SCOPULA. By L. B. Prout. 
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S. gazellaria Wllgrn. (= obliquiscripta Warr.) (6i). Distinguishable at a glance from hnpicfa and its gazellarin. 
nearest allies by the strongly marked hindwing, which continues the pattern of" the forewing. I liave not 
seen Wallengren’s tyjie from “Caffraria” and cannot be quite sure that the synoirymy is correct, as the 
three following species are very similar. Natal arrd the Transvaal. 
S. promethes Prmd (6 i). Fascicles of cilia less long than in gazellaria, forewirrg with apex rather less promethe!^. 
acrrte, median line more distally placed, proximal sirbterrrrinal shade not thickened. From both gazellaria and 
subobliquata it differs irr havirrg the hindwing appreciably, though very feebly, bent at the 3rd radial, the wings 
rather more glossy (less densely irrorated than in subobliquata) (5 1), the postrnedian lirre of both wings slightly 
more sinuous. Basutoland (tyj^e), Trarrsvaal and Cape Colony. 
S. sevandaria Sivinh. is, I strongly suspect, merely the or a $-ab., of the following and has jrage- sevandaria. 
priority. Smaller, more strongly marked, the median line more oblique, closely approaching the postmedian 
towards costa. Kenya Colony: E. Quaso, Masai, 1 
S. peararia Sivinh. (51). A little narrower-winged than promethes, more tinged with drab-grey, more peamrlu. 
irrorated, postmedian line more accentuated on the veins, median line of hindwing proximal to the cell-dot. 
Kikuyu Country. 
S. acyma Prout (8 1). Rather larger than peararia, slightly more elongate but wdth costal margin of ucyma. 
forewing slightly more rounded, colour differeirc (pale pinkish buff to light pinkish cinnamon, the anterior 
part of the hindwing whiter), median line rather less firm, rather widely separated from antemedian. Anten¬ 
nal ciliation even, about as long as diameter of shaft. Kenya Colony (Mau Escarpment); Molo, 2420 m., '2 
S. technessa Prout. Again rather larger (31 mm), the antennal ciliation in extremely long fascicles, technessa. 
Forewing with apex acute, minutely produced, termen prominent in middle, hindwing with costa rather 
long, termen with a strong tooth at 3rd radial. Coloration slightly more buff than in peararia-, postmedian 
series of vein-dots on forewing bent at 1st radial, then nearly parallel with distal margin, slightly sinuous. 
Lines of hindwing becoming thicker and more blackish at abdominal margin. Mt. Aberdare: Mt. KinangojD, 
2500—3000 m, 1 cJ. The unique type is unfortunately rubbed, but easily recognizable by shape and structure. 
S. subobliquata Prout (5 1). Of this sjjecies I only know the type thus its reference to the section subobliqua- 
Pylarge is only conjectural, based on its resemblance to promethes and peararia ; whiter than both; irroration 
blacker than in peararia, but not quite so copious, postmedian of forewing exactly parallel with termen, 
browner (less grey), black dotted on the veins. Haenertsburg, Transvaal. 
S. punctilineata Warr. (6 i). Variable in colour but unmistakable in shaj^e, in the thick and oblique punctUi- 
niedian shade, postmedian-dotted on the veins, etc. The type has the ground-colour white, the median shade neata 
brown. — ab. griseolineata Warr. has the ground-colour more tinged with brown, the median shade mixed griseoUuea- 
with black-grey. — ab. fuscata ab. nov. is infuscated throughout, the median line still remaining the strongest 
marking. — The species ranges from Transvaal to Cape Colony, the type from Natal. 
S. concurrens Warr. (6 i). Unlike any other known species of the section Pylarge, more resembling concun-eus 
erinaria (6 m), deserta (7 a) or dissonans (7 a). With care it can be distinguished, apart fi’om the ^ structure, 
by the extremely oblique pose of the markings, which results in making the median shade of the hindwing 
appear as a continuation of the 1st subterminal shade of the forewing. N. E. Rhodesia; Loangwa River, only 
a few examples known. A rather broad-winged, but otherwise similar $ from Bahr-el-Ghazal (the median 
shade of the hindwing just proximal to the cell-dot) and two larger, less fleshy-tinted, more heavily 
dark-dusted $$ from Nairobi (median shade of hindwing just distal to the cell-dot) probably repi’esent races. 
S. donovani Dist. {— extraordinaria Stgr., extremata Warr.) (6i) represents in Africa and Syria the donovani. 
subsection Lycauges Btlr., distinguished by its extremely elongate wings. See Vol. 4, p. 54. Known from Mo¬ 
rocco, Egypt, Nigeria, Uganda, Barotseland, Transvaal and Natal, the type being from the Transvaal. From 
Madagascar I have seen only a small specimen which seems nearer to the Indian emissaria Walk. (= defa- 
mataria Walk.). 
S. dapharia Sivinh. (6 k). Also very long-winged, but with the hindwbng better rounded than in dapharkt. 
donovani, paler and with less markings than the forewing, the latter with a redder tint. Kenya Colony, espe¬ 
cially about Nairobi. 
S. ruficolor Prout. Very near irrufata (6 k), with equally long antennal ciliation. Larger (25 mm) nificohv. 
forewing longer and narrower, with more oblique termen, hindwing with more sinuous termen, coloiir brighter 
rufous, much less densely irrorated, lines more distinct, underside less unicolorous. Johannesburg. 
S. irrufata Warr. (6 k). Scheme of markings as in the variable nigrinotata (61), which lacks the spurs h-ruiata. 
of the cj hindtibia. More reddish than in any known form of that, the lines not forming enlarged black spots 
at the costa. Cape Colony. 
