Puhl. 18. IV. 19-30. 
COLLESIS; SYNCOLLESIS. By L. B. Prout. 
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A. densisquamata Prout was first considered a race of umbrata bnt is probably a species, somewhat 
greyer green and with the coarse scaling of Nothoterpna, the cell-dot somewhat enlarged, the face more tinged 
with red. Bihe, Angola; E. Luvua Valley, N.E. of Lake Mweru (T. A. Barns). 
A. terminata Prout (4g). Face bright red, as in fraudulenta, wings more yellowish green, with darker 
fringes, the white postmedian line sharper, generally edged proximally with darker green, on the hindwing 
straighter, more proximally placed anteriorly. Apex of forewing rather sharp. Describerl from Zululand, 
known from Natal and Rhodesia. 
A. mimetica Prout. Face pale green; distal margins and fringes concolorous with wings; otherwise 
very similar to terminata. Still more like CoUesis mimica (2g), from which it scarcely differs except in the 
venation; jjostmedian line on both wings rather more proximally placed than in typical mimica, on the 
forewing scarcely reaching the costa. Discovered on Mount Mlanje, Nyasa, by Mr. S. A. Nbave; also known 
from Langenburg, north of the Lake. 
63, Genus: Collesis Warr. 
Closelv related to Acollesis. Distinguished by ha^dng the costal of the hindwing strongly anastomosed 
vdth the costal and the 2nd costal of the forewing stalked to considerably beyond the 5th. Type mimica Warr. 
C. mimica Warr. (2 g, 4h). Face green.' Best distinguished from A. mimetica by the structure, as an 
aberration has the postmedian line almost as proximally placed, though rather more oblique. North Rhodesia 
(type) and distributed to Ptnyoro, Kenya Colony, South Rhodesia and Portuguese East Africa. 
C. fleximargo Warr. (4 g) differs from mimica, not only in its deep-green colour and its shape but also 
in that the 1st subcostal of the forewing arises from the cell, whereas in mimica it is stalked as in Acollesis. 
Palpus minute. Probably not congeneric. Angola (type) and Nyasa. 
64. Genus : ^yiicollesis gen. nov. 
Palpus in both sexes short (at most one-fourth longer than diameter of eye). Tongue short. Antenna 
in the G ^-nd sometimes in the $ pectinate. Hindtibia in d' not dilated, in both sexes with 4 spurs. Wings 
densely scaled, with smooth margins. Eorewing moderately broad; 1st subcostal from the cell, anastomosing 
with costal, 2nd subcostal arising well before 5th, 1st radial not stalked. 2nd arising at least twice as near to 1st 
as to 3rd, 1st median well separate. Hindwing with costal anastomosing with subcostal to middle of cell or 
beyond, 2nd radial from about of discocellulars, 1st median well separate. Type of the genus Syncollesis 
trilineata {= “Acollesis"' trilineata Hmjisn., 1910). It seems impossible to retain this groiip in Ompliacodes 
together with the long-palpus elements which have more in common with the type of that genus. A further 
constant, though slight, distinction is in the separation of the 1st radial vein of the forewing from the stalk 
of the subcostals. The species would be equally incongruoiis in CoUesis, which is well characterized by its 
peculiar subcostal venation. 
S. bellista B.-Bak. (4 1). Palpus extremely short. Antennal pectinations in the G short, terminating 
in tufts of cilia. Face whitish, narrowly fuscous in upper part. Wings delicate bluish green, nearly as in 
fleximargo or somewhat less intense; the straight, oblique glaucous-whitish postmedian line of the forewing 
is edged proximally by a line of deeper but brighter (more yellowish) green. Angola: N’Dalla Tando, only 
the type known. 
S. idia 5p. n. (5 d). G ^8 mm, ^ 34 mm. Face with more than the upper half fuscous. Antenna of o 
with the branches ending in shorter cilia than in bellista, of $ not j^ectinate. Rather larger than bellista, broader- 
winged, brighter green, more irrorated with glistening white, the postmedian line whiter, not noticeably dark- 
edged proximally, scarcely more oblique than distal margin. Benguella; Batt, 29 November 1905, the type (J; 
Fort Quilenges, 7 January 1905, the figured $; both in Mus. Tring, sent by Dr. Ansorge. Also from Nyasaland 
in the same collection. Formerly confounded with bellista. 
S. elegans Prout (4 h). Palpus slightly longer than diameter of eye. Antenna of $ not pectinate. 
Different from the other Syncollesis in its white hindwing. Kenya Colony. 
S. coerulea Warr. Very similar to trilineata Hmjisn. (2 k) but with the postmedian line of the forewing 
rather thicker, more proximally placed and more oblique, continued straight across the middle of the hindmng, 
and with a white cell-spot on each wing, that of the hindwing distinct. Found around the northern shores of 
Lake Nyasa. — zetetea form. n. is of a less blue green, the white lines still stronger, notably the subterminal, 
the white cell-spot of the forewing also better developed. Madagascar, type C f6e Joicey collection, a second 
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densis- 
([U'unatu 
terminata. 
mimetica. 
mimica. 
jleximargo 
hettista. 
idia. 
elegans. 
coerulea. 
zetetea. 
