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BRACHYTRITA; PANAGROPSIS. By L. B. Prout. 
actnula. 
conscifaria ■ 
7'uhrifi(sa. 
iascicda. 
pontias. 
recti- 
strigaria. 
maculaia. 
2 :>cr>ihniHs. 
niacnJain ■ 
pungelcri. 
ccrvtnurht ■ 
umara. 
cquUaria. 
A. Section: hind wing normal. 
C. aemula Warr., from “S. Africa”, unfortunately without nearer indication, seems scarcely distinguish¬ 
able from GonsGitaria (I c) except that the (J lacks the cone of scales on abdominal margin. I have it from 
Johannesburg. 
B. Section; d' abdomen with hair-tufts on 5 th and 6 th somites; ^ hind¬ 
wing with cone of scales on middle of abdominal m a r g i n. 
C. conscitaria Walk. (= smilodontaria 8n.) (1 c). Rather variable, but easily recognizable by the 
shape and structure. All forms show a rather strong dark irroration. The name-type has the ground-colour 
grey or slightly yellowish-grey. — ab. maculata Basfelh. (1 c) has a large black spot on the forewing beyond 
the postmedian line, placed between the 2nd median and 2nd sxibmedian veins. — ab. rubrifusa Basfelh. (1 d) 
has the ground-colour reddish; the black sjoot of ab. maGtdafa present or absent. — ab. fasciata nov. has the 
rows of black dots developed into strong thick lines or irarrow stripes. Founded on a fine (J from Gillet Moun¬ 
tains, Somaliland, 1900—220(t m, 1 Jidy 1900, taken by Erlanger and Neumann, now in the Tring Museum. 
— GonsGitaria is distributed throughout the greater part of Africa. - pontias suhs}). nov. is white-grey with 
scarcely a tinge of brown or reddish, the black jxostmedian dots placed on a dark-brown line which is thickest 
at the hindmargins (though not so heavy as in GonsGitaria. ab. fasGiata) and becomes obsolete at the costa of 
both wings. Madagascar: Diego Suarez, 1 G) - collected by G. Melou. 
C. rectistrigaria Ehl. (= melanothrix Proui) (1 d). The ^ is well characterized by the black tuft of 
scales on the abdominal margin of hindwing. The largest Conolopliia. Distal margin of hindwing appreciably 
bent in middle. Postmedian line rxist-brown mixed with black, on the hindwing obsolete before the 1st radial. — 
ab. maculata ah. nov. has a black outer spot on the fold of the forewing and is about as common as the type form. 
Belgian CAngo, Uganda and Kenya Colony. 
C. persimilis Warr. Abdominal tufts of G more highly developed, scale-cone on abdominal margin 
less so; hindtibia tufted. Much like a large pale GonsGitaria (1 c); postmedian line well developed, though rather thin, 
placed as in GonsGitaria. but (as in rectistrigaria) not reaching costa of hindwing. ah. maculata ab. 7iov. has 
a black outer spot on the forewing as in the aberrations of consGitaria and reGtist rig aria to which that name 
has been given. Range similar to that of rectistrigaria. 
C. pungeleri Basfelh. (1 d). structure about as in persimilis. Face deeper red than vertex, almost blackish; 
palpxxs mixed with black. Rather variable, but much less pale than persimilis, more or less strongly reddish. 
Lines of forewing approximated posteriorly, accompanied by pale yellowish shading, the antemedian dotted 
or spotted with black on the veins. Hindwing with ill-defined grey subterminal spots, parallel with distal 
margin. The $ type shows an outer black spot as in Goiiscitaria ab. maculata. Madagascar. 
8. Genus: Braehytrila Swh. 
Differs little from section B of Conolopliia. Face without projecting cone of scales. Paljjus shorter. 
Fore wing with costal margin more arched. Hindwing somewhat more produced at anal angle. Erected for 
the single species. 
B. cervinaria Swh. (Id). Quite unmistakable among the African species, the bright cinnamon 
colouring recalling the species of the Indo-Australian genus Alex. The forewing shows, in addition to the 
oblique line, a characteristic, outwardly oblique dark mark from two-thirds of costal margin. Underside still 
brighter, almost orange, strongly marked. Widely distributed; known to me from the Ivory Coast, the Ca- 
meroons and German East Africa. amara Prout is a more brownish form from E. Madagascar. 
9. Genus: Basiagropsis Warr. 
Also allied to Conolopliia and Bracliytrita-, differing from the former in the pectinate B antenna and 
in that the 2nd subcostal of the fore wing anastomoses with the 3rd as well as with the first; from the latter in 
the long palpi. Both the known species are of smaller size than in those genera. South African. 
P. equitaria Walk. (= suberrata Walk., humerata Walk., secretata Iko/i'., platyrhyncata Wllgrn.) (1 d). 
An obscure grey-brown species, densely dark-dusted, the postmedian line indicated by dots placed parallel 
with the distal margin and accompaniefl by a pale line. The name-type has a dark spot near the anal angle of 
