Publ. 8. VI. 1933. 
SuOPULA. By L. B. Proitt. 
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S. beccarii Front (6 1). ^ unknown, but will probably show nearly the structure of acentra ( 8 b) or mar- hcrrarti. 
gmepunctata (Vol. 4, p. 63, pi. 4h). Very similar to the latter, but with the forewing a little narrower, its distal 
margin rather more oblique, hindwing less convex; median shade little thickened, subterminal rather less 
expanded between the radials, the spots on its proximal side strong. Eritrea. 
S. timia Front ( 8 e). A small species, known by its whitish ground-colour, weak sandy markings and I'lmid. 
absence of dark irroration. ^ unknown, but I assume related to beckeraria Led. (Vol. 4, j). 62, pi. 7 b), though 
the wings are rather narrower and still paler. Cloudy spots in the distal area may be present oi’ almost ob¬ 
solete. British Somaliland. 
S. nephotropa Front is jjossibly a form of timia ( 8 e), but more probably distinct, as the forewing has nephotroita. 
a fine irroration, in part dark grey, giving to the wing a slightly more smoky tone; its distal margin per¬ 
haps slightly more oblique, its (faintly indicated) subterminal line apparently much straighter, terminal dark 
dots or dashes present (in timia merely a weak sandy line). Sugli, A1 Hills, 4700 feet, in the east of British 
Somaliland, only the tjrpe $ known. 
S. pyrrhochra Front ( 8 f). Also conceivably a remarkable colour-form of timia, together with which pyrrhochra. 
it occurs at Mandera (47 miles S. W. of Berbera), unconnected by transitions. Light ochraceous buff, suffused 
with deeper ochraceous buff and with a greyish band (sometimes very faint) bounding the suVjterminal prox- 
imally. ^ unknown. 
S. rhodinaria Ebl., from Socotra, was founded on a single $, but probably belongs about here. Length rkodinaria. 
of a forewing 11,5 mm. The ochre-yellow ground-colour is strongly covered with rose-red irroration, recall¬ 
ing Sterrha {Ftychopoda) etigeniata Mill. (Vol. 4, p. 121 , pi. 4 e) but the hindwing is rounded and the black 
terminal dots are on the distal margins, not on the base of the fringes. The hindleg and the venation of 
the hindwing prove it to be a Scopula. Can it be an aberration of the following ? 
S. fulvicolor Hmpsn. (8 c), also from Socotra, is somewhat variable but always of a warm ochreous jutvicotor. 
or rufescent tone, rather broad-winged, with large black cell-dot (or dash) on forewing and exceptionally 
elongate cell-mark on hindwing. with antennal ciliation moderate, hindtibia rather slender, tarsus long. 
S. simplificata Front (8 c). Near fulvicolor, scarcely so broad-winged, much paler, the postmedian line .simpJijl- 
not appreciably sinuate inward, scarcely blackened on the veins. Eace brown. Ogaden; Ganale River. 
S. separata Walk (8 c). Variable in colour, but nearly always easy to recognize by the narrow, irre- r-f'parata. 
gular band between the postmedian and subterminal. ciliation long, hindtibia slender, tarsus long. — ab. 
atlantica Walk. is a grey form with heavy lines but without the band-like distal shading. — Island of St. Helena, atlantica. 
S. inscriptata Walk. (= acentra Warr. nom. praeocc.) (6 1) differs from nigrinotata (6 1), which aSwinhoe inscriptata. 
quite wrongly sank to it, in its sharp alternations of white and dark brown, large cell-dots, extremely deep in¬ 
ward bend of the white subterminal of the hindwing between the radials, etc. Underside similar to upper 
(in nigrinotata very weakly marked). “S. Africa” (Cape Colony) and reaching the Transvaal. 
S. sagittilinea Warr. (6 1). Smaller than accentnata, ^ hindtarsus fully as long as tibia, hindwing not sagittilinea. 
crenulate, ground-colour slightly more reddish brown, no dark blotch between the radials outside the post- 
median, underside paler with the postmedian rather less dentate. Somaliland to the coast of Tanganyika 
Territory, described from Mombasa I. 
S. duplicipuncta Front differs from accentnata (61) in having the postmedian line nearer the termen, dupUci- 
especially on hindwing, median shade of hindwing almost encircling cell-spot. Perhaps only an aberrant form puncta. 
of it. I do not know the Pretoria. 
S. accentuata Guen. (= exiguaria Walk., accenturiata Walk.) (61). At first glance suggestive of some accentnata. 
forms of acentra or nigrinotata, though with a more olivaceous tinge. Hindtarsus of about, or scarcely, 
as long as tibia. Hindwing more crenulate. Postmedian line and proximal subterminal shade of forewing 
dark-marked between the radials; hindwing generally showing a white dot in front of the cell-dot, as in 
Discomiosis. Cape to Kenya Colony. — ntdisaria Walk. {— dentigerata Walk.) is almost certainly a mere aber- rudisorki. 
ration, less irrorated, the postmedian line perhaps more strongly inbent between the radials, with more nigri- 
notata-like expansion of the subterminal shade. Cape of Good Hope. 
S. cassiaria Swinh. (61). Closely related to accentuata, but I think distinct. Antennal ciliation of cassiaria. 
a little longer (about 2). Hindtarsus of ^ longer than tibia. Wing-margins slightly more dentate; median 
shade of forewing, from its angle at hindward, almost straight, firm. Kenya Colony: E. Quaso, Masai. 
Also received from Uganda. 
S. cassioides Front (6 ni). Probably not really as near to cassiaria as it looks. with ciliation shorter, cassioides. 
hindtarsus only about 2,3 tibia. Rather more brownish than cassiaria, median shade of forevUng arrising from 
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