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ATTATHA; COLBUSA. By M. Gaeue. 
ghi]ili !/r(i. 
viiiUil iiicdid. 
pahotihiodes. 
cthloplcd. 
hdriod-i. 
dicidkucd. 
ahtjashi'icd. 
euridlicd. 
discrc})cnin. 
margin, the bends similar to those of ahnegans, but slighter. Submarginal line light, undulate, extra-angular 
at vein 7, a dark spot above and below it. Hindwing reddish brown with a light exterior and submarginal line 
near the anal angle. $ 32 mm. Uganda. 
P. glaphyra E. Prouf is very similar to prorasigna (29 c), but the black subapical spot is smaller. In 
glaphyra, the exterior line extends dentately inward. The interior and exterior lines are nearer together at 
the inner margin in the $ than in the Hindwing of glaphyra only with a faint light patch at the anal angle. 
35—40 mm. Sao Thome. 
P. niultilineata HolJ. (29 d). Body and forewing light reddish brown with a violet shine. Interior line 
double, vertical, excurved in the middle, dark. A faded streak at the cross-vein. Median line excurved close 
behind the cell, then straight, obliquely inward, undulate. Exterior line dark, parallel with the median line, 
meeting at vein 6 an oblique streak from the apex, then slightly doiible. Submarginal line double, parallel 
with the margin, beginning below the apical oblique streak. Hindwing as in prorasigna. $ 38 mm. West Africa. 
P. palumbiodes Hrnps. (29 d) is very different. Greyish brown. Median area of forewing more or less 
tinged with pink. Interior line dark, nndidate, vertical. Exterior line fine, black, slightly dentate, somewhat 
incurved towards the costal margin, otherwise straight, oblique, surrounded 1)y bluish white. A broad dark 
parallel line behind it. Marginal area olive brown, quite outside narrowly grey. Hindwing greyish brown without 
a pink reflection. Median line fine, blackish. Exterior line less distinct, with 3 white moon-spots between vein 
3 and the submedian fold, rusty red behind it. 30—35 mm. West, South, and East Africa. 
40. Genus: Attatlia ilfr. 
This genus and the following two genera look quite differently compared with the preceding and follow¬ 
ing genera. The bright variegation resembles that of the Arctianae. Antennae of A laminated. Middle tibiae 
spined on their whole length, the hind tibiae only between the spurs. Type: regalis Mr. from India, where 
another species occurs. 
A, ethiopica Hrnps. (= attathoides Karsch) (29 d). Body and forewing ochreous with a reddish reflection. 
A black triangular spot in the cell and below it, projecting ])ointedly in the submedian fold. Interior margin 
broadly black as far as behind the middle. A broad spot from the middle of the costal margin to behind the 
lower cell-angle, with a narrow prolongation below vein 2, where it ends with two tips. A triangular spot 
before the apex, almost reaching the margin at the apex and at vein 3, with 3 small black spots there. Hind- 
Aving orange with a black marginal band as far as vein 3, black dots behind it. Oberthur has named the species 
once more as gaetana in the MrctihZ-genns Secvsio (Vol. X, p. 2()6 and Vol. XIV, p. 113). 34 mm. Throughout 
Africa to the south of the Sahara and besides in Madagascar. 
A.barlowi E. Prouf. Thorax and foreAving pale flesh-coloured. The marking similar to ethiopica (29 d). 
The basal s]wt spindle-shaped, not extending into the cell. The blackening at the inner margin extends only 
to its middle. The main spot from the middle of the costal margin little different, but the prolongation beloAA' 
vein 2 is not Avidened into tAvo tips at the end. SomeAvhat more different is the apical spot extending outside 
as far as the distal margin of the Aving and as far as below vein 3, slightly undulated inside Avithout a fiaA\'. 
HindAA’ing reddish ochreous, at the margin as in ethiopica. S dO mm. Zomba Plateau. 
A. metaleuca Hinps. (29 e). Thorax and foreAving pinkish flesh-coloured. The basal spot still smaller 
than in barlowi. The s])ot at the inner margin beginning farther from the base. The s])ot at the middle of 
the costal margin less extensive outAvard at the costal margin, the prolongation below vein 2 strigiforni. The 
apical s])ot beloAv vein h indented on its inside. HindAving Avdiitish, the margin pale brown in the anterior part. 
A 32 mm. Nigeria. - abyssinica Bryk differs only in its ])inkish flesh-coloured hindwing Avith a more yelloAvish 
basal part, the margin not darkened. Eiitrea. As the tAvo forms AA'ere described according to Init one (J each, 
it cannot be decided Avhether they are races or casual forms. 
41. Genus: Colbiisa ITGr. 
Se])arated from the )>receding genus by quite s])ineless ])osterior tilhae. Only tA\o s])ecies Avhich are 
still more Hnb’hZ-like in their variegation than the Atfatha. Type: eucUdica Wkr. 
C. euclidica Wkr. (29 e). Thorax and forcAA'ing hlackish broAA'u, abdomen ochreous. Costal margin of 
foreAA’ing AAdiite almost to the middle, AA’idened at the base and enclosing a dark AA edge. Adjoining to the marginal 
band a narroAv AAdiite liand to a red spot at the anal angle. The band, lioAA'eAmr, is in my specimens broader 
than it is figured by Hampson. Around this red spot 2 small lilack ones each inside and outside. The fine AAdiite 
margin is broAvn outside. Hindwing red AAith a blackish marginal band, broad at the ajiex. A fine black streak 
at the inner margin above the anal angle is absent in my specimens. — The species occurs also AAuth yelloAA' 
liindAAdngs: discrepans Karsch (= postlutea S'.rd.). 30 — 45 mm. West Africa. — An East-African form exhibits 
a still broader AAdiite median band on the foreAAdng above. The outermost broAA'ii marginal line is replaced behind 
