RHODESIA; LASIOCHLORA; SYNDROMODES. By L. B. Rrout. 
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M. ruficornis Warr. (4 d) is the African representative of herbaria Hb. (Europe) and indecretata Wall:, mficuniis. 
(India), perhaps in general rather less small than the latter and rather less dark green than the former, hut it 
is very likely that all three constitute a single species, ruficornis was described from Natal, but is common 
from the Cape to Kenya Colony, perhaps also in the Sudan. — innotata Warr., from Benguella, appears to be innotafu. 
merely a weakly marked aberration of ruficornis, in poor condition. 
47. Genus: Klioclesia Warr. 
Palpus in the G moderate, in the $ with the 3rd joint long. Antenna in the G strongly pectinate. 
Hindtibia with all spurs. Abdomen not crested. Hindwing rounded, the costal vein anastomosing with the 
subcostal to at least the middle of the cell. Three species, all African. 
A. A n t e n n a of $ not pectinate. 
Rh. depompata Front (4 d) differs from the others in the uniform green wings, only the extreme margins depohipata 
showing the white and j)nrplish colours which develop in them. Abdomen white, irrorated above with brown 
and vinaceous. Transvaal. 
Rh. viridalbata Warr. Structure about as in depompata. Both wings with small white cell-dot, dentate vlridalbata 
postmedian line, arising from a white costal spot, and white patches smaller than in typical alboviridata (5 e), 
the proximal ones not reaching the border. Natal, rare. 
B. A n t e n n a of $ pectinate. 
Rh. alboviridata Saalm. (5e). Apart from the antennal difference, readily distinguishable by its small alboviridata 
size and by the very long $ palpus. First known from Madagascar, but proves very widely distributed: Senegal 
to Angola, E. Africa, Nyasa and Rhodesia, very variable in the extent of the markings. 
48. Genus: ]i4a:sioehloi*a Warr. 
Larger and more strongly built moths than Rhodesia, more irregiilarly shaped, the palpus short. 
Antenna in both sexes strongly pectinate. Hindtibia with all spurs. Hindwing with costal vein anastomosing 
as in Rhodesia or sometimes (bicolor) still more strongly, 1st median of both wings arising much before end of 
cell. The two species are dissimilar in shape and markings, probably not veiy closely related. 
L. diducta Walk. (= lunigera Feld.) (2 h). Abdomen crested. Termen of hindwing somewhat crenulate diduda. 
and with a tooth at 3rd radial. A very characteristic spot on forewing at the end of the punctiform postmedian, 
much reduced, however, in the G- Cape (type) and Natal. 
L, bicolor Th.-Mieg (2 k, 4 d). Unique in its deep flesh-pink hindwing and underside, the latter bicolor. 
becoming whitish posteriorly. Termen of hindwing faintly sinuous, but not crenulate. Natal and Delagoa 
Bay. — maculosa Prout, from Kenya Colony, has the postmedian of the forewing rather more obliquely placed, macalom. 
the dots enlarged into spots on the radial and median veins, largest on the 3rd radial and 1st median. On both 
wings the 1st and 2nd radials are less approximated than in bicolor. Perhaps a distinct species. 
49. Genus: ^yuclromodes Warr. 
In size, shape and build more like Rhodesia than like Lasiochlora. Palpus in both sexes short. Tongue 
slight. Antenna pectinate in the ^ only. Hindwing with costal vein anastomosing strongly. All the known ^ 
species are bright green, without red or brown markings, and recall the Palaearctic Hierocldhonia, from which 
they differ in having all the spurs of the hindtibia fully developed. Exclusively South African. 
S. invenusta Wllgrn. (= unicolor Warr.) (4 d). Distinguished by its red face and wholly white fringes, invcnusta. 
Cell-dots and vein-dots representing a postmedian line very small or obsolescent. ‘'CGffraria” (Wallengrex) ; 
known to me from Natal and the Cape and perhaps S. Rhodesia. 
S. prasinops sp. n. (4 d). Expanse 25 mm. Face and palpus green. Thorax and abdomen above prasinops 
broadly green, beneath mostly white. Wings perhaps between “malachite-green” and “rajane-green” of 
Ridgway, costal edge of forewing whitish; fringes white, purest at base. Underside rather paler, especially on 
hindwing posteriorly. Transvaal: M'ylies Poort, 9 November 1920 (C. J. Swierstra), type in Mus. Transvaal. 
Also from Bulawayo, etc. Hitherto confused with unicolor Warr. (which is provisionally sunk to invenusta 
Wllgrn.), scarcely differing except in its green face and broadW green abdomen above; antenna of $ less dentate. 
S. cellulata Warr. (4, d, e). Slightly more bluish green than invenusta, cell-dots often larger, post- celhdata. 
median line continuous, though often weak, fringe green in proximal half. Face bright red. Natal and Orange 
Free State to S. Rhodesia, the type from the Transvaal. 
