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LIPATEPHIA; ASPLENIA. By M. Gaede. 
median fold Avitli a short dark streak there, distally angulated inwards on vein 1. Median line arched, indistinct. 
Reniform stigma edged by a few white scales, a small black oval annulate mark below with ochreous brown 
centre. Postinedian line black, undidate, oblique to vein 4, incurved below vein 3 to the annulate mark. Sub- 
marginal line Avhitish, proceeding from a white spot on costa, excurved in centre. Hindwings white, brown at 
apex and vein 1, blackish from vein 2—4. The type is from the Transvaal, but it also occurs on the Gold Coast. 
irisfa. M. trista Snell. {= melanophaes B.~Bak.) (31 h). Described as an Acontia. Thorax and forewings grey- 
brown. Anteniedian line blackish, excxirved in centre, with pale edges. Orbicular stigma large, round, somewhat 
paler; a similar annulate mark below outwardly. Reniform stigma with whitish surround, projecting belorv 
oiitAA'ardly and above inAA•ardl 3 ^ Postmedian line pale red-broAAui, excurved behind cell, then obliquely iiiAvards. 
PosteriorlA^ paler, someAvliat violaceous, AAdth irregidar |)ale sulAinarginal line having a rusty broAAir inner edge. 
HindAA'ings AAhite, broAAuish at margin. 30 mm. Nigeria, Congo basin, Portuguese West Africa. 
nigrcsccns. M. iiigrescens Wllgrn. (= inquieta Wkr., teretiplaga WUgrn., sofala Fkl.). Thorax and foreAvings greA"- 
broAvn. Antemediau line dark, doidde, undxdate, ontAvards at inner margin. Orbicidar stigma large, Avith dark 
surround and centre. Reniform stigma elliptical, Avith dark edge. Postmedian line distinct, dentate, excurved 
from costa to \^ein 2, then vertically. DistalW 2 diffuse dark lines, parallel to margin. HindAA'ings Avhite, broAvnish 
at margin, more narroAA'lv broAvn toAA'ards anal angle. 26—32 mm. The Cape, East Africa. 
cndophaca. M. endophaca Hnvps. Body and foreAA'ings pale red-broAvn. Antemediau line narrow, dark, j^rojecting 
AA'idely forAA ard in centre. BeloAA' vein 2 anteriorly a black streak to postmedian line. At disco-cellular a triangular 
s])ot AA'ith black edge. Postmedian line dark broAA'ii, outAA'ardly Avith ochreous Avhite edge, projecting on veins, 
excurved to vein 4. In marginal area black streaks on the veins. Submarginal line pale, indistinct, arched. 
HindAvings pure Avhite. 25 mm. East Africa. 
cincreo- M. cinercovariegata Be Cerf. Bodv and foreAA'ings ashen grey; costa pale grej^ and AA'ith darker spots. 
rariegafa. Antemediau line black, inclined someAvhat iiiAvards, straight, Avith projection outAvards only at vein 1. Orlxicular 
stigma as a black dot, reniform Avith black edge, narroAV, extending doAviiAvards to vein 2, Avith dark slate-grej' 
centre at top and paler IjeloAV. Postmedian line doixlde, the inner branch black, gently undulate, from behind the 
cell to inner margin. Outer branch broAvn, delicate, only distinct in anterior part. Submarginal line black, 
straight, bold to vein 5, then gre^^ and indistinct to inner margin. Distally narroAvly pale, Avith dark patches 
on the veins. Hindwings Avhlte. One c? from East Africa. 
21. Genus: I^ipatepliia 
Palpi obliquelA^ erect. Frons Avith corneous ]3late. Antennae of finely serrate. Thorax posteriorly Avith 
Avide tuft. Abdomen Avith basal crest. Nenration normal. T^qAe; illegifima Wllgrn. Besides another species 
occurs on Socotra and in India. 
illegUimo. L. illegitima Wllgrn. (33 i). Resembling Mel. nigrescens. Thorax dark broAvn, abdomen A'elloAA'ish. 
ForeAA'ings dark broAvn Avith Avhite and yellow scales. Anteniedian and j^ostmedian lines rai’ely distinct, consisting 
of black lunules, Avith rusty broAA’ii edges, both approximating at inner margin, the postmedian Avideh'excui'A'ed 
behind the cell. Submarginal line indicated Iia^ Avhite scales. There are 4 A^elloAv-AAdiite spots on costa, of Avhich 
the last forms the commencement of the submarginal line. Reniform stigma large, indistinct, Avith black edge, 
outAvardly A'elloAv. HindAvings yelloAA ish Avhite at base, Avidely dark at margin. 30- 35 mm. TransA'aal, East Africa. 
alhiluna. L. albiluna Hmps. (42 c). ForeAA'ings ochreous broAvn. An undulate antemedian line is indicated, AA'ith 
dark proximal shade. A dark median shade that is angulated in a rectangle at lower angle of cell. A faint black 
lunule at disco-cellular Avith a Avhite lunule distally. Postmedian line double, dark, arched parallel to outer 
margin, Avitli black dots iuAvardly, distally diffuse grey. HindAvings broAvnish, Avhitish in basal half. 20 mm. 
Socotra. 
22. Genus: Aspleuia //wps. 
Palpi slender, erect. Frons Avith conical process, beloAv a corneous ])late. Antennae of ciliate. Tibiae 
and tarsi short, the first tarsus Avith 3 claAvs. Neuration normal. Tyjxe: melanodonta Hmps. 
mdano- A. melanodonta Hm-ps. (42 c). This typical form, described from Aden, is also distributed to Nigeria. 
rubrcscens cinnamon broAvn Avith poor markings. Much more frequent is the form — rubrescens Hmps. from East 
and West Africa. Body and Avings pale red-broAvn. Antemedian line black, unchdate. At end of cell, a small 
black annulate mark. It has a Avhite centre. There is a narroAv Idack renifoim stigma. Postmedian line doidxle, 
black, AA'ith rusty broAvn intertilling, distally a diffuse parallel line. SxdAinarginal line pale, Avith black streaks 
inAvardly. Hinfhvings someAvhat darker at margin. Occasionally there are specimens that are rusty broAvn AA'ith 
black-broAA'u markings. 22—26 mm. Somaliland, Nigeria. Fairly common. 
