streak on phacosomoi- 
the forewdng from the centre of the costal margin to the distal margin at vein 2. Broadly olive brown behind 
the exterior line. - — phaeosomella Strd. is striated red and yellow' on the forewdng as far as the exterior line, phacosomei- 
70—80 mm. West Africa. 
2 . Antennae of d laminated and almost plain. 
M. maculifera Hmj)s. (24 d). Body greyish brown. Forewing olive brown, densely striated dark brown. macuUfera. 
Traces of a dark interior line. Three white spots at the cross-vein similar to those in phaeosoma. the uppermost 
