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METACINETA; COMIBAENA. By L. B. Prout. 
zonata. A. zonata Walk, perhaps forms a separate genus, differing in venation — 1st subcostal of forewing 
anastomosing strongly with costal and 2nd subcostal (in the other species free), costal of hind wing approximated 
to subcostal to middle of cell, both wings with 1st median not stalked. Further characterized by the darkgreen 
colour, broad purple borders, irregularly swelling in the middle, and the purplish suffusion of the entire underside. 
Paffraria, Natal and N. Rhodesia, very rare. 
9. Genus: Metaeiiieta Prout 
Palpus in both sexes short. Antenna in both sexes pectinate. Abdomen with small crests. Forewing 
rather broad, the 2nd subcostal vein stalked to far beyond the origin of the 5th; both wings with 1st median 
well separate. All the forms are very closely allied and as some are certainly variable it is at present impossible 
to determine the number of separate species. 
rernicoma. M. vernicoma Prout has no red spots excepting the small cell-dot and no white dots at ends of veins. 
Fringes with a fine interrupted red line at base and with red spots at the ends of the veins. Southern Nigeria. 
agfjravarla. M. aggravaria Guen. (= rhodosticta Hmps.) (2 e). Is a variable species, though the red (or purple) 
terminal line and spotted fringes remain constant. The typical form has moderately large red cell-spots and on 
the forewing a moderate i^urple-red postmedian patch between the 3rd radial and 2nd median vein. The type 
locality is unknown, as Gurnee cited “Cayenne” ? but I have seen such examples from the coastal regions of 
intermacu- Kenya Colony as well as Nyasaland and Rhodesia {rhodosticta Plnvps.) - - intermaculata Warr., from Senegal. 
ruhella markings larger and more pur])le, the costal margin mixed with purple. - rubella Warr. has the markings 
semialbi- smaller and lighter red, the costal margin cream-buff. S. Damagarim and Nigeria. - in ab. ( ?) semialbifrons 
frons. Prout the red postmedian patch vanishes altogether. I have only seen suspect it may be the usual 
(^-form. French Congo and Nigeria. - The species has a wide range in Tropical x4frica and extends to Southern 
Rhodesia. 
rufomargi- M. rufoniarginata Pagenst. is imknown to me, perhaps the same as aggravaria., but as it was described 
as a “Thalassodes'' and the shape is not given, nor the position of the small reddish brown sj)ot above the hind 
angle of the forewing, it remains somewhat doubtful. Quilimane. 
10. Genus: Comibaeiia Hbn. 
This genus, apart from the larval habits (see Vol. 4, p. 19), is characterized by the elongate, heavily- 
scaled palpus and nearly always by a long terminal process to the G hindtibia. In coloration the species are 
often very similar to Metacineta, but the antenna of the $ is rarely pectinate, though that of the G has always 
long branches, and the 2nd subcostal vein of the forewing nearly always — I think always in the African 
species - - arises before the 5th. 
A. H i n d t i b i a w i t h 4 spurs. Antenna of $ not pectinate. 
longipcnnis. C. lougipennis Warr., of which only the type G is known, seems to differ from the following in having 
the distal margin of the hindwing less rounded, the tornus consequently produced. I suspect, however, that it is 
only a “sport” ; for the of esmeralda have always the hindwing decidedly narrower than the $ $. Degama, Niger. 
C. esmeralda Warr. (2e). Green, scarcely at all strigulated with white, the white lines placed as in 
leucospilata Walk. (2 e) but much fainter, the dark red terminal line not or scarcely interrupted with white dots at 
the veins. Fringes less sharply spotted than in the allies. Hindtibia of G with terminal process almost as long 
as 1st joint of tarsus. Senegambia to Gaboon, the type from Nigeria. Perhaps also in Uganda. 
rhodolopha. 
C. rhodolopha Prout is slightly more strigulated with white than esm.eralda, the lines wanting. Cell- 
spots rather large. Foretibial tuft red (in the allies brown). S. Rhodesia. Also from Nyasaland. 
rufitormis. 
C. rufitornus Prout (2e). More strigulated with white than the allies, the purple-red terminal line 
broadening at tornus, especially on forewing. The white fringes very sharply marked mth triangular red 
spots. Nairobi, Kenya Colony. 
leucospilata. 
C. leucospilata Walk. [=--- coryphata Fe/d.) (2 e). Bright green, a little strigulated with white, the slender 
white lines distinct, the terminal line not or scarcely broadening at tornus. Hindtibia of G with terminal process 
about half as long as 1st joint of tarsus. Fairly common in South & East Africa. 
harnsi. C. bamsl sp. nov. Expanse 31 mm. Palpus 1% times as long as diameter of eye. Crown green, with 
a slender white line in front. Antenna greenish; the pectinations long. Abdomen above with a red spot on 
first two segments. Light bice-green, the forewing with an ochre-red spot at tornus, about 2.5 mm in diameter 
