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yhyletls. 
molaris. 
pcl/onio- 
des. 
curviniar- 
ijn. 
bilincdta. 
ulhiilu. 
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fiilvilipca. 
imp let a. 
flexio. 
62 SCOPULA. By L. B. Prout. 
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Hindtibia of ^ slender, but without spurs. 
S. monotropa Prout (6 b). This and the two following species, which will in all jH'obability be found 
to belong to the same grou]), although their unfortunately not yet known, have similarly smooth and 
not very strongly convex margin of the hindwing to that of palleuca. The o of monotropa is indeed very .similar 
to the most brown-tinted form of that species, exce])t in the absence of the hindtibia! spurs; costa of fore¬ 
wing slightly more elongate, cell iierhaps slightly less elongate. The face is perhaps not quite so flat, the eJeJ 
are more brownish-tinged than those of palleuca, with stronger lines, including one on the hindwing, and 
have the proximal spurs of the hindtibia placed at less than % — in palleuca at just beyond %. S. W. 
x4frica. 
S. phyletis Piout (6h) differs from monotropa - which may, however, ])rove to be a form of the 
same s 2 )ecies — in its more violet-grey forewing, with stronger sid^terminal shading, weaker terminal line, hind¬ 
wing with more lines and underside more suffused. Transvaal, 3 $$ known. 
S. molaris Prout, from 8. Rhodesia, is possibly another $-form of phyletis (6 h), rather larger, possibly 
longer-winged, less pale (especially on underside), Imt with head, face and front of thorax whiter; cell-dot 
minuter. 
S. pelloniodes Prout. Not altogether dissimilar in build to the 3 preceding but a little larger (25 mm), 
the forewing fawn-colour, the hindwing appreciably more ochreous tinged, the coloration recalling the Indian 
Rhodostrophia inconspicua Btlr., though a little duller. Fore wing with sharp black cell-dot, median shade just 
beyond it, little thickened, postmedian line slender, slightly sinuous, a shade present on proximal side of 
the subterminal. Hindwing with the line and shades feebly continued. Underside slightly more ochreous, with 
cell-dot and postmedian line indicated. Orange Free State; Harrismith, 1 (J. 
S. curvimargo Warr. (6 h) differs essentially from all the preceding in the more convex margin of 
the hind wing, with angle at the 3rd radial; this and its fine lines, with brown spots outside the postmedian 
of the forewing, suggest that it might be a ])ectinate relative of sanguinisecta Warr. and penricei Prout (7 b). 
N. Rhodesia (type) and Nyasaland to 8. Rhodesia and perhaps the Transvaal; similar forms also in Kordo- 
fan, Kenya Colony and on Kilimandjaro. 
S. bilineata Bastelh. (= nubicincta Hmps. (8e) is like a fleshy-coloured ewrvimargo (6h) and it is not 
quite certain that it may not be a colour-form of it. Bastelberger, mistaking the affinities, proposed for it 
a new genus Psilephyra. Nyasa, N. E. Rhodesia and Tanganyika Territory. 
albida-gvowp. 
Hindtibia of U dilated, without spurs. 
S. albida Warr. (6 i). 8imilai’ to curvimargo but with the angle of the hindwing blunter; less definite brown 
marks outside the postmedian of the forewing, that of the hind wing less bent in the middle, etc. Variable 
in coloiu’ (white or more brownish) and in the strength of the markings. -- ab. pura Swmh. is weakly 
marked, but scarcely deserves a separate name. — Both the types were from Uganda, but the distribution 
is wide in W. Africa, from 8ierra Leone to Angola. 
B. 8ection Pt/farf/e ITarr. A n t e n n a of ^ ciliated; hindtibia of U with terminal 
s p u r s. 
S. picta Warr. is a glossy white s])ecies, easily known in its more t^q^ical forms by the bright dentate 
zinc-orange postmedian line of the forewing. It is, however, extremely variable, unless (as Warren supposed) 
we are dealing with two closely allied species. 2nd subcostal of hindwing often mere definitely stalked than 
is usual in Scopula. The actual type was an almost iinique form, with the distal area of the forewing i^nre 
white. — ab. fulvilinea Warr. (6 i) designates the more usual forms, more or less suffused with grey shading 
which is generally band-like in the distal half and sometimes — especially in the $$ — obscures the orange 
line. Transvaal to Kalahari and the Cape, the type fi'om Natal. 
S. impicta Prout (6 i). Less white, less banded, except for the proximal snbterminal shade of the 
forewing; lines fine, generally rather weak, the postmedian not bright brown, the white hindwing with a black 
cell-dot. Transvaal (loc. typ.), Basutoland and Cape Colony. 
S. flexio Prout (6i). ^ unknown, the subgeneric position consequently uncertain. Rather larger and 
longer-winged than the three preceding, the forewing moi'e brownish, with the post median and the pure 
white line outside it flexuoiis, the hindwing less white than in them, with traces of brownish lines. Cape: 
Dunbrody, a few 
