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EUPHIUSA; PARALLELIA. By M. Gaede. 
alhUcrntid. 
citprizoiioi. 
icicrrinKi. 
harmonica. 
hcrmione. 
ochre aid. 
]ialaearctic soutliein frontier; nevertheless tlie geinis has been dealt with in Vol. Ill (p. 328). It is well represented 
in Tropical America and extends in the Old World as far as Anstralia. — Very similar to the genus Acliaea. 
Forewing somewhat more pointed. Middle tilhae spined, but the anterior and posterior tibiae not spined. Type: 
(jravata Gn. from India and China. 
1. IVliddle tibiae of S widened, with a hollow and a hair-pencil in it. 
0. albitermia Hmps. (28 f). Body and wings yello\v. Forewing with very indistinct dark browm moon- 
s])ots. Interior row double, slightly bent, oblique. Two black dots at the cross-vein and one before it in the 
centre of the cell. Median and exterior rorvs indistinct, double. »Submarginal line blackish, vertical above the 
anal angle, somewhat outw'ardly bent from vein 0, rusty yellow before it. Hindwing black at the distal margin, 
with a broafl exterior and narrow' median black band before it. 50 mm. Rhodesia, Eritrea. 
0. cuprizonea Hmps. (28 f). Body and forewing dark brown, the space betw'een the exterior and sub¬ 
marginal lines lighter copper red. Interior line dark brown, almost straight, vertical to the inner margin, w'ith 
bluish white scales outside. Tw'o Idack dots surrounded l)y light brown at the cross-vein. Exterior line dark, 
slightly excurved behind the cell, inw'ai'd in the sul)median fold, outw'ard to the inner margin, a parallel median 
hue l)efore it. Submarginal line almost straight, bordering on the co])per-red area outside. Hindw'ing with a 
light margiiral line. The A is somewhat darker, the submarginal line inside at the costal and inner margins 
with a few' white scales. 44 mm. Madagascar. 
2. .Middle tibiae of nornial. 
0. teterrima Hmps. (27 f). Thorax and forewdng reddish brow'n w'ith a violet reflection, with hardly 
any markings, only the exterior line recognizable, extending as in cuprizonea. Hindwing brow'n, broadly lighter 
at the costal margin, a large round black spot before the middle of the distal margin. 35 mm. Niger District, 
(Igowe. 
38. Genus; ICupliiuisii Hmps. 
Distinghuished from Ophisumi by a little frontal hair-tuft. — Hind tibiae w'ith a single spur. Only 2 small 
s])ecies. Type: harmonica Hmps. 
Eu. harmonica Hmps. is externally somewhat similar to an Ophiusa niimnJa from China in its size and 
violettish grey colouring, as we have figured it in Vol. Ill on pi. 01 d. Body pale grey, forewing violettish grey. 
Interior line black, undulate, inw'ard from the median vein, red-brown before it. Exterior line projecting at 
vein 4, dentate below' and above it, straightly inw'ard, broadly dark brow'U before it. Submarginal line dentate, 
w'hitish, in red-brown surroundings. Hindw'ing browmish white. A white median line from the centre of the 
costal margin to the anal angle, a w'hite svdmiarginal line from vein 4 to the anal angle, the lines surrounded 
with dark. A 'I"! mm. Bechuana Land. Described from a single A- According to FArvcETT, the s])ecies seems 
to be more common and somewhat variable in East Africa. The extent of the dark brow'n area before the ex¬ 
terior line varies in width. The interior line and the red-brown dusting before it may be extinct. 
Eu. hermione Fawc. (2o f). Body ])ale ochreous. Interior line of forewing pale violet. Median line more 
intensely browur only at the costal margin. As far as this line, the w'ing is pale ochreous w'ith a radial violet 
median stripe. Greyish violet behind it as far as the margin. Exterior line red-brown as far as vein 6, a square 
red-brow n spot before it. paler brow'ii behind it as far as the margin and as far as vein 6. Hindw'ing light ochreous 
with a greyish violet exterior and submarginal band, and a narrow grey margin. — ochreata Faux, has the pale 
violet ])laces of the forewdng replaced by pale ochre colouring as far as the submarginal line wdiich is light 
ochreous here. Some s])ecimeus exhibit the marginal area of the hindwing broadly dark brow'ii. 34 mm. East 
Africa. 
39. Genus: I*arallelia Hhn. 
A most extensive genus of w hich about 300 forms ai’e named, distributed over the whole earth and 
occurring at times and locally in great numljers of individuals. In Vol. Ill the vast number of species has been 
s]hit into several genera {Ophiusa, Naxia, Findara), and many species have been described or ranged as Ophisma, 
Dysgonia, Thyas, Grammodes, CaraniUa etc. In the Ethiojiian Region aI)out one sixth of the forms know'ir have 
been ascertained; in Eurojie, how^ever, only few s]>ecies are found in the south, to the north as far as Sw'itzer- 
land and Austria; Germany is no more reached by the genus. — Most of the sj^ecies hide among rubble-stones 
in the day-time, and in China, w'here more than a dozen of forms Kve, the lepidoptera sit in the deep canon 
in the loess, but they are easily started. — The larvae are know n of but very few' species so far; they are slender, 
difficult to discover by day, like the larvae of Cafocala, but frequently green and closely a])pressed to the food- 
plant, in running, only the hinder pair of abdominal legs are used. — Imago marked like the Acliaea, otherw'ise 
more like the Ophiusa ow'ing to the solely spined middle tibiae. Frons with a small hair-pencil as in Euphiusa. 
[Middle tibiae of A thickened, with a hollow'' and a hair-pencil in it. Most of the species originate from the 
district to the east of the Sunda Is., some reach the ])alaearctic region in Japan, some belong to the American 
Fauna. In Africa the genus is moderately represented. Type; bisfriaris Him., from North America. 
