PROBLEPSIS. By L. B. Prout. 
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S. figurata Warr. (6g). Variable in ground-colour and especially in the size and development of the 
discal ocelli, though that of the hiTidving is always quite narrow. The typical form has about thebiownish- 
white ground-colour of normal omicraria Fh. (India) and seems to be the princijjal form in Natal (the tyf)e 
locality) and Cape Colony, perhaps also in East Africa and in the Kalahari district. — ah. rufitacta Warr. has 
a definite red-brown suffusion, especially on the distal area of the forewing. - Candida Frout (subsp. ?) has 
the ground-colour white, almo,st as in vesfalis (bg). C'ganda (loc. typ.) and — ])erhaps with typical figurata — in 
S. Rhodesia and the Transvaal. - transfigurata Frout, from Madagascar, has the shading in the terminal area 
of the fore wing weak or obsolete, the cell-mark broader (almost as broad as long), its margins with a heaviei- 
admixture of black scales, the hindwing with the cell-mark punctuated with black anterioj'ly. 
S. accraiia Siomh., founded on a worn $ from Accra, Gold Coast, is perhaps a very weakly marked 
form of figurata (6g) with the greyish cloudings of the distal area rather strongly developed, the cell-mai’k 
apirarently small (almost rubbed off, but the leirs reveals some brownish scaling). 
17. Genus: Problepsis Led. 
A development of Somatina, easily distinguished from the typical members of that genus in that the 
areole of the forewing is single; from the few Somatina which have the areole undivided, Froblepsis can perhaps 
still be separated by the point of origin of the 5th sidrcostal, which is generally long-stalked with the 2nd—4th. 
whereas in Somatina it arises from the areole. The d antenna, as in Somatina, nray be either pectinate or dentate- 
fasciculate, but the pectinate species are relatively much more numerous and include all the African represen¬ 
tatives. The d hindtibia is always spurless. The genus is chiefly Indo-Australian and African, but see Vol. 4, p. 49. 
P. ochripicta Warr. (8 a). Antennal pectinations long and strong. Differs from the following in its 
reduced silvery cell-marks and other details; both the subterminal lines are interrupted (macular). Sao Thome. 
P. flavistigma Swmh. (8 a) was based on a d Free Town, Sierra Leone, which we here figure. It 
is possible that it may prove to be a race of the preceding. — dilatistigma Front, from Kenya Colony, is 
larger, with the distal margin of the hindwing rather more regidarly rounded and its cell-mark dilated to 
above 2 mm in width j)osteriorly. 
P. latonaria Guen. (8 b). Founded on a $ in very bad condition, with the central markings of the 
forewing almost entirely effaced and even the distal markings of this wing so indistinct that their course 
can not be perfectly followed. Face fuscous, lower part white. Antennal ciliation as long as diameter of 
shaft. Hindwing with the markings apparently about as in digammata (8 a), which wall very likely have to sink 
if any anatomical characters are discovered whereby the identity of Guexees type can be definitely deter¬ 
mined. “Caffiaria”. 
P. rorida Front (8 b). G 39 mm, $ 50 mm. Pectinations of the G fairly long, gradually diminishing, 
to become mere teeth at about the 38th —40th joints. Hindtarsus of G scarcely over the length of tibia. 
Markings weak, the silvery cell-marks without any dark element, that of the forewing narrowly reniform, 
that of the hindwing expanded posteriorly by means of a proximal projection; median line just distal to cell- 
mark on forewung, just proximal on hindwing; postmedian complete, dentate. Nyasaland: Mt. Mlanje; formerly 
misidentified as latonaria Guen. 
P. aegretta Feld. (8 a) differs from jlavisxigma in its less long pectinations, differently shaped cell- 
marks, that of the forewing with a dark exterior dot on the 2nd radial, in having the median line more 
proximally placed, etc. Cape Colony (loc. typ.) and Natal. — insculpta Frout is a larger race from Kenya Co¬ 
lony, with all the markings stronger, the dark outlines of the discal ocellus complete, on its proximal side 
heavy, recalling those of meroearia. Also known from Uganda. 
P. meroearia Saalm. (8 b). Purer white than aegrettx, the forewing with enlarged, .semilunar cell-mark, 
brownish postmedian line, shaped nearly as in digammata (8 a), and rather strong inner subterminal spots, 
the outer series, on the other hand, almost obsolete. The pectinations of the G antenna end in fascicles of 
long cilia and the antenna of the $ is also iiniisually strongly fascicled. Madagascar. — mayottaria Oherth. 
(8 b), to judge from the one poor G which it was founded, only differs in it large size and in having a 
stronger distal projection of the silvery cell-mark of the hindwdng on the 2nd radial and again between the 
3rd radial and 2nd median. Mayotte, Comoro Is. 
P. digammata W. F. Kirh. (8 a). Antennal ])ectinations of the G short, sin-mounted wdth fascicles of 
cilia of about the same length. Further differentiable from aegretta by the shape of the cell-spot of the fore¬ 
wing, which has a longitudinal buff anterior arm along the 1st radial. The type is from Durban, where it 
seems to be common, but the species has a wide distribution from Griqualand to Uganda and Kenya and 
even reappears in Sierra Leone. 
jUjiirfild. 
riijihictd. 
CdtdI'dId. 
ird d.'ij’djd- 
Tdtd. 
accniriu. 
octiripidu. 
tlavi.Wujma. 
dUatisdg- 
nu(. 
latonaria. 
rorida. 
acgreita. 
insculpta. 
meroearia. 
nia ijotiaria. 
(lujanimaia. 
