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COSYMBIA; ANISODES. By. L. B. Prout. 
obvertiafa. 
atroviri- 
daia. 
rnfa. 
syrujenes. 
viridipen- 
uaria. 
neptunaria. 
unocula. 
inaequalis. 
obliferata. 
polysticta. 
subapicaia. 
leonaria. 
puecilopj- 
iera. 
B. ^ h i n d f e m u r and h i n d t i b i a dense 1 y t n f t e d. 
T. obversata Walk. (= glauca Warr., striata Warr.) {6 c) differs strongly in shape from all other 
species of this section, the elongate forewing somewhat recalling acuta or Chlorerythra, while the hindwing has 
the a})ex rather sharp and the abdominal margin fairly long. Distiihuted almost everywhere from Sierra Leone 
to Angola and South Rhod.sia and with very little variation. ~ - atroviridata Saalm. (= dccessata Saalni.) ( 6 c) 
is ])erhaps on an average smaller, but differs chiefly in having the oblique line firm, not punctiform on the 
veins. — ah. rufa Prout, with the ground-colour pinkish, occurs with this race but I have not seen it in oboersata. 
Madagascar. 
T. syngenes Prout is closely like a weakly marked neptunaria (6 c) but much smaller (26 mm), flesh- 
colour and with the outer line of the hindwing less sinuous. Oxxbangui-Chari-Tchad, only the type o' known. 
Possibly a reixxarkable abeiTation of neptunaria. 
T. viridipennai ia Guen. is almost certainly a small form of neptunaria, as at present xxnderstood, and 
the given locality (“North America”) erroneoxxs; bxxt I have not seen the type. “28 mm” (Gren e’s one neptunaria 
nxeasxxrtd “34”), the forewing ixxei’ely elbowed at the 3rd radial (in neptunaria rather sharply angled). When 
the two are definitely xxnited, priority mxxst be given to the long-xxsed and correctly localised name of neptunaria. 
T. neptunaria Guen. (6 c). Variable in size, in the strength of the angxxlation of the forewdng (irrespective 
of size) and in the size and sti-ength of the cell-spot of the forewing, yet always easy to recognize. I know 
only green forms. Foxxnded on a J from Abyssinia, bxit very general from Senegambia and British Somaliland 
to Natal. 
10. Genus: Cosymbia Hbn. 
On this predominantly Palaearctic genxis, the reader is referi’ed to Vol. 4, p. 141. It differs from the 
preceding group in losing one, or generally both, of the proximal spxxrs of the G hindtibia and — excepting 
the anomaloxxs T. rujistrigula — in having the origiix of the 5th sxxbcostal far proximal to that of the 1st; 
from A7ii.sode.s in the short palpus. The one African species which can be placed here was described as a Gosymbia 
by Warren, who (overlooking structxxral differences) suggested that it might be a race of puppillaria Hbn.-, for 
the present w^e treat it as forming a sectioix with 3-spxirred G hindtibia, analogoxxs to Anisodas sect. Pisoraca. 
C. unocula Warr. ( 6 e). Coloi'ation aboxit as in puppillaria Hbn. (Vol. 4, pi. 4 o). Smaller, pectinations 
of A uixxch loixger, palpxxs slightly shorter, apex of foi’ewing less prodxxced, a cell-ring developed on thehindwdng 
only. Varies a little in the strength of the median shade. Dar-es-Salaam (the type locality) to Nyasaland. 
11. Genus: Aiiiso<les Guen. 
Palpxxs more or less long, especially in the 3id joint in the G variable, in the $ always long, often 
extremely so. Antenna of G bipectinate, with long branches. Hindtibia of G variable in strxxctxxre and armatxire, 
iix the princi])al African groxxp [Pisoraca Walk., part.) normally developed, with 1 proximal and 2 terixxiixal spxxrs. 
Venation as in the preceding genus. The section Pisoraca is foxxnd also in the Indo-Australian and Soxxth Americaix 
Regions, bxxt has probably in the latter case had an independent development. 
A. rj h i n d t i b i a w i t h 3 s p xi r s [Pisoraca Walk.). 
A. inaequalis Warr. Almost as variable as the Palaearctic Gosymbia puppillaria Hbn., yet easy to recognize 
by its shoi’t wings, warm coloxir and minxitely falcate apex, which is always accomjxanied by a minxxte obliqxxe 
dark dash. The name-type has the median line strong, other mai’kiixgs slight. -- ab. obliterata ab. nov. loses 
even this line. — ab. polysticta ab. nov. (5 g) has large clxxsters of .mxall dark spots in the distal area, anteriorly 
and posteriorly, the cell-dots also strongly black-ringed. — ab. subapicata ab. nov. only develops (and on the 
forew'ing only) twm strong black sxxbterminal sjxots (sometinxes moi’e or less conflxxent) on the 5th sxxbcostal and 
1 st radial. — inaequalis w'as described from Barotse, bxxt occurs also in Angola arid Nyasaland, aboxxt Delagoa 
Bay and in N. Madagascar. 
A. leonaria Walk. (6 d) differs strxxctxxrally from the next three species in that the G has the hindfemxxr 
glabroxxs. Apart from this it caix generally be recognized Ixy its rather paler colouring and strongly darkened 
costal area; the long, narrow cell-mai’k of the forewing shows a rather conspicxxoxis dark dot at its anterior end. 
Not paiticxxlai’ly variable. Siexra Leone and extending as far as the Chnxeroons. 
A. poeciloptera Prout (6 c). Generally the largest species of the group and wdth the strongest rufous 
tinge. Forewing rather broad, wi h costal margin nearly as stroixgly darkened as in leonaria-, an oval space, 
generally very clear, is developed between this costal shade and the dark cloxiding which connects theixxedian 
with the postmedian in the middle of the w'ing. Sierra Leoixe, Ivory Coast (loc. typ.), Gold Coast and Nigeria. 
